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Treehouse Rescue by Veronica Puig (Author), Jessica W Cooper (Illustrator)

A delightfully comforting story about courage, community, and finding safety together. Puig’s picture book is an empathetic tale that celebrates kindness. As a storm approaches, young Mike encounters Mr. and Mrs. Carter, the caterpillars, Mrs. Birdie and her babies, and…
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Where Beau the Beach Bunny Burrows (Miss Lolisa’s Tales & Tails) by Lolisa Marie Monroe

A heartfelt coastal fable with a reassuring emotional core. Monroe pairs lyrical storytelling with gentle emotional insight in this thoughtful picture book set along Florida’s Space Coast. Beau, a small beach bunny surrounded by soaring pelicans, nesting sea turtles, and…
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Gaia’s Revolution (The Icaria Trilogy) by Nina Munteanu

Bleak, intelligent, and emotionally explosive. Munteanu’s latest is a politically incendiary portrait of a civilization unraveling under climate collapse, historical trauma, and ideological extremism. Berlin, 2022. In a country destabilized by climate catastrophe and political extremism, activist Damien Vogel becomes…
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Mortimer’s Magical Goo (Learning is Magical) by Megan K Palmer (Author), Nabila Amanda (Illustrator)

A thoughtful and emotionally perceptive picture book about effort, friendship, and learning that imperfection is part of growing up. In this fun picture book, Palmer introduces readers to Mortimer, a boy who would rather avoid chores, difficult activities, and anything…
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Mr. Squirrel Finds a Treasure by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

A thoughtful and environmentally conscious picture book about friendship, teamwork, and caring for the world around us.  Set once again in Flamingo Park, Miami Beach, Chapman’s latest in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series follows the duo…
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The World As It Is by Donald Levin

An unflinching, immersive, and incendiary portrait of injustice… Levin crafts a layered portrait of a city and a nation confronting the realities of injustice and change in his latest novel. 1963 Detroit. When an aspiring Motown musician witnesses a white…
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Waldwick… Reckoning by Kenneth Linde

A quiet, incisive, deeply felt novel… In his latest installment in the Waldwick series, Linde follows Amy Terrill beyond the boundaries of the life she built, into a quieter, more interior reckoning. A mother, survivor, and woman whose past resists…
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The Mudlark’s Song by Kimberly Manning Aker

Haunting and lyrical; an un-put-downable read. A solitary Oakland homeowner with a penchant for antique hunting and restoration discovers a cache of 1930s diaries hidden beneath her attic floorboards in Aker’s evocative novel. Aurora “Lark” Fernschild has built a life…
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The Star Thrower by Kathleen Welton

A beautifully written, thought-provoking page-turner with heart and purpose… Three recent graduates trade certainty for a journey of self-discovery that leads them into an unexpected environmental battle in Welton’s reflective novel. Seeking distance from the futures expected of them, Ava,…
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Babies on Board Part 1 by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

A cozy, feel-good, and fun offering. A beach-day wish becomes a quiet lesson in kindness, family, and responsibility in Chapman’s thought-provoking picture book. Little Mouse, the newest member of Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot’s circle, pulls a wish that…
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Maelstrom of Innocence (The Maelstrom Trilogy Book 1) by Alexandria Prescott

An evocative, intense, and unforgettable read… In Prescott’s poised, emotionally resonant series opener in the Maelstrom of Innocence series, a diplomat’s daughter’s sheltered life collapses overnight, forcing her into a world she had only ever observed from a distance. Tokyo,…
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Peg, Unhinged by Teri M Brown

Laugh-out-loud, brutally honest, and heartfelt. A woman’s carefully constructed life comes undone and reassembled in Brown’s sharp, darkly funny meditation on midlife, identity, and letting go. Peg is a successful real estate agent and mother. But as menopause descends, bringing…
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The Stars Are Always There by Jaime Maria Merrill

Tender, evocative, and inspiring; a coming-of-age story that resonates. In Merrill’s middle-grade novel, a reluctant girl’s summer at a Texas ranch turns into a fight to save the land itself. Twelve-year-old Jess Lindsey dreads spending the summer on her family’s…
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Sybilla and the Clockmaker’s Secret (The Guardian Cats Series) by Nic Minnella

A time-bending adventure that grips from start to finish… A girl’s fascination with antiques turns into a race against time in Minnella’s debut installment in The Guardian Cats series. Growing up in a house of ticking clocks and strange relics,…
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The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly

Raw, immersive, and emotionally rich.  In Reilly’s compelling novel, a pacifist pit bull, rescued from a brutal fighting ring and given a new life among stray dogs in a hidden junkyard sanctuary, must decide whether to fight when ruthless rivals…
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Eye Spied Serenity Acres: The Prequel (Serenity Acres: Where Secrets Barely Stay Hidden Book 3) by Crystal Quast

Brooding, intense, and hypnotic… In Quast’s latest installment in the Serenity Acres series, rebuilding a life after war reveals something far more dangerous beneath the surface. After nearly a decade on the run, Zosia and her husband find refuge as…
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Mountain Destiny by Jane Catherine Rozek

A raw, gripping story of grit, faith, and hard-won destiny.  In Rozek’s powerful account of wilderness living, a young family struggles to survive—and find meaning—in the isolated Chilcotin backcountry. Kate and Dave venture deep into the remote Canadian wilderness to…
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Identity by A.J. Thibault

A bold, unsettling blend of horror and heart. Identity, memory, and the fragile boundaries between self and other collide in Thibault’s eerie, genre-blending thriller. In the fog-shrouded town of Full Moon Cay, two teens vanish—until Tommy Jurczyk returns with no…
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Hazy Shade by Jim Lively

Tense, unsettling, and psychologically gripping. A Dallas defense attorney questions his sanity in Lively’s psychological legal thriller. A delayed retirement sparks tension with Simon Steed’s increasingly cold protégé, Shade Olson. But as disturbing events unfold nearby, his biggest question becomes:…
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Line ‘Em Up! by Oscar Avery

Heartfelt, uplifting, empowering. A straight line becomes a path to dignity in Avery’s empowering picture book. “Nobody wants to teach our class,” a quiet, cutting truth, sets the tone for this emotionally resonant story as four discouraged students: Jackson, Savannah,…