by Ruth Ozeki
A book takes on a life of its own in the spectacular fourth novel by writer, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki (Booker finalist for A Tale for the Time Being). The Book of Form and Emptiness is a slow-burning novel about a family in crisis, as well as a metafictional dialogue between book and author.
Jazz clarinetist Kenji Oh dies in an accident a few yards from his home, leaving behind his wife, Annabelle, and their son, Benny, to carry on in the aftermath. It's a trauma that will continue to reverberate
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by Casey Plett
Casey Plett's second collection, after A Safe Girl to Love and the novel Little Fish--both Lambda Award winners--once again features a spectrum of experiences lived by transgender women, from exhilarating to soul-crushing and all the quotidian moments in between. Among the exceptional dozen stories here, five stand alone, two are titled "Couldn't Hear You Talk Anymore," and five create the novella-esque "Obsolution." Plett presents none of the interlinked titles consecutively, as if reminding readers that
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by Amy Timberlake, illus. by Jon Klassen
Skunk and Badger stumble into the adventure of a lifetime in round two of this quirky, comical early reader series about a mismatched pair of friends.
Newbery Honoree Amy Timberlake (One Came Home) and Caldecott Medal winner Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat) team up again to build on their story of a friendship both tender and outrageously funny. Roommates Skunk and Badger set off on a camping trip to Endless Lake to escape home-life burdens and, perhaps, to find a new agate for Badger's alphabetized rock collection.
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