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1/5
Really bad
Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.
3/5
Good
Worth reading.
4/5
Very Good
1-2 spots that need work
5/5
Excellent!
Must-read.
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4.4 / 5.0
Michael Schwartz's I'M ONLY A GOOD DADDY BECAUSE YOUR MOMMY DIED offers trauma survivors a light to shine through the darkness. It movingly demonstrates that,...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Marlene Zaedyan's THREE SILENT CRIES: Three Battles, One Unheard Scream at a Time is a somber and very moving collection that deals with issues of...
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4.2 / 5.0
In RAILROAD MAN, LEGACIES SON, author Dan E. Hendrickson delivers a deeply atmospheric and nuanced historical drama that masterfully balances the internal wreckage of war...
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4.3 / 5.0
Writing about love while avoiding saccharine and snobby sentiments, Eric Harris's WHEN I RETURN TO LOVE keeps the promise it makes in the introductory poem:...
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4.5 / 5.0
Beth Morton's THE AWKWARD AGENDA is a satisfying adventure through grief, disability, and mental health that features loveable characters, gripping conflict, and plenty of swoon...
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3.8 / 5.0
With vivid imagery and the willingness to probe complex ideas, #1.1 by Allen Dean Maiora stands out as a thought-provoking, if imperfect, entry in speculative...
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4.0 / 5.0
Tightly focused on academic and professional achievement, MY GOOD LIFE is an engrossing look at Dr. Gregory M. Lee's life in the Air Force and...
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Rating:
4.9 / 5.0
Stefanie Gamarra's JIBBERJACK, FIBBERJACK is a delightful and timely story for early to intermediate readers that entertains and instructs in the basics of critical thinking.
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5.0 / 5.0
Christopher Hawkins's I CONTAIN MULTITUDES is a suspenseful and brilliantly realized variation on the concept of visiting parallel universes.
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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0
Written by Linda Oatman High, FIRST THERE WAS A BIRD is a coming-of-age tale that expatiates movingly on the issue of young grief with pertinent...
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4.8 / 5.0
Stacy R. Ward’s TOO DEEP TO DROWN depicts the fight-or-flight spirit of adolescence through the eyes of its emancipated protagonist. Bolstered by its atmospheric imagery...
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4.0 / 5.0
Part ghost story and part war history, author H.J. Koch intersperses bloody realities with fantastical elements via beautifully-written prose in four parts in THAYER'S RETURN.