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Ribbons of the Sun
Excited at accompanying her father to market day in Santa Maria, twelve-year-old Rosa’s happiness turns to disbelief and dismay when she discovers that the only flower her father will sell that day is Rosa herself. Hamilton, who died...
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Reviewer Kristine Morris Interviews Josephine Caminos Oria, Author of Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses—Part One
by Kristine Morris
We sometimes think of our reviewers as explorers—this is your assignment, scribe, if you choose to accept it—venturing off into the uncharted stories and ideas of new books, logging details as the pages slip by, then posting an...
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"A superbly written true story of love and self-discovery."
by Kristine Morris
A Reviewer-Author Interview with Lynne O’Connor, Author of Elk Love / Site unseen, to wrap your brain around the majesty of Montana takes an imagination as big as the Rockies that tower over the state’s river valleys and...
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This Land is Our Land
by Kristine Morris
Wonder, awe, respect—conflict, abuse, greed. All these have characterized humans relationship with nature. Is there a way to bridge the gap? We can only value what we know, and these books invite us to immerse ourselves in nature, to...
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Book of the Day Roundup: February 7-11, 2022
by Barbara Hodge
From the Lighthouse / Chad Musick / Cinnabar Moth Publishing / Hardcover $24.99 (268pp) / 978-1-953971-26-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Chad Musick’s novel From the Lighthouse, a mysterious nonbinary person...
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Kidnapped
In Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s novel "Kidnapped", two boys are switched at birth, leading to unexpected consequences. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Alina, a poor university student who has been...
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Book of the Day Roundup: May 8-12, 2023
by Barbara Hodge
When You’re Older / Sofie LagunaJudy Watson / Allen & Unwin Children / Hardcover $18.99 (32pp) / 978-1-76029-134-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Brilliant colors and dreamlike illustrations complement this touching...