“Very well written, timely and compelling, All That's Unseen helps explain why America's most rural areas have been hurt again and again by a government they support unceasingly,” said Jamie Anderson of Duck's Cottage in Duck, North Carolina.
“What an accessible view into so many fields of scientific research! I never knew how much I wanted to know about frogs, the aquifers below the ice of Greenland, and the search for moons in other galaxies! Roberta Kwok has made hard science available and relatable to all of us,” said Jocele Skinner of Shared Stories Books in Caldwell, Idaho.
“What would you do if you could influence the future? Flickerstate is a delightful boarding school modern day magical story that wrestles with questions of power, corruption, unity, friendship,and a fight for the greater good! This story will capture your imagination and leave you wanting more!” said Elizabeth Bosscher of Schuler Books in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“I devoured this book, I loved it from page one, so good I couldn't put it down. I loved the story, the writing, the characters, one of my favorite reads. Such a great debut novel, I am so excited to see what this author writes next,” said Amy Buren of Maggie Mae's Bookshop in Gresham, Oregon.
“Death comes calling in Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt — a modern take on the role personified as a 30 something Londoner who falls for the humanity around him, causing hiccups for his calling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll turn the last page with a clearer outlook on life as only death can give you. For anyone fierce enough to look at death in all its forms and relish the humanity in us all,” said Coco Zephir of An Unlikely Story in Plainville, Massachusetts.
“After totally nailing her audition for the middle school play, April Xue learns she wasn’t cast because of her tracheostomy tube. So she makes a plan to show the director how perfect she is for the lead role…and only tells a couple fibs to put it in motion. April navigates friendships, overprotective parents, her love of the theater, and the ways people treat visible and invisible disabilities in this vibrant and heartfelt middle grade debut,” said Angela Whited of Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, Minnesota.
“Elsie is who I want to be when I grow up! She may be eleven, but she is also wise beyond her years, an advocate for change, surrounded by supportive adults, and an open book for all things puberty with no shame attached. This is a book for those who stand up for others and who have curiosity and empathy in abundance,” said Allie Cesmat of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona.
“You’ll love this romance that promises you one thing, while pulling the floor out beneath you. It’s a romance, it’s an adventure, it’s a mystery — you’ll love every minute with Cleo, Kei, and the cast of Camp Couple-Up,” said Coco Zephir of An Unlikely Story in Plainville, Massachusetts.
“A novel with the spirit of a folktale, Rabbit, Fox, Tar is destined to be a classic. Stories like that of the Tar Baby take on new meaning as they are passed on, and the same will happen with this book as it is passed from person to person. I will continue to come back to this book and I will undoubtedly take away something new each time,” said Amani Jackson of The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland.
“Goldenborn is the kind of sci-fi/fantasy mashup I didn't know I was looking for. Akoma lives in a near-future AfricaTown in San Francisco and works with a secret law enforcement division to stop crimes where magic may be involved. She just wants to find out what really happened to put her father in a coma, and a sting gone wrong leads her to a mysterious stranger who may have the answers. Goldenborn is filled with lush, beautiful worldbuilding, African mythology, and an Afrofuturist twist,” said Fisher Nash of Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, KY.
