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Ghosts

by Maria Siano

In this entertaining mystery, a ghost from Chris Landrum’s past resurfaces, and it is just the first of many surprises that follow. This installment of Bill Noel’s Folly Beach Mystery series centers around Chris, who moved from... Read More

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Five Foot Voice

by Olivia Boler

Poet Alise Versella is barely into her twenties, yet the majority of the poems she has crafted in her debut collection use fresh imagery and resist clichés. Even though she is young, she does not take her youth for granted, as shown in... Read More

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Wingnut

by Angela Leeper

Loosely based on Lindsay Baker’s own childhood in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the early 1960s, this lighthearted, debut chapter book features an unnamed, typical ten-year-old boy who narrates the story and enjoys playing pranks on... Read More

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The Blue Hippopotamus

by Cheryl Hibbard

Paul Ehrlich describes his new book, "The Blue Hippopotamus", as a semi-autobiographical novel, and readers will be left wondering which parts are real and which are embellished. Ehrlich’s attempt to make “some incidents even better... Read More

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The Accidental Agent

by Mark McLaughlin

Freshman author Madhav Gokhlay is to be congratulated for concocting a solid, tense, and quite believable political thriller involving rogue CIA operatives, industrial espionage, a dirty bomb, terrorists, and a Pakistani general who may... Read More

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