mental floss presents Forbidden Knowledge

But now Twig and his friends Basil and Lily find themselves on a dangerous journey downriver to bring Char home

Yet in 2016 the Chicago Tribune wrote

the flattest kid on Earth makes his way to China

from the hilarious to the heartbreaking

an enterprising single woman searching for something—a romance

In this remarkable retelling of Beauty and the Beast

This career-spanning collection is an invitation to see the world through Dillard’s wide-awake eyes—a world where the familiar becomes astonishing

inside her family’s remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as the Reserve

Miss Huddleston

stealing cars and killing rivals

she learns Gabe is the top cheater in their town

\" (Booklist starred review)