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2022 GOLD Winner for Young Adult Fiction
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Severed Roots
by Aleena Ortiz
In the dystopian novel "Severed Roots", people find solace in each other against an unforgiving world. In Nego Huzcotoq’s dystopian novel "Severed Roots", the ethics of marriage and gender equality are centered. Nick is inquisitive and...
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Aquarian Dawn
by Karen Rigby
An African teenager comes of age between countries and cultures in Ebele Chizea’s engrossing young adult novel "Aquarian Dawn". In the 1960s, Ada moves to Pennsylvania from Nabuka, a country riven by civil war and genocide. Her mother,...
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Sonnish
"Sonnish" is a musing novel in which a genealogical search is used to show how knowledge increases empathy. Mary Capper’s mystical historical novel "Sonnish" represents a compassionate search for a family’s roots. Dozing near a...
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Beneath the Starlit Sea
In Nicole Bea’s fantasy novel "Beneath the Starlit Sea", a captive sorceress is called upon to fight monsters, even as the king she serves treats her like one. Illyse lives a quiet life in a cottage until guards from King Whys kidnap...
2021 GOLD Winner for Fantasy
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A Spell of Rowans
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Holding Patterns
The explosive novel "Holding Patterns" follows a strategic investment banker as he attempts to escape his past. In James Chesterton’s literary thriller "Holding Patterns", an investment banker who’s been accused of embezzlement...
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A Spell of Rowans
The fantastical novel "A Spell of Rowans" combines murder mystery, magic, and mayhem for an exciting tour of a family’s history and trauma. Byrd Nash’s novel "A Spell of Rowans" revolves around a family with esoteric gifts and dark...