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Talking About Race: A Workbook About White People Fostering Racial Equality...
Kaolin, the author of Talking About Race (publisher: Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, Inc.), contacted me about her book, and I thought it sounded so interesting that I told her to send it to...
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Unwritten Letters Project Book and Website by Alex Boles (Interview)
I’m welcoming Alex Boles, whom I met through my critique group (she’s the sister of one of our members) and who has a very exciting and important website and book! I encourage everyone to check out...
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Moonlit by Jadie Jones (Interview, Review and GIVEAWAY!)
I loved everything about Moonlit. Debut author Jadie Jones does an excellent job building a loveable and flawed heroine, Tanzy Hightower, while also creating a suspenseful plot, love-to-hate bad guys,...
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up by Lee Gutkind
This article originally appeared in my Sunday book column in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois’s THE NEWS-GAZETTE (http://www.news-gazette.com). I have kept it in newspaper style!) Author offers lessons on...
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Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away by Trisha Slay
I am going to share with you a WONDERFUL and GRIPPING young adult novel that readers aged 13 to 100 will enjoy. It’s Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away by Trisha Slay, and I also have a copy to giveaway!...
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Sanctum by Sarah Fine
I met the wonderful Sarah Fine at the Missouri Writers Guild conference this past April, when I was her shepherd! She has written a wonderful YA fantasy novel, and it’s the beginning of a series. SO,...
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
*Young adult dystopian fantasy *16-year-old girl as the main character *Rating: I love this book. I can barely put it down, and I can’t wait to buy book 2. I am a huge fan of The Hunger Games, too. I...
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Twigs by Alison Ashley Formento
*Young adult novel, contemporary *Freshman in college girl is the main character *Rating: I enjoyed Twigs immensely. I thought the novel was a real page-turner, and I loved the detail Alison Ashley...
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Baker Mountain by Doyle Suit
Doyle Suit is a former Editor 911 client (I edited this book for him!) and critique group member of mine. I am excited to announce that his YA historical fiction novel is now available from High Hill...
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P. A. W. S. by Debbie Manber Kupfer
*Young adult fantasy, set in St. Louis! *Teenage girl as the main character *Rating: I really enjoyed P.A.W.S., so much so that I bought it as a Christmas present for a teen reader. The bad guy...
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