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  Another month and another great round of titles! Here is April’s choice: Hannahwhere by John McIlveen. This constantly surprising novel has some very dark moments, but John McIlveen's clean, clear prose carries you through them and back into the light of the good, decent people who fuel this story with their desperate efforts to do the right thing.

In a suburb on Boston's North Shore, a catatonic little girl is found behind a dumpster. She is a mystery. As Social Worker Debbie Gillan pieces together the puzzle of the child's identity, she discovers the child had disappeared two years earlier along with a twin sister. She also discovers HANNAHWHERE, an alternate world that is both a haven and a prison.... Life altering trauma becomes the key to unraveling the truth about the children, about Hannahwhere...and about Debbie herself. Truths that could either save them or destroy them all.

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  February was a short month, but we were not short on some great submissions. Without further ado, we present: Beasts and Savages by Emma Woods as the Editor’s Choice for March. From winning a Young Author's award in the fourth grade, Emma now has a bachelor's degree in Language Arts Education. Her debut YA novel is set in an absorbing fantasy world, where men and women are divided.

The story of Lea Corre, who was taught to value community, family, and the hunt. Her blood stems from a long line of proud hunters. When Lea's monthly changes come and she prepares for her own hunt, she questions the brutality and morality of the deadly custom. As she uncovers dark secrets and delves into her mother's broken past, she determines she will make her own fate. Along the way she encounters Tanner, her intended prey. His village has decided to take a stand against the tyranny of women. When Lea's prey becomes her captor, she learns more about their lives, the world, and herself. 

In the end, Lea must choose between two worlds, in which neither she belongs.

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