Category: Fiction
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Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Samantha Moore survived years of darkness in the foster care system by hiding behind her favorite characters in literature, even adopting their very words. Her fictional friends give her an identity, albeit a borrowed one. But most importantly, they protect her from revealing her true self and encountering more…
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 2 by Beth Brower: Content Warnings
Synopsis: The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s. Emma M. Lion offers…
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The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. As the only daughter of a broke father, she is a valuable commodity. Removed from school and sold as a third wife to an old man, Adunni’s life amounts to this: four goats, two bags of…
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All I Want For Christmas by Rebekah Price; Alexis J. Pride: Content Warnings
Synopsis: James sells toys. He’s a workaholic and he’s made a very good living, even if his wife and four children don’t appreciate it. Truth is, his marriage is falling apart and he barely recognizes his kids. So when James’s youngest daughter, 7-year-old Reba, asks God for a Christmas miracle…
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol 1 by Beth Brower: Content Warnings
Synopsis: “I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.” The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s.…
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal — a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. What To Expect: Readers can expect a struggle between…
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The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Shaken by her parents’ divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle’s farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She’ll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so she can plan a better…
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Come Forth As Gold by Erica Dansereau: Content Warnings
Synopsis: 1945. World War II has come to an end. But the battle for a young boy’s future is just beginning. The small, dusty town of Goldfield, Nevada, is all that thirteen-year-old Claude Fisher has ever known. The youngest of three brothers, he spends his days running wild across the…
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Emmy and the Iris: A Fanciful French Twist on The Secret Garden by Amy Devins: Content Warnings
Synopsis: In Emmy and the Iris, a modern adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 classic, The Secret Garden, a young girl named Emmy becomes angry and anxious after the death of her parents. She is moved from home to home until one day, a wealthy couple takes her to live with them…
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Symphony of Secret by Brendan Slocumb: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Bern Hendricks has just received the call of a lifetime. As one of the world’s preeminent experts on the famed twentieth-century composer Frederick Delaney, Bern knows everything there is to know about the man behind the music. When Mallory Roberts, a board member of the distinguished Delaney Foundation and…
