Book Review
They Call Me Orange Juice
by Nancy Powell
"They Call Me Orange Juice" is a wonderful collection from a talented and enthusiastic storyteller. Audrey McDonald Atkins’s "They Call Me Orange Juice" is an intimate compilation of funny, down-to-earth stories about the Deep South...
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Jacked Up
by Nancy Powell
Set over five days in the life of a death-obsessed teenager, "Jacked Up" is snappy and clever, wrapping Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and spiritual beliefs around a coming-of-age story with themes of friendship, acceptance, and mourning....
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The Books of Norene I
by Nancy Powell
Wolves and Werewolves is an imaginative and exciting fantasy adventure that puts a refreshing spin on werewolf mythology. In Jane Sefc’s action-packed fantasy adventure Wolves and Werewolves, an uneasy truce between the werewolves and...
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Joe and the Halloween Mystery
by Nancy Powell
The allegorical narrative revolves around a battle with Satan, drawing clear, black-and-white lines. This follow-up to Joe and the Peace Eternal is a swashbuckling biblical fantasy that pits a hunky former Olympian and his trusty,...
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Ivy vs. Dogg
by Nancy Powell
Brian Leung’s "Ivy vs. Dogg" delivers a stinging commentary of how unchecked voyeurism has impacted modern politics, making it a politician’s business to get into everybody’s business. This Election for the internet age is a heady,...
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Willie Wish and the Magic Realm
by Nancy Powell
"Willie Wish and the Magic Realm" is a beautifully imagined fairy tale that imparts lasting moral values. Neale Payne’s gentle juvenile fantasy "Willie Wish and the Magic Realm" follows a thirteen-year-old boy who can see the...
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The Heath Cousins and the Moonstone Cave
by Nancy Powell
"The Heath Cousins and the Moonstone Cave" is an adventure story that contains valuable moral lessons for young readers about interpersonal relationships and teamwork. Eileen Hobbs’s deliberately paced, enchanting juvenile adventure...
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Hardbarned!
by Nancy Powell
Driver’s heartfelt, often funny, story will be sympathetic to today’s college graduates as they also struggle to find meaningful work. Christopher J. Driver’s memoir "Hardbarned!" is poignant and self-deprecating, about the college...