This brief overview explains the brain-based research behind an ADHD diagnosis. After an introduction, five chapters define ADHD and describe how it’s diagnosed, its treatments, and how ADHD affects people in real life. Most notably, the author explains how brain imaging studies discovered differences in the prefrontal cortices of children with ADHD, which may affect executive functioning. Sidebars with bright green backgrounds highlight topics of interest, such as daily report cards, social skills training, or utilizing gamification for engagement. One particularly interesting sidebar describes a physician’s observations of children with ADHD-like symptoms in 1798. Case studies of people of varying ages highlight some key difficulties that those with ADHD face and show how they achieved success using strategies suggested by experts. These examples emphasize the continuum of symptoms and their impact while also reminding readers that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. At the same time, this concise guide highlights the positive aspects: People with ADHD are often creative, innovative, curious, and passionate. Mooney largely ignores controversies around diagnosis, medication, and accommodation, instead describing professionals’ approaches and maintaining an encouraging tone. The clear and accessible language makes this short work an accessible read, and the stock images include representation of people of diverse ages and races.

That’s a complex question, and one that’s a little easier to answer thanks to this in-depth and engaging look at this history, effects, and future of recycling in the United States. The short answer is no; the long answer is that it could be better if more people followed the guidelines. While “91 percent of Americans have access to recycling programs…only one-third of all recyclable garbage is properly recycled,” a number that hasn’t budged much since the widespread arrival of recycling programs in the 1990s. The figures also vary depending on what types of materials are being recycled. Kallen unpacks the details over the course of five succinct, nuanced, and engaging chapters: “The Benefits of Recycling,” “Facilities Facing Problems,” “The Problem with Plastic,” “E-Waste Overload,” and “Innovative Solutions.” Each chapter’s straightforward content is supported by color photographs and supplemental facts in colorful text boxes. The combination of the two enhances the text and helps to break the narrative into more manageable chunks for struggling readers. A list of source notes at the end is broken down by chapter, helping those looking to supplement reports, develop arguments, or simply further their understanding of the issues discussed. An up-to-date bibliography for further research and list of organizations worth exploring further enhances the appeal of this work, especially for savvy caregivers and educators.

Twelve-year-old Tuva has always felt different; she’s never had any friends. She hides mysterious scars on her neck behind her long, white-blond hair. But when her classmate Axel goes missing in an ominous fog, and Tuva finds his gym partner, Rasmus, being led through the forest by what turn out to be actual fairies, she’s thrust into the center of a thriller that’s all the more suspenseful for resisting the temptation to be frantic. More people go missing around Runmarö Island, tensions mount in the tiny Stockholm archipelago community, the police seem stumped, and Tuva and Rasmus team up and take matters into their own hands. As the adults around them prove increasingly tight-lipped, hostile, or downright frightening, and the sea between the islands grows blacker and more dangerous by the hour, Tuva and Rasmus uncover dark secrets, discover a world of living folklore, and, perhaps most importantly in this compellingly told tale about loneliness and isolation, forge a strong connection. In the end, only Tuva has the power to confront the ancient threat brewing in the deep—but first she must find out and accept who she really is.

The author was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Section-8 housing in Brooklyn; he moved from poverty to the ivory towers of academia to become a professor of English at the University of Toledo. While his account is a deeply personal story of survival, brilliance, and grit, he also connects his autobiography to a larger history of immigrants and poor, marginalized Americans. “I was, to most of the people who met me and myself, a punk-ass Dominican immigrant,” he writes of his experiences in high school as a self-described “dique gangsta.” “Dique,” the Dominican Spanish word for “supposedly,” became a defining descriptor for Bonifacio’s life as he grappled with fundamental questions of identity. A major theme of the work is the author’s strained relationship with his father. “Papi’s love was rare,” he writes, describing being physically beaten as a child, and the author notes that the fear of his father’s violence “was [his] teacher for [Bonifacio’s] own budding machismo.” The author is brutally honest about himself, emphasizing the ways in which anger fueled his relationship with his family and defined his view of the world around him. Bonifacio’s memoir was originally published in 2017 while the author was finishing his doctorate degree—this updated and expanded edition covers major events in his life since that time (including the birth of his daughter and a budding academic career) while also commenting on the major escalation of “state repression” against immigrants under the second administration of President Donald Trump. The author of two poetry collections, whose work has appeared in The New York Times and other leading national publications, Bonifacio balances conversational, intimate prose (replete with curse words and Spanish phrases translated in footnotes) with a grounding in literary criticism and theory. The text includes bountiful quotes regarding racism, classism, and intersectionality from a range of authors, including bell hooks, James Baldwin, and Karl Marx.

Whenever Californian James Mun sleeps, he enters a place called the Flowering. There, he belongs to Crew Blue, along with E, Honey, and Lux, whose job is to kill monstrous “moulded” citizens of the realm. Their latest mission involves the Red Calf, a legendary beast that was defeated and imprisoned in a purple orb, but whom the crew has reason to believe is returning to consume everything in the Flowering. If that happens, the realm will gradually disappear, along with the “dimension of human dreams” and even sleep itself; without slumber, of course, humans will die back in Reality. The Third, who’s one of 12 sightless, formidable Shamans, wants the beast’s power, and specifically its golden eye, to restore each of Shamans’ eyesight. However, the Shamans aren’t trustworthy, with the exception of Snow (aka Twelve) who joins Crew Blue and its allies. James and the rest can materialize weapons for battle out of thin air, but defeating the Red Calf will require unwavering teamwork, as well. This sophomore installment, following Eye in the Blue Box (2025), moves at a slow and deliberate pace, notwithstanding a handful of impeccable action sequences. Kim uses the opportunity to dive deeply into characterization. E, for example, has a thorny history with Kit, and is understandably wary of relying on him as a potential ally. Readers also get more than a glimpse of characters’ lives in Reality, where they go by different names. There’s plenty of tension as well, as getting to the Red Calf necessitates encounters with vicious individuals and, in one Crew member’s case, entering a dangerous tournament. Other highlights include an endearing reunion between Bloom (a giant blue wolf and an original Crew Blue member) and his colorful wolf pack, along with well-earned, heartfelt moments as the characters’ bonds strengthen further.