Joy McCullough Books in Order

In seventeenth-century Rome, the young painter Artemisia Gentileschi struggles to establish her own artistic identity. After she is raped, she must decide whether to speak publicly, drawing strength from the women whose stories she brings to canvas.

Sutton loves science and building robots, while Luis prefers inventing fantasy adventures to facing unfamiliar dangers. When their parents begin dating, the two children must find common ground and navigate changes neither of them chose.

After a painful friendship breakup, Callie moves to a Scottish castle hoping for a fresh start. Joining a birding club offers a chance to belong, but disagreements and her fear of repeating old mistakes threaten her new friendships.

Champ knows the White House from the years when Joe Biden was vice president, but it will be new territory for Major. As the family prepares to move, the older dog looks forward to showing his rescue-dog companion around.

When her sister’s convicted rapist receives no prison sentence, Em Morales struggles with guilt and fury. The legend of a medieval woman who avenged survivors offers her another way to confront the tension between revenge, healing, and hope.

In this collaborative reimagining of Little Women, the March sisters face grief and growing up in 1942 as World War II reshapes their lives. It keeps the family heart of the classic while giving each sister a new path.

Harriet Hemenway loves fashionable hats until she learns how many birds are killed to decorate them. Her determination to change those habits leads to a conservation campaign, new protections for birds, and the founding of the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Zadie spends the summer at the community theater her mother runs, determined to help backstage. Kept away from the technical work she longs to do, she tries to prove herself while the theater’s future depends on a successful production.

An injury ends Eden’s elite gymnastics career, leaving her searching for direction. Volunteering at a food bank introduces her to period poverty and menstrual activism, but her determination to help brings her into conflict with her mother.

Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia step beyond the deaths assigned to them in Shakespeare’s plays. Sharing their experiences of love, betrayal, and trauma, the young women reclaim their voices and begin to imagine how their stories might be told differently.

A newly printed book begins a journey through the hands of different readers. As its pages are opened and shared, this picture book explores the relationship between a story and the people who give it life through reading.

Orphaned siblings Basil and Dahlia flee separation into foster homes and find refuge with a celebrity baker in New York. Her generous hospitality seems miraculous, but the children discover that their apparent rescuer has a sinister purpose.

Jojo’s first day of middle school goes disastrously wrong, sending her into a forbidden hallway. There she meets three classmates with troubles of their own, and an unlikely friendship begins amid embarrassing mishaps and big changes at home.

Organized sixth-grader Leah secretly trades the art club her parents chose for Quiz Bowl. As her competitive streak grows, keeping the switch hidden becomes harder, and her determination to win starts threatening her friendships.

Missing her twin sister, Izzy tries to find a new place for herself by joining the school cheerleading squad. Being offered the mascot role instead turns her plan for confidence into a season of possible embarrassment.

Kestrel resents leaving her grandfather’s strict church community for Montana, where her mother works with conservation dogs. Frightened by the unfamiliar animals and surroundings, she gradually questions the life she knew and learns to trust her own judgment.

McCullough recounts being groomed and assaulted by a youth pastor and the long aftermath of that abuse. Poems about survival and healing mingle with letters to women accused of witchcraft, connecting her experience with older patterns of disbelief.

Sixteen-year-old Carmela finally joins her mother’s Roman apothecary, expecting to learn the making of remedies. Instead, she discovers that some preparations serve women with desperate needs, and one hidden poison could endanger everyone in the household.