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Sonnets and Serpents

by Jeana Jorgensen

A headstrong princess and an exiled scholar join forces to search for missing people in Elizabeth Lowham’s exciting fantasy novel "Sonnets and Serpents". Eliza, the second-born princess of Loegria, follows her beloved knight Henry... Read More

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Severalty

by Jeana Jorgensen

About gardening, nature, medical trauma, and motherhood, the poems of Laura Da’s "Severalty" reflect on what happens when people are severed from their heritage and identity. Severalty, a synonym for separateness, appears to mark... Read More

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Diamonds in Auschwitz

by Jeana Jorgensen

Deep inhumanity is contrasted with the boundless potential for hope in the historical novel "Diamonds in Auschwitz". Meg Hamand’s riveting historical novel "Diamonds in Auschwitz" follows a handful of Jewish people as they navigate... Read More

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The Keys of Persephone

by Jeana Jorgensen

In Kate Gray Glass’s fantasy novel "The Keys of Persephone", a ghost without memories and a witch without powers form an alliance to stop a series of mysterious murders. Lane is a ghost tasked with capturing unruly denizens of the... Read More

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Casters and Crowns

by Jeana Jorgensen

In Elizabeth Lowham’s enthralling fantasy novel "Casters and Crowns", a reverse Sleeping Beauty curse forces a princess to confront the truth about magic in her kingdom. Aria will inherit her father’s crown—if she can survive the... Read More

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Firebrands

by Jeana Jorgensen

Gioia Diliberto’s "Firebrands" visits the Roaring Twenties and beyond, revealing how four women’s efforts shaped the course of American history. When American women won the right to vote in 1920, some politicians assumed they would... Read More

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