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Jiangan

by Lawrence Kane

"Jiangan" substantiates that old adage about not judging books by their covers. Seriously, who’s excited by the image of a bespectacled, white guy with a goofy countenance garbed in traditional Chinese silks, holding a bamboo stick in... Read More

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Montooth 2

by Gabriela Worrel

In Montooth 2: Race for the Ryland Ruby, Robert Jay continues the saga of four teenage adventurers and a few other main characters from the first book in the series. Montooth and the Canfield Witch, Jay’s debut novel, was a huge... Read More

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The Beautiful One Has Come

by S. Hope Mills

Suzanne Kamata’s collection of stories "The Beautiful One Has Come" explores the tension, and sometimes beauty, of straddling two very different cultures. In some cases this takes a very physical form, like being an American mother in... Read More

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Grip

by Lydia Belanger

A teenage Nina Hamberg lies in her divorced parents’ old bedroom, trying to reason with a man who has crept into bed with her and threatened her with a knife. When offering to go to the kitchen and make him a cup of coffee only... Read More

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Threads of My Life

by Janelle Adsit

Hilaria Supa Huamán’s is a notable life. She has campaigned against female sterilization, for sustainable agriculture, and for the right to preserve indigenous cultures. She has worked to end the abuse of women and to provide Peruvian... Read More

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My Sisters Made of Light

by Shoilee Khan

"My Sisters Made of Light" is the riveting story of Ujala, a Pakistani schoolteacher imprisoned in Adiala Prison, a women’s penitentiary that holds the lives of hundreds of Pakistani women in limbo. Abused and lost, these women all... Read More

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