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• Equus Rising: How the Horse Shaped U.S. History by Julia Soplop

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    Thoroughly engrossing and compelling… In this ambitious book about the powerful influence of horse on US history, Soplop delivers a gripping account of North American history, charting horse’s progression across the Great Plains. Registering the evolution of the horse,… Read More ›

• Ripped Away (Uncommon Senses #2) by S.D. Christopher

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 28, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

    An ingenious blend of hard-boiled crime and science fiction, Christopher’s gripping drama is both superbly executed and deeply absorbing… Christopher’s original concept and engrossing storytelling strengthens this novel, the second installment in the Uncommon Senses series, where ordinary people… Read More ›

• Never-DEAD by Ann Greyson

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    Fast-paced and engrossing… In Greyson’s intriguing debut, a young woman struggles to stay alive while navigating through a zombie-like pandemic and learning about her own strength. It is 2012. The Mayas calendar has ended with a contagious disease that… Read More ›

• Please Don’t Say An X Word by W. Nikola-Lisa

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Delightful and deeply engrossing… With wit, sensitivity, and insight, award-winning author W. Nikola-Lisa explores the key issue of verbal bullying in this fabulous concept picture book. The narrative consists of fancy, funny words starting with each letter of the alphabet… Read More ›

• The Songbirds: Set Yourself Free by Alif

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A meditation on love’s complicated intimacies… Set in South India and London, Alif’s brilliant novel beautifully captures the melancholy of longing and love. The son of an “upper-class family” Kasim falls in love with “the poor distant relation” Sumera, the… Read More ›

• A Day at the Zoo by Cassie Roberts (Author), Judith Richards (Illustrator)

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    A funny, charming read… Roberts’s latest is a short, simple rhyming book of two children’s adventure at the zoo. William and Rose go to the zoo, where they meet many friendly animals performing amazing tricks. The children are invited… Read More ›

• Great Grandma’s Shed: Marcum Road Follies by Helen Nickolson (reviewed by a 7th grader)

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Nickolson tells the story of a preschooler with separation anxiety in her debut picture book. Katherine’s anxiety about staying away from her mother Helen is making her reluctant to go to school for her kindergarten, but Helen’s old stories about… Read More ›