Katherine Locke Books in Order

Back onstage and expecting Zed’s child, ballet dancer Aly struggles with professional pressure and changes to her body. Zed recognizes her worsening distress but faces limitations of his own as they try to protect their hard-won recovery and shared future.

Years after an accident devastated their lives and ballet careers, Aly and Zed meet again in Washington. Their renewed attraction offers a chance to rebuild, but grief, addiction recovery, and unresolved anger make reconciliation uncertain.

Ballet dancers Aly and Zed have relied on each other as best friends through the demands of their profession. A European tour and an intimate dance routine bring their attraction into focus, encouraging them to risk changing their relationship.

A red balloon carries Ellie into East Berlin in 1988, where an underground group uses magic to help people cross the Wall. Her search for a way home becomes entangled with an attempt to rewrite history.

During the Second World War, magical siblings Ilse and Wolf are forced into opposing sides of the nuclear race. After Wolf’s mission goes wrong, Ilse must help him survive while suspicion of a spy threatens her own position.

Even superheroes must stop saving the world long enough to bathe, clean their clothes, and sleep. This rhyming picture book follows the ordinary bedtime tasks behind extraordinary adventures, helping young children see rest as part of being ready for tomorrow.

On the way to a neighborhood party, Ari and Uncle Lior meet people who describe themselves with different words and pronouns. Still uncertain which words fit today, Ari learns that self-discovery can take time and change.

A dragon can be a wonderful playmate until its temper, noise, and fiery outbursts get in the way. Children and their dragon friends practice listening, calming down, and expressing feelings while learning how to care for one another.

In Soviet-controlled Budapest, Holocaust survivor Csilla plans to leave the country that killed her parents. Their unexpected exoneration and a growing revolutionary movement force her to reconsider whether to escape or risk fighting for its future.

Illustrated profiles introduce thirty trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people from different periods and countries. Alongside their lives and achievements, the book explains terminology and historical context to help young readers explore identity, representation, and struggles for recognition.