Russell Shorto’s “Revolution Song” recounts the stories of individual lives that intersected with our nation’s battle against enemies at home and abroad.
In Katherine Rundell’s “The Explorer,” four kids must find their way out of the jungle after a plane crash, stoking young readers’ dreams and anxieties: What if there were no parents? Could I eat a grub if I had to?
In Karina Yan Glaser’s “The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street,” a family — five children, two parents, three pets — may be forced to leave their beloved Harlem brownstone in this charming debut.
Alex Kotlowitz reviews Benjamin Rachlin’s “Ghost of the Innocent Man,” which tells the story of Willie J. Grimes, wrongfully convicted of sexual assault.