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Resistance! by Andy Murphy

An intriguing YA historical read… Murphy weaves together an absorbing story of a youth group’s exhilarating journey as they launch dangerous rebellions against the brutal Nazi regime. Fifteen-year-old Karl and Horst hate the Nazi regime with vengeance. When the army…
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HOW THE WORLD BEGAN: A Parable of 1812 by Don Gutteridge

Sweeping, intoxicating… A one hell of a ride. Set in 1812, Gutteridge’s compelling latest tells one family’s journey of hardships and survival. The senior McRorie, who has fought in the last battles of the Revolutionary War, comes to the Province…
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The Queen’s Player: The Lost Years of William Shakespeare Book 2 by Anthony Wildman

Meticulously researched and intensely realized… Thorough fun. Vividly evocative and steeped in the grand world of Elizabethan theatre, the second installment in Wildman’s Lost years series takes readers on an exhilarating adventure as the reluctent hero gets drawn into the…
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A Journey to Joy by Nancy I. Young

A beautiful exploration of love, perseverance, and the power of community and kinship… In the moving latest from Young, the life of a young heiress is upended after she’s falsely accused of theft and sent to Fremantle Gaol in colonial…
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Never to Forget: The Promise of Love by Carlos Alvarado

Compulsively readable…  Alvarado’s latest novel is an absorbing tale of one woman’s struggles against social injustice, first as a saboteur during the Costa Rican revolution, and later, as wife to an abusive husband. Defying the notion that girls can’t be…
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The Two Wolves (A Dying Truth Exposed, Book Three) by Marcus Abston

A compelling, meticulously researched, inspiring tale of family ties and courage… In Abston’s third installment in A Dying Truth Exposed series, Annabelle and her Cherokee family are forced to make daring choices to confront the past and fight for their…
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Brandy, Ballad of a Pirate Princess by Dan E. Hendrickson

A heart-pounding, thrilling adventure… Set mainly in the British territories of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Hendrickson’s latest novel is filled with action, bloodlust, treachery and valor. Born and raised on the pirate ship Red Witch, the lovely Brandy Erasmus…
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Letters of Understanding by Christopher J. Mooney

Fascinating, compelling, evocative… A spellbinding tale. Mooney visits the WWII era and the secretive world of Britain and Russia’s intelligence network in this immersive saga. Francis Kelly has always known his father David Kelly has written thousands of letters to…
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An Enemy Like Me by Teri M Brown

A poignant read—engrossing, reflective, and meaningful. Set against the backdrop of World War II, Brown’s immersive novel delves into the lives of three generations of a German American family. Growing up as a first-generation American in Ohio, Jacob Miller has…
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Bayview Boulevard by Fleury Mills Sommers

Creatively structured and thoughtfully executed… A stunning tale. A nineteenth-century fictional town, with its booming whaling industry forms the backdrop for Sommers’s poignant exploration of courage, determination, strength, and the bonds of love, friendship, and family. The scion of a…