Blogs in May 2016

Rapeseed 31st May 2016

A colorful novel of a woman’s self-discovery and family secrets — about moving abroad to finally find her own heart and home. ‘Rapeseed’ is a wonderful coming-of-age novel about a teenage boy, an extraordinary woman, and an American family...

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MAILBOX: A Scattershot Novel of Racing, Dares and Danger, Occasional Nakedness, and Faith 31st May 2016

The Drue family moves from New York to Small Town, USA in the ’70s, and they may never fully fit in. Thirteen-year-old Sandy’s parents encourage her curiosity, her imagination, and her challenge of social conventions – but not without...

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The Girl in the Blue Coat 1st May 2016

Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black-market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the front...

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Up From the Sea 26th April 2016

Running through my ruined town, pack flapping winglike against my back. Plowing through blocks strewn with heaps of refrigeratorsblackboardsbicyclestaxis bustedpianosshelvedesksstairs allmixedtogether in a marshland grave. In March 2011, a massive tsunami devastates Japan. Kai, a biracial teen from a...

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Lost in Tokyo 22nd April 2016

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ABANDON YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE YOU BELONG. Nineteen-year-old Erin is hoping that her visit to Japan with her best friend, Adam, will be life-changing. Fifteen years ago, Erin’s mother mysteriously vanished....

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