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Green Careers

by Barry Silverstein

The emphasis put on “green jobs” by President Obama and the global recognition of environmental responsibility are already resulting in a whole new employment sector. This is why Jennifer Power Scott’s "Green Careers" is a... Read More

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The Freedom Business

"The Freedom Business" (Wordsong, 978-1-932425-57-4) is a cross of forms encompassing an original narrative transcribed from a 1798 manuscript by the one-time slave Venture Smith, poems from Newberry Honor author Marilyn Nelson, and art... Read More

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C.S. Lewis

“[You] must not believe all that authors tell you about how they wrote their books,” says famed writer C.S. Lewis, “because a man writing a story is too excited about the story itself to sit back and notice how he is doing it.”... Read More

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Almost Astronauts

by Bobbye Middendorf

In a society obsessed with hero worship, few were as idolized as the early astronauts. Going behind the façade of the space program, Stone, an award-winning young adult writer, explores the “true story of the ‘Mercury 13’... Read More

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Indie Girl

by Whitney Hallberg

Zest Books is a publishing house devoted exclusively to advice books for teens. "Indie Girl" (978-0-9790173-3-9), by Arne Johnson, and Karen Macklin, with illustrations by Michael Wertz, offers practical ways for ambitious girls to... Read More

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