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A Better Best Friend

by Danielle Ballantyne

This humorous story demonstrates the value of a best friend—or two. A squirrel out for a summer walk stumbles on a shy mushroom, Pock; he decides Pock will be the best friend he’s always wanted. “You can have lots of friends. But a... Read More

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Here and There

by Danielle Ballantyne

Contrasting color palettes depict parallel stories in this picturesque tale. Dan owns a café in a seaside town; he only travels through the stories of his customers. Aki is a sailor whose only home is the sea, but he finds companionship... Read More

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Man's World

by Kristen Rabe

A timely reissue of Charlotte Haldane’s brilliant 1926 dystopian novel, Man’s World is set in a future where individual desires are sacrificed for communal good, women’s roles are prescribed, and genetic makeup is determined by... Read More

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This Tenuous Atmosphere

by Kristen Rabe

Poetic, inventive, and spare, Maria S. Picone’s "This Tenuous Atmosphere" is a meticulous novella about a woman’s search for family and belonging. Asia feels like an outsider in her fantastical outer-space world. Orbiting Earth among... Read More

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Fine Dreams

by Eileen Gonzalez

A young victim of terrorism watches over those she left behind in Linda N. Masi’s novel "Fine Dreams". Kubra loved running, the color pink, and studying to become an educator like her mother. After she becomes collateral damage in a... Read More

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The Last Zookeeper

by Danielle Ballantyne

The master of wordless picture books returns with this moving retelling of Noah’s Ark that speaks to an uncertain future. Long-abandoned structures stretch up from the watery grave of a flooded world as a construction robot, NOA, cares... Read More

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