Books like The brave escape of Edith Wharton by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

Beverly Cleary, famed author of beloved children’s tales, tells the story of her own life—from college days in California to the birth of her first novel—offering an intimate look at her journey as a woman writer and librarian.

A striking picture book that explains the historical, social, and emotional toll of the Berlin Wall through Peter Sís’s evocative illustrations and concise text, suitable for children aged 8 to 12.

A curated selection of Edith Wharton’s short stories, portraying the manners, social customs, and everyday life of New York’s upper class through vivid, character-driven vignettes.

A biography of Dr. Seuss that introduces his children's book creations.

From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving into heretofore untapped sources, Lee does away with the image of the snobbish bluestocking and gives us a new Edith Wharton-tough, startlingly modern, as brilliant and complex as her fiction. Born into a wealthy family, Wharton left America as an adult and eventually chose to create a life in France. Her renowned novels and stories have become classics of American literature, but as Lee shows, Wharton's own life, filled with success and scandal, was as intriguing as those of her heroines. Bridging two centuries and two very different sensibilities, Wharton here comes to life in the skillful hands of one of the great literary biographers of our time.From the Trade Paperback edition.

A collection of Edith Wharton’s short stories compiled in two volumes, featuring tales such as "The Pelican," "The Other Two," and "The Mission of Jane."

Chris Crutcher, author of young adult novels, shares his experiences growing up in Cascade, Idaho.