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Mrs. White's SUB SNIPS

by Peter Dabbene

The comedic panels of Mrs. White’s SUB SNIPS have the potential to boost substitute teachers’ morale. The crazy life of substitute teachers is captured in Laura Moss White’s collection of one-panel cartoons, Mrs. White’s SUB... Read More

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Girl with a Future

by Karen Rigby

In the hopeful novel "Girl with a Future", a complicated young adult struggles to embrace the unconventional. In Parker Ames’s down-to-earth novel "Girl with a Future", a smart Canadian girl’s plans derail in the vulnerable years... Read More

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The God That I Know

by Jeremiah Rood

The poems of "The God That I Know" function as a personal testimony about Jesus. John Rogers’s passionate poetry book "The God That I Know" draws inspiration from the biblical psalms to impart hope. The book’s seventy-five poems,... Read More

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Scotland before the Bomb

by Ho Lin

"Scotland before the Bomb" is a linguistically acrobatic novel that’s filled with zany wit and sheer randomness. There’re heaping helpings of dystopia and absurdity in M. J. Nicholls’s "Scotland before the Bomb", a sprawling... Read More

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A Limey at Gettysburg

by Mari Carlson

"A Limey at Gettysburg" is a sweet historical story told against the backdrop of an agonizing war. In Eric Dennison and Robert Mitchell’s historical novel, "A Limey at Gettysburg", a carefree Brit with a weakness for women finds... Read More

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Courage and Complicity

by Delia Stanley

"Courage and Complicity" is a captivating historical drama in which a teacher wrestles with cultural attitudes towards Indigenous people. In Claudette Languedoc’s historical drama "Courage and Complicity", a young woman discovers the... Read More

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Grace

by Delia Stanley

"Grace" is a reflective collection whose stories move across times and circumstances to arrive somewhere real. Dan Burns’s genre-diverse short story collection "Grace" captures characters and fleeting moments while putting a twist on... Read More

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