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May 2017

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 2017.

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Instrumental

by Peter Dabbene

It’s not often that one sees successful cross-pollination between the worlds of comics and music, but Dave Chisholm accomplishes just that with his graphic novel (and accompanying soundtrack) "Instrumental". Chisholm is an accomplished... Read More

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City of Grit and Gold

by Stephanie Bucklin

Maud Macrory Powell’s *City of Grit and Gold *is a historical novel that places a family conflict at the center of a political battle, raising questions about privilege, duty, and assimilation. Twelve-year-old Addie lives with her... Read More

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Seeking Mansfield

by Stephanie Bucklin

In this sweet romance, author Kate Watson explores family, obligations, and the weight of the past. "Seeking Mansfield" is about one young girl’s journey to discover her own desires after suppressing them for so long. Sixteen-year-old... Read More

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Luz Bones

by Matt Sutherland

Myrna Stone’s depth of historical knowledge and talent for storytelling should not in any way suggest that her technical skills don’t reach the paygrade of poetry’s big leagues, far from it. Wherefore art thou wherewithal to learn,... Read More

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The Grumpface

by Catherine Thureson

"The Grumpface" is light and fun, and the grumpiness and daftness of its leads are sure to set children giggling. B. C. R. Fegan’s "The Grumpface" is a familiar and appealing story about a cursed forest troll, who serves as a... Read More

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Moses

by Rebecca Foster

Hamilton invites readers of every stripe to apply the lessons he learned along Moses’s path in their own daily lives. In Moses: In the Footsteps of the Reluctant Prophet, pastor Adam Hamilton investigates “the single most important... Read More

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Freud's Trip to Orvieto

by Matt Sutherland

In the first few years of the sixteenth century, in Orvieto’s splendid medieval cathedral, Luca Signorelli painted The Last Judgment, a sprawling, shocking fresco of muscled nude men, bared buttocks, horrific violence, antichrists,... Read More

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