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CHICO BOY
IR VERDICT:Return to Montauk 2017 film trailer CHICO BOY is an excellent middle grade novel featuring a brave, 14 year-old, half Mexican boy who is struggling with an absent father and living in poverty. A...
FRENCH BETRAYAL
IR VERDICT: FRENCH BETRAYAL offers an expansive view of the Second World War—from backroom political discussions to the front lines of battle—and accurately captures the fear and frenzy of wartime.
THE UNLEASHED
IR VERDICT: THE UNLEASHED is Bentz Deyo’s exciting second installment in his UNDELIGHTENED series. Leam Holt is a child of the Darkness and the Light, two opposing magical forces battling for the destruction or salvation of...
WHEN THEIR WORLD STOPS
IR VERDICT: WHEN THEIR WORLD STOPS, authored from the perspective of Christian beliefs and customs, includes lists, suggestions and resources for those who find themselves dealing with the mourning of a neighbor, friend, or family...
DARK FRONTIER
IR VERDICT: DARK FRONTIER introduces readers to a frightening future where the colonization of Mars has occurred. Though the world building is clearly detailed and developed, the reader—unfortunately—is not introduced to that world well enough...
Two years ago, Lizzie broke Tucker’s heart into six jagged pieces when she packed up her vampires and quit the quirky town of LonePine, Wyoming, population 438. Since then, Lizzie has stayed put in Russia,...
TEENAGE DEGENERATE
IR VERDICT: Scott Sterling’s memoir TEENAGE DEGENERATE, his account of rock-bottom drug addiction, makes a compelling read, and imparts the lethal appeal—even to those who have not been enslaved to drugs—of artificially trying to fill...
ELECTION 2064
IR VERDICT: You might well have had enough of elections for one lifetime, but don’t let that deter you from ELECTION 2064 by Scott McDermott. This lively political thriller interweaves the devious dealings of twenty-first...
BE YOUR SPIRIT
IR VERDICT: BE YOUR SPIRIT is a readable, general, concise overview of some Buddhist and Hindu teachings on the ego and the spirit, with specific exercises designed to put the practitioner more in tune with...