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The
Children's
Blizzard
David
Laskin
HarperCollins
In
The Children's Blizzard, David Laskin has
written a gripping chronicle of one of the most
horrific storms ever to pass through the United
States. In 1888, a monstrous blizzard swept down
across the prairies, taking everyone in its wake by
surprise. The next morning more than 500 people
were dead, many of them schoolchildren. With the
storm as his focus, Laskin traces the haunting
stories of five families and creates intimate
portraits of their lives.
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Broken
for
You
Stephanie
Kallos
Grove Press
Set in Seattle, Broken for
You is a charming story about human connection
and the healing power of surrogate families.
First-time novelist Stephanie Kallos has written a
beautiful novel about two very different and
eccentric women&emdash;42 years apart in
age&emdash;who, when dealing with broken hearts and
broken promises, manage to make something strong
and good out of the bits and pieces of their
lives.
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Ordinary
Wolves
Seth
Kantner
Milkweed Editions
Each year as booksellers, we
hope that a novel like Ordinary Wolves will
come along, a story crackling with truth about
places both foreign and familiar. Native Alaskan
Seth Kantner has written a vivid and stirring
coming of age story about a white boy raised with
Eskimos in the harsh Alaskan tundra. When he tries
to reconcile his upbringing with the exit ramps and
Taco Bells of the modern world, he's drawn back to
the North.
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Songs
of the Gorilla
Nation
Dawn
Prince-Hughes
Harmony Books
A brave book by a brave woman,
Songs of the Gorilla Nation is Dawn
Prince-Hughes' memoir about growing up with
Asperger's Syndrome, isolated and alone, until she
finds a family of gorillas that help her discover
her humanity by allowing her to become part of
their lives. In a world of rules and norms, Songs
of the Gorilla Nation reminds us to breathe, smell,
and taste.
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Ella
the Elegant
Elephant
Carmela
& Steven D'Amico
Arthur A. Levine Books/
Scholastic
We like everything about Ella
the Elegant Elephant! Authors Carmela D'Amico
and Steven D'Amico have created an Excellent world
of Elephants with Exquisite illustrations and
Exuberant dialogue and action. But mostly it's Ella
who Enthralls us&emdash;by being true to herself,
she teaches her fellow pachyderms that it's alright
to be different and unique as long as you are
kind.
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Honey,
Baby,
Sweetheart
Deb
Caletti
Simon & Schuster
Deb Caletti has captured the
essence of what it means to be young and in love.
And old and in love. Ruby has never been a reckless
girl, but in one fearless moment she pretends to be
someone different and her life is forever changed
after that. Honey, Baby, Sweetheart is a
wonderful young adult book about love and loss and
living through it.
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