Catch the Sun

A brand new YA standalone survivor romance from Jennifer Hartmann, the fan-favorite author of Still Beating, Lotus, and June First, packed with the same light-in-the-dark hope for healing in the face of tragedy. Perfect for fans of If He Had Been With Me, A Thousand Boy Kisses, and Binding 13.

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Editor Diane Gottlieb Tells All About Her IRDA-Winning Book

What happens when 49 authors sit down to craft their experiences of living in a body? Magic! Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness is truly a magical anthology of short essays, filled with trauma and triumph, pleasures and pain, challenges, resilience, and growth.

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IRDA Winning Author Christopher Hawkins Tells All About His Book

"Downpour" is about a family that becomes trapped in an isolated farmhouse when a strange rain begins to fall that literally eats away at their home and turns everyone around them into monsters. They were already a family in crisis before the rain began to fall, and the question becomes whether they can survive and, if they do, what will it do to them as a family.

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Advice from IR Approved Author Dee Knight: “Stick to your story, and never give up!”

This book delves into genocide in Palestine, and the war crisis in eastern Europe, West Asia and East Asia. It examines the role of the Big Lie in blunting popular opposition, and describes ways countries around the world and the general public are pressing for peace.

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IRDA-Winning Author Lana Taylor Stuart Tells All About Her Book

Born and raised in south Georgia, Lana Stuart grew up in a family where the kitchen was the heart of the home. The smell of chicken frying, the taste of freshly churned ice cream, the laughter and conversation that filled the air as the family gathered around the dining table—these are the cherished memories that have shaped her and her new cookbook, My Southern Table: Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen.

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IRDA Winning Author Sheryle Gillihan Tells All About Her Book

Reality is malleable and shaped by our experiences and lenses through which we view the world. While we may inherently get this, we still have a hard time bridging the gap between the world we know and the reality that someone else holds as true. It causes conflicts, creates siloed echo chambers, and divides us.

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Author Audrey Auden Tells All About her IRDA-Winning Book

The Voice in All tells the story of Ava, a 16-year-old determined to free herself from the powerful priestesshood that controls her society, and Dom, who is called by the mysterious Voice in All to serve the priestesshood. The night before the coming-of-age ceremony that will seal their fates, Dom crosses paths with Ava during her desperate escape attempt. Their accidental brush with forbidden magic awakens a deep telepathic connection between them, setting them on a collision course with their shared destiny: to reveal the hidden truth of the power behind the priestesshood.

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IR Approved Author Richard Cunningham: “If you crave fame and fortune, I can suggest far easier, less time-consuming, and less lonely paths to becoming a superstar.”

SiP is a comedic sci-fi adventure for middle school kids about a giant drinking straw that appears from orbit and begins to drink the Atlantic Ocean.

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Advice from IR Approved Author Angel I. Hawkins: “Write for writing’s sake. Tell the story placed upon your heart, the story that begs to be told.”

A poetry collection for the hopeless romantic, velvet, encapsulates the scope of being in love as it takes the reader on a journey divided into three sections. From the first meeting to true happiness, velvet captures the heart and its beautiful idiosyncrasies.

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Author Jackie Lewis Tells All About her IRDA-Winning Book

It’s 1952, and in the small town of Yoakum, Texas, Tessa Louise Carter is a quirky, sassy, and back-talking nine-year-old. She finds herself torn between her deeply religious but foul-mouthed Grandmother and her beautiful bed-hopping mother. Hilarious and heartbreaking, Tessa’s Heart is a coming of age story about a young girl trying to find her place in the world.

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