Jess Kidd is an absolute magician of storytelling. Be prepared to be caught under her spell with this atmospheric and cozy new mystery. Brew yourself a cuppa and dig in! –Christina Heagney, Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT How about this for a blurb from Kidd’s publisher across the pond? ‘Nora Breen is Maria Von Trapp on …
This is the second graphic novel in the Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventures. Sea Siren Princess Clia comes from her undersea world to search for her kidnapped friend. Trot, Grandpa, and Cap’n Bill the talking cat come to her aid. Well-done illustrations really capture the story. (Ages 9-12) –Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, …
I got to read an early copy of Outlawed last year and have been impatiently waiting until it went on sale and I could share it. This book deftly recasts the Western genre through a queer, feminist lens, with lots of fun and adventure along the way. In an alternate 1890s where any woman who can’t …
This is a book that is uplifting, funny, charming, hopeful, and HELPFUL to tweens! The main character, Yumi, wants to do stand-up comedy. Her parents want her to go to SSAT tutoring to get into a private school and earn a scholarship. But when a bizarre opportunity that just requires some identity theft and a …
Enjoy Women’s History Month with some great recommendations from Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT. Kathy recommends Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this insightful historical narrative, provides a glimpse into the life of Maude, a Cherokee woman in Depression-era Oklahoma. A great coming-of-age story, Maud is strong and wise beyond her years. …
The Paragon Hotel has been my favorite historical fiction recommendation since it first published. It has so many things to love, a daring escape across the country, a crime to solve, a child to find, and characters to love. Set in segregated Oregon, you’ll find out things you never knew, while turning the pages as …
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance is the story of a twelve-year-old girl who doesn’t want to do something. Pretty universal. But Lupe’s journey isn’t just about one girl trying to weasel out of square dancing in P.E. with comedic results. It’s a book about how it feels to be twelve-years-old, and told you have to do …
Portland author Ellen Notbohm interviewed author Linda Stewart Henley of Anacortes, WA. She Reads recognized Estelle as “One of Summer’s Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Titles” for 2020. The novel is available now through independent bookstores. EN: Tell us about Estelle. LSH: Estelle is an historical novel about the painter Edgar Degas’s five-month stay with his …
Jane Wunderly is a young widow in 1926 accompanying her aunt Millie on an adventure to Egypt. They are staying at the wonderful Mena House… The worst Jane would have to deal with, she thought, was her aunt trying to set her up with an available rich man. This will soon be the least of …
Every character has a story, but the stories don’t contain all the characters. In the wonderful world of Fable, characters exist before, after and during stories that Authors have created. Indira is a character in waiting, trying everything she can to get noticed by an author. One day she is chosen to go to the …
