A precisely crafted, darkly humorous portrait of a family in mourningSunday’s father is dying of cancer. They’ve come home to Malagash, on the north shore of Nova Scotia, so...

Every school day feels the same for fourth graders Lucy and Henry and Evie and Russell and May. Then Ms. Mirabel comes to their class—bringing magical words and a whole new...

Zita is not an ordinary servant girl—she's the thirteenth daughter of a king who wanted only sons. When she was born, Zita's father banished her to the servants' quarters to...