Non-Juvenile

American Indian Stories

2026-07-09T12:33:57-04:00

Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana. Curious about the world beyond the reservation, Zitkála-Šá begs her mother to let her go—and her mother, aware of the advantages that an education offers, reluctantly agrees.…

American Indian Stories2026-07-09T12:33:57-04:00

The Mountain Meadows Massacre

2026-07-09T12:34:24-04:00

In the Fall of 1857, some 120 California-bound emigrants were killed in lonely Mountain Meadows in southern Utah; only eighteen young children were spared. The men on the ground after the bloody deed took an oath that they would never mention the event again, either in public or in private.…

The Mountain Meadows Massacre2026-07-09T12:34:24-04:00

Refuge

2026-07-29T13:37:40-04:00

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by.…

Refuge2026-07-29T13:37:40-04:00

Matched

2026-07-09T12:34:03-04:00

Cassia has always trusted the Society’s choices. And when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, she is certain he’s the one—until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s ever known and a path no has dared to follow .…

Matched2026-07-09T12:34:03-04:00

West: A Translation

2026-07-09T12:33:50-04:00

In 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The result is West: A Translation–an unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays that draws a powerful, necessary connection between the railroad’s completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).…

West: A Translation2026-07-09T12:33:50-04:00

Dream On

2026-07-09T12:33:42-04:00

Something is missing from Cassie’s life. Her parents don’t have much money, she has to share her bedroom (and bed!) with her sisters, and her family never seem to have time for her. To make matters worse, her best friend Vali is always busy with a new friend.…

Dream On2026-07-09T12:33:42-04:00

The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life

2026-07-09T12:33:35-04:00

The Blacker the Berry (1929), Wallace Thurman’s debut novel, broke new ground as an exploration of issues of “colorism,” intra-racial prejudice, and internalized racism in African American life. Its protagonist, the young Emma Lou Morgan, is simply “too dark” for a world in which every kind of advancement seems to require a light complexion.…

The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life2026-07-09T12:33:35-04:00

The Collected Stories of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

2026-06-09T12:40:47-04:00

The Collected Stories by Alice Dunbar-Nelson presents a powerful collection of the acclaimed writer’s most compelling and thought-provoking short stories.

Known for her keen insights into race, gender, and identity, Dunbar-Nelson’s work captures the complexities of the African American experience with grace and depth.…

The Collected Stories of Alice Dunbar-Nelson2026-06-09T12:40:47-04:00
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Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana. Curious about the world beyond the reservation, Zitkála-Šá begs her mother to let her go—and her mother, aware of the advantages that an education offers, reluctantly agrees.…

Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana. Curious about the world beyond the reservation, Zitkála-Šá begs her mother to let her go—and her mother, aware of the advantages that an education offers, reluctantly agrees.…

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