Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might have all been friends together. But this was Birchwood. As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings. She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop. Hers are no … Continue reading THE RED RIBBON, by Lucy Adlington, Candlewick Press
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RELIC, by Alan Dean Foster, Penguin Random House
The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a brilliant standalone novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy . . . save itself. As had happened … Continue reading RELIC, by Alan Dean Foster, Penguin Random House
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AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
“Amidst the breathtaking world Thea Lim has created in AN OCEAN OF MINUTES is a profound meditation on the inhumanity of class and the limits of love. It takes immense talent to render cruelty both accurately and with honest beauty – Lim has pulled it off. This is a story about the malleability of time, … Continue reading AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
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PULSEPOINT, by Colleen Nelson & Nancy Chappell-Pollack, Yellow Dog/Great Plains Publishing
Best for ages 12-15 years, AND Adults 🙂 CBC Books names Pulse Point is a Top Ten book to watch for this spring! In Kaia’s world, setting foot Outside can be deadly. The safety of the City has kept humans alive as climate change destroys the world. But the City has found a way to … Continue reading PULSEPOINT, by Colleen Nelson & Nancy Chappell-Pollack, Yellow Dog/Great Plains Publishing
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BAD ROCK BEAT DOWN, BOOK TWO, IN THE MILKY WAY REPO SERIES, by Michael Prelee
OVERVIEW: The starship repossession agents of Milky Way Repo are sent to the desolate settlement of Bad Rock to retrieve a vessel. Once there, they become entangled with a notorious thug running a smuggling operation for the Syndicate. Struggling to do the right thing while trying to complete their job, things go seriously awry with … Continue reading BAD ROCK BEAT DOWN, BOOK TWO, IN THE MILKY WAY REPO SERIES, by Michael Prelee
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SERVANT OF THE FOREST, by SHONA HUSK, Self-Published
OVERVIEW: “Remember to be wild,” Orabella’s mother would say. But her mother is dead and Orabella’s days are taken up with chores for the small estate that barely keeps her stepmother and stepsisters fed. Then an invitation arrives. The King is throwing a three day party for the Prince, a last attempt to find a … Continue reading SERVANT OF THE FOREST, by SHONA HUSK, Self-Published
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THE CURSED WIFE, by Pamela Hartshorne, Pan Macmillan
A gripping historical thriller by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne. The Cursed Wife is a page-turning, psychological thriller set in Elizabethan London, by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne. Mary is content with her life as wife to Gabriel Thorne, a wealthy merchant in Elizabethan London. She loves her husband and her … Continue reading THE CURSED WIFE, by Pamela Hartshorne, Pan Macmillan
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TIME SHARDS, by Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald, Titan Books
It’s called “the Event.” An unimaginable cataclysm in the 23rd century shatters 600 years of the Earth’s timeline into jumbled fragments. Our world is gone: instantly replaced by a new one made of shattered remnants of the past, present and future, all existing alongside one another in a nightmare patchwork of different time "shards"—some hundreds … Continue reading TIME SHARDS, by Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald, Titan Books
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THE TASTER, by V.S. Alexander, Kensington Fiction
Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined--one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler's dictatorship . . . In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping … Continue reading THE TASTER, by V.S. Alexander, Kensington Fiction
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WONDERBLOOD, by Julia Whicker, Random House Canada
Set 500 years in the future, a mad cow-like disease called "Bent Head" has killed off most of the U.S. population. Those remaining turn to magic and sacrifice to cleanse the Earth. Wonderblood is Julia Whicker's fascinating literary debut, set in a barren United States, an apocalyptic wasteland where warring factions compete for control of … Continue reading WONDERBLOOD, by Julia Whicker, Random House Canada
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