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Booklist Review of the Day |
Eighteen Roses
by Shannon C. F. Rogers
Lucia Cruz has spent years keeping almost everyone at arm’s length after the triple whammy of her parents’ divorce, her mother’s reliance on her in raising Lucia’s sister, and the distance she feels from her mom’s family in California and back in the Philippines.
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Current Features |
10 Questions for Christina Henry
By John Charles
Christina Henry is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include Horseman, Near the Bone, The Ghost Tree, Looking Glass, The Girl in Red, The Mermaid, Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen, and the seven-book urban fantasy Black Wings series.
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Top 10 Historical Fiction on Audio for Youth
by Heather Booth
This batch of great historical fiction for youth has strong families, strong kids, a little bit of magic in the plots, and a lot of magic from phenomenal narrations!
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Top 10 Historical Debuts: 2024
by Donna Seaman
The finest debut historical novels reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months reimagine classics from women’s perspectives and take fresh approaches to infamous eras of tyranny and courage.
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Talking with: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
by Angela Carstensen
Beyond her novels, including the award-winning Torch (2022), which follows three teenagers who rebel against the Soviet regime in 1969 Czechoslovakia, Miller-Lachmann also works as a translator, most recently of the Batchelder Honor–winning graphic novel, Pardalita, by Joana Estrela (2023). We recently corresponded with Miller-Lachmann to discuss her work.
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Top 10 Historical Fiction: 2024
by Donna Seaman
The most excellent and resonant historical fiction reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months takes readers around the world and into lives of valiant and innovative individuals.
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10 Questions for Amita Murray
By John Charles
Amita Murray lives in London and can be found writing and tweeting about life and chocolate. Her novels take you on a romp through the edgier streets of Regency England. Her Arya Winters mysteries are under a TV option. Her mystery novel Thirteenth Night won the Exeter Novel Prize, and her short story “A Heist in Three Acts” appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
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