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2021 Finalist for Education
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Every Word You Never Said
Disabilities and adoption are themes in Jordon Greene’s LGBTQ+ novel "Every Word You Never Said", a sweet romance story that’s informed by social justice concerns. Newly adopted and entering a new high school in North Carolina as a...
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The Art of Receiving and Giving
"The Art of Receiving and Giving" is inspiring guide to what’s fundamental in all healthy human relationships. Betty Martin’s spiritual self-help book, "The Art of Receiving and Giving", concerns the contributions of touch to one’s...
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Speaking of Apraxia
"Speaking of Apraxia" is sympathetic and encouraging in suggesting ways for families to deal with childhood apraxia of speech. Leslie A. Lindsay goes over the challenges and joys of raising a child with childhood apraxia of speech in her...
2019 BRONZE Winner for Adventure, Sports & Recreation
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Some Stories
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The Lonesome Era
Camden is an anthropomorphized cat attending high school. He grapples with his sexuality and how to reveal it to his best friend in Jon Allen’s graphic novel "The Lonesome Era". Camden inhabits a late-1990s American Rust Belt town that...
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H. G. Adler
This book is an intimate, detailed, and emotionally charged look at the life and times of Hans Günther Adler (1910–1988), a pioneer in the field of Holocaust studies who devoted himself to keeping alive the memory of those who lost...
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City of a Million Dreams
With a resident’s in-the-bones understanding of the place, Jason Berry’s "City of a Million Dreams" is a hypnotic biography of a unique American city. Beyond its Mardis Gras, po boys, and jazz lies a richer and more complex New...