Here's the list of all the Radar Recommendations for today:

A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy: A discussion of author Ellen Emerson White and why she is "under the radar": "Her characters are sometimes sarcastic; they are also honest and vulnerable. Over and over, I believe her characters to be real; fully formed; I would recognize them on the street. They are flawed, they are funny, they are a mix of good and bad. They are complex."

Big A, little a: Ingo by Helen Dunmore: "While she was born to earth and loves her family and home, the seas and the world of the Mer seduce her."

Jen Robinson's Book Page: The Changeling and The Velvet Room both by Zilpha Keatley Snyder: "The Velvet Room is the old library of the abandoned mansion, Las Palmeras, complete with a window-lined tower surrounded by red velvet drapes. Although most of the house is empty, the Velvet Room remain intact, filled with books and other treasures."

Bildungsroman: The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen: "I really want to read it again, and read it outside rather than inside. I feel as though that location change would make for an entirely different experience - to just be sitting where this character is not, cannot, would not be - In fact, I think it would almost make me feel guilty to be taking in the sky and sun and grass and trees as I turned the pages."

Finding Wonderland: A Door Near Here by Heather Quarles: "When faced with silence and despair, are we losing our grip when we find that we want to believe in Narnia? Is there something wrong with trying to find it wherever we are? Aren't we all still looking for A Door Near Here?"

Miss Erin: Girl With a Pen and Princess of Orange, both by Elisabeth Kyle: "I read Jane Eyre soon after reading this and thought it very cool to discover that some of the settings Charlotte describes in it (the red room, for one) were places she'd been in real life."

Fuse Number 8: The Winged Girl of Knossos by Erick Berry: "The story begins with a theory. What if the mysterious lost land of Atlantis wasn't a land sunk deep below the sea as so many have suggested? What if it was, in fact, the ancient civilization of Crete instead?"

Bookshelves of Doom: The Olivia Kidney series by Ellen Potter: "If I had to be nailed down, I'd maybe try to describe the first book as a mostly non-spooky, extremely quirky Coraline. At times, it reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. A modern Alice, of course, and a version of Wonderland that is set entirely in an apartment building, but it's similar in that Olivia explores her new home, meets lots of strange characters, hears lots of strange stories, and like Alice, isn't particularly bothered by the illogical nature of what she sees and hears."

Chicken Spaghetti: The Natural History of Uncas Metcalfe by Betsey Osborne: "A melancholic air that reminds me of Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day and an unexpected plot twist combine for an emotionally resonant ending. If reserve extracts a price, surely Uncas pays it."

Writing and Ruminating: Jazz ABX=Z by Wynton Marsalis: "Not all that many people buy all that many poetry collections. And this one is a shining gem for the totality of its package. And although it's a poetry book designed for kids, jazz fans of all age would like it for its images, both graphic and verbal. And I'm guessing that there are many, many teachers and librarians out there who don't know about this book as a resource for music, biography, history, and poetry (including the teaching of poetic forms). And they should."

The YA YA YAs: Massive by Julia Bell: "Although Maria is a repulsive character, I couldn’t help but get drawn into the story to find out whether or not Carmen saves her mother or is sucked into the vacuum of her psychosis."