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Planting Sunshine

by Brooke Shannon

In Andrée Poulin’s haunting, empathetic novel-in-verse "Planting Sunshine", a boy tries to understand war from the safety of his home. Theo’s story opens on an ordinary afternoon, when he’s playing basketball with his father. But... Read More

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small lives

by Brooke Shannon

In Gary Jackson’s stories-in-poems, superhumans of color navigate violence, visibility, and legacies in the fractured US. Rather than battling traditional villains, Jackson’s superheroes—the Invincible Woman, the Telepath, and the... Read More

Book Review

Sunburn

by Brooke Shannon

Chloe Michelle Howarth’s coming-of-age novel "Sunburn" simmers with first love, confusion, and quiet rebellion in sun-drenched 1990s Ireland. Lucy, a restless teenager, lives in Crossmore, Ireland, where “motherhood is the nearest... Read More

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