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• 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 ›

• On the Trail of the Ruthless Warlock by Lynne Armstrong-Jones

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    Thrilling and engrossing… An unlikely band of travelers seeking to destroy a deadly Warlock sets on a dangerous quest in Armstrong-Jones’s engrossing latest fantasy. There are concerns about an evil force on the rise, but when destruction hits next… Read More ›

• Disenchanted (Disenchanted #1) by Brianna Sugalski

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    An intricate, deeply satisfying, well-told fantasy… Sugalski makes her foray into the world of dark fantasy with this fabulous first installment of the Disenchanted series, set in a medieval world where a Brenton princess struggles to deal with her… Read More ›

• Travel in Time by Anişoara Laura Musteţiu

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 16, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

    An earnest collection… Drawn from her own life experiences and written in a compelling prose, Musteţiu’s poignant debut is highlighted by moments of startling insight into life’s journey, exploring various themes of love, dreams, grief, and memories. The first… Read More ›

• Big Green Country by Frances Rivetti

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Deeply moving, highly engrossing… Two young women’s trials of physical and mental abuse in Northern California’s infamous emerald Triangle makes the heart of Rivetti’s searing debut. When Mia and Jazmin left their homes to take seasonal jobs as trimmigrants in… Read More ›

• The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles: Rites of Passage (The Chronicles of Sawyer Shepherd Book 1) by Chad Lehrmann

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    A clever and thrilling supernatural tale… Lehrmann makes his debut in urban fantasy with this action-packed, fantastical first installment in The Chronicles of Sawyer Shepherd series featuring a teenager hero. After losing his parents to a church shooting, 18-year-old… Read More ›

• The Latecomers by Rich Marcello

  By theprairiesbookreview on March 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    Intricately woven, lyrically written… A poignant tale! An elegiac portrait of an old couple exploring the nature of deep relationship, Marcello’s latest is a poignant study of a couple’s journey through life as they set on to unravel the true… Read More ›