Category: All Book Reviews
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The Hired Man by Sandra Dallas: Content Guide
Publication Date: Mar 2026 Blurb: 1937. It’s been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. Folks can barely remember a time when the clouds were filled with rain instead of dirt, and when the fields were green instead of brown. High school student Martha Helen Kessler and her…
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Lost Boy by Christina Henry: Content Guide
Publication Date: July 2017 Blurb: There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan’s first—and favorite—lost boy to his greatest enemy. Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules…
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The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden: Content Guide
Publication Date: Dec 2017 Blurb: Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family’s wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire. Vasilisa’s gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention…
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The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin: Content Guide
Publication Date: Sep 2021 Blurb: Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the 1951 Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy…
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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2022 Blurb: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales.…
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Of Masquerades and Fame by Candice Pedraza Yamnitz and Claire Kohler: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2025 Blurb: In the aftermath of the infamous Sky Manor game, 18-year-old Camilla Carranza receives an invitation to the Elite Ball, the place where the most lucrative business deals transpire. Despite her boyfriend’s misgivings, Camilla accepts the invitation, thinking it will lead to enough money for her…
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The Belle of Chatham by Laura Frantz: Content Guide
Publication Date: Jan 2026 Blurb: In 1777, caught in the crossroads of the American Revolution, sisters Maebel and Coralie Bohannon’s quaint New Jersey village becomes a battleground as they house American officers in their home. Rebellion ripples through their family as members take opposing sides–Patriots and Loyalists–causing a deep chasm…
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Comets Fade with Summer by Amber Lambda: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2024 Blurb: High school is hard enough without an imaginary friend you’re falling in love with… Social chameleon Halley Brighton thought she’d already found a way to shine in this world—by adjusting herself to reflect everyone else. But when a cross-country move leaves her ghosted by all…
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Of Clockworks and Daggers by Sara Everest: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2025 Blurb: A ghost from Zenith’s past has resurfaced, threatening everything he holds dear. With the impending return of the Sky Manor games, Zenith feels drawn back to his old ways, but his heart is torn. As much as he wants to move on to create a…
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Chase the Legend by Hannah Kaye: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2023 Blurb: The End of the Map lies far behind you now. Here there be dragons. The nation of Outer Melvia runs on the power of dragon oil, but only the Hunters of Map’s End are fearless–or foolish–enough to pursue the great beasts of the deep. In…
