Books

Five-Part Invention

The searing and haunting debut novel from PEN finalist and New York Times bestselling writer Andrea J. Buchanan.

The Beginning of Everything

This PEN Award–nominated memoir chronicling a year of sudden, devastating illness seeks to unravel the mystery of self.

The Daring Book for Girls

The internationally bestselling The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything girls need to know.

The Double-Daring Book for Girls

In this double-daring follow-up, girls learn everything from making a raft to playing football, surfing, horseback riding, the secret history of cowgirls, being a detective, and so much more!

Daring: Things to Do

This portable, pocket-sized take on the bestselling phenomenon The Daring Book for Girls is filled with many favorite activities from the original, plus exciting new games, crafts, and projects to occupy the most daring of girls.

Daring: Wisdom & Wonder

Wisdom & Wonder revisits favorites from the original Daring Book and features new chapters about galaxies, women pilots, the Fibonacci sequence, the history of zero, and more. The perfect book for any girl on a quest for knowledge.

Gift

High school student Daisy Jones has a secret, unpredictable power, one only her best friend, Danielle, knows about. But when Daisy tries to help a mysterious classmate in crisis, she soon discovers that her new friend has a secret of her own.

Waking Up

Everyone knows what happens when you become a Twelve. It's all over the Ultranet. And besides that, there are the rumors... But when Talia Troy learns the true nature of her fate, she decides to fight back.

Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined

This collection of the best writing from the online literary magazine founded by Andrea J. Buchanan and Amy Hudock celebrates the voices of mother-writers in creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

It's A Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons

A wide-ranging collection of essays about the experience of raising sons by 30 writers, including Jodi Picoult and Jacquelyn Mitchard.

It's A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters

An anthology of essays about the experience of mothering a daughter, taking on topics like "princess power," adding a girl to a brood of boys, dealing with a daughter's eating disorder, and raising "hardcore mini-feminists."

Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It

In Andrea J. Buchanan's first book, a collection of her essays on the culture shock of new motherhood, she outlines the stages of "mother shock" and shares what she learns as she writes her way through the process of becoming a mother.