Category: All Book Reviews
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Two Degrees by Alan Gratz: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2022 Blurb: Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks–and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere? Owen and his best friend,…
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Coffee We Spill by Chelsea Michelle: Content Guide
Publication Date: Sep 2025 Blurb: She’s ready for adventure–isn’t she? Kate Cunningham is facing the opportunity of a lifetime. As a zoo photographer, she’s spent years photographing animals in carefully controlled environments, but now National Geographic has dangled an irresistible prize: If Kate can snag a unique photo of a legendary bear…
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A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross: Content Guide
Publication Date: Dec 2022 Blurb: East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines. The Isle of Cadence has always held itself and its residents in a tenuous balance. But now Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, has pushed everyone and everything in his path off-kilter in a bid…
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The Bitter End Birding Society by Amanda Cox: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2025 Blurb: Hometown hero Ana Leigh Watkins ventures to Bitter End, Tennessee, to help her great-aunt get her house ready to sell. Bitter End seems an ironic place for Ana to refresh her weary spirit, but she’s desperate for respite from her community’s attention and unwarranted admiration.…
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Under the Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee: Content Guide
Publication Date: Sep 2020 Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena’s banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and…
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Tastes Like Watermelon Moonshine by Audrey Colman: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2025 Blurb: Love isn’t a country song… Is it? Raegan Carter feels like she’s been tossed into one of her favorite country songs. From right after senior year, to the tailgate of his truck, to giving more than her heart with the help of a mason jar……
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The French Kitchen by Kristy Cambron: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2025 Blurb: Paris, 1952 — An ex-pat wife living in Paris signs up for a cookery class taught by an American chef with an indomitable wit and decidedly French airs–an instructor by name of Julia Child. Amongst classes of the L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes, with pots and pans and…
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Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2025 Blurb: It starts with a class in an old movie theater. Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor. Most students believe the Professor’s stories are just fiction, but Holland St. James has always been convinced that magic is real.…
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Fun Fact: I Love You by Gina Lynn Larsen: Content Guide
Publication Date: July 2024 Blurb: Fun fact: Nellie Samsin has ten days left of high school, and she’s never been kissed—which is fine with her. Being the yearbook editor and valedictorian has taken all her attention. But when she has a chance to kiss her longtime crush, she hopes it…
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Capture the Moment by Suzanne Woods Fisher: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2025 Blurb: She’s ready for adventure–isn’t she? Kate Cunningham is facing the opportunity of a lifetime. As a zoo photographer, she’s spent years photographing animals in carefully controlled environments, but now National Geographic has dangled an irresistible prize: If Kate can snag a unique photo of a legendary bear…
