Fall Pop-Up Review Tours:
September 2025

For fans of Kacen Callender, Lin Thompson, and Kyle Lukoff, comes a middle grade novel set in 1973 about a child who feels more boy than girl and is frustrated that people act blind to that when—except for her stupid hair and clothes—it should be obvious!

“Julie Swanson’s prose simultaneously aches and sings in North of Tomboy. This is a book for any kid who has felt out of place in their own skin or misunderstood by adults, however well-meaning they may be. Jess is a character who is both compelling, complicated, and determined to make the world see her for who she really is. Reminiscent of Judy Blume’s work, this coming-into-one’s-own story is both universal and searingly specific.”—Skyler Schrempp, author of Three Strike Summer

For readers in search of emotional and spiritual healing, a courageous, gripping memoir of one woman’s journey of gradually healing her traumatized memory through poetry, swimming, and the intuited guidance of a spiritual presence named Voice. Words Make a Way through Fire is an intimate, courageous memoir of a woman shattered by witnessing her eldest brother’s horrific suicide when she was a teenager.

“Cyra Dumitru has written with profound heart and soul for so many years, and this is her most crucial, personal work yet. With a voice that always illuminates, then heals, she offers her family’s own difficult story with grace and love.”—Naomi Shihab Nye, 2024 Wallace Stevens Award Winner for Lifetime Achievement, Academy of American Poetry

For fans of Kristin Hannah and Jennifer Chiaverini, a novel about a Polish immigrant woman who fights against worker oppression in Depression-era Detroit despite opposition by many—even her own husband.

“Falk’s research is impeccable—she faithfully conveys the volatile and uncertain march for labor rights at the time, highlighting the ways in which the movement was especially precarious for the nation’s immigrant population.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Through compelling storytelling and strong female characters, Not Yet Lost reminds us of the real human cost of worker exploitation and the risk involved in standing up for what’s right. This beautiful book is a love letter to the working class.”—Kim Suhr, author of Nothing to Lose and Close Call and director of Red Oak Writing

For readers who found comfort in Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, a 9/11 widow’s memoir of rediscovering joy and finding love again after the violent loss of her husband.

One sunny Tuesday morning, Maryellen Donovan’s beloved husband, Steve Cherry, lost his life in the 9/11 attacks—rocking her to her core, and changing her family forever.

An inspirational story that will provide hope to anyone who’s experienced unfathomable loss and loneliness, The Road to Yesterday is a testament to the idea that there is always a path to love and joy—if only you’re determined enough to keep yourself open to it.

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