Compass South Rūta Briede keeping the grown-ups on their

keeping the grown-ups on their toes — and the scenery is vibrant and immersive

The first volume of Eddy Atoms' long-awaited new series

Kelsey Wroten’s Cannonball fires the reader straight into the messy life of Caroline Bertram: aspiring writer

Back-to-back reflections on the death of a parent

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Compass South Rūta Briede keeping the grown-ups on theirBy Hope Larson & Rebecca Mock. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Hardcover, 224 pages, Colour, 2016. It's 1860 in New York City. When 12 year old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San