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Nothing Left to Lose by Len Joy

Emotionally raw, politically charged, and deeply human… Joy delivers a layered, emotionally intelligent story where politics and family collide with heartbreaking consequences. Tawni Carter built a national pro-life movement by demanding sacrifice from everyone around her, especially her family. When…
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Presidential Follies On Ice by Alex Charns

Deliberately excessive, occasionally rambling, and often sharply funny.  In this anarchic hockey fantasia, civil liberties attorney and longtime beer-league player Charns imagines a 3-on-3 showdown against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Justice Samuel Alito that escalates into a broadside against…
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Always, Janie by Meghan Sorley

A hauntingly tender debut about love, loss, and becoming yourself. In her emotionally incisive and deeply atmospheric debut, Sorley traces the long aftershock of first love across the American West, following one girl’s painful evolution from dutiful daughter to reluctant…
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And It Only Took 100 Years… by Alan Shayne

Reflective, humane, and beautifully observed. There are memoirs that recount achievement, and there are memoirs that illuminate the emotional history of an era. Shayne’s memoir does both with uncommon elegance. One might expect a Hollywood memoir full of glamorous anecdotes…
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The Guardian: The Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope Series #4 by Jordan Standridge

Dark, immersive, and psychologically incisive… Standridge’s fourth installment in the Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope series takes readers on an emotionally charged journey through love, loss, and betrayal. Nearly twenty years after the presumed death of her first husband,…
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The Earth Is Her Own by Renée Carrier

Lyrical, visionary, and unforgettable. Set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming’s Black Hills, Carrier’s richly contemplative book blends literary realism, spiritual mystery, and speculative fiction into an emotionally resonant story about grief, healing, and human transformation. The novel centers on…
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Grumpy Goes Home for the Holidays (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure) by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Thoughtful, engaging, and heart-melting… A young iguana discovers the importance of compassion, family, and belonging in Chapman’s latest installment in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series. Grumpy sets off on a long-awaited journey to the Florida Keys…
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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…