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Fantasy Novels & Graphic Novels

An affirming picture book that celebrates the brilliance and power of brown and Black boys to achieve their dreams, from poet and activist Leslé Honoré and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Keturah A. Bobo. A companion title to Brown Girl, Brown Girl, this timeless picture book encourages young readers to be expansive, emotional, brilliant—whoever they want to be. #MyBrownBoyBook #storygramkids @littlebrownyoungreaders, @leslehonore, @keturahariel and @storygramtours

A poignant middle grade novel in verse about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. For fans of Jasmine Warga and Veera Hiranandani. @PenguinKids @vtbidania @storygramtours #AYearWithoutHome #PenguinKidsPartner #storygramkids For eleven-year-old Gao Sheng, home is the lush, humid jungles and highlands of Laos. Home is where she can roll down the grassy hill with her younger siblings after her chores, walk to school, and pick ripe peaches

Welcome to an hilarious series of diverse kids trying to become the winning team and not fail PE class when they can't play the game. ❓️ Isn't this a fun cast of characters? I quickly sketched them. Without reading , which one looks like it will be your fav? 💙 Main character Joel 🩵 best friend Bermúdez 💜 nobody dares to ask Sandy 🧡 near-sighted Patrick ❤️ cheerful Laura 💚 Model Cocky Nick 💜 Emo/Goth Malory Review: 5 stars The form their own basketball team trying to not

Happy release week. Author: Sandra Freels Simon & Schuster (She Writes Press) Get book here From the publisher: Timed perfectly to publish just as New York celebrates its 400th birthday, a riveting story of a spirited young mother who faces the unknowns of seventeenth-century New Amsterdam after fleeing the Old World in search of a better life. It’s 1630, and Anneke Jans has just arrived in the fledgling colony of New Netherland with her husband, Roelof, and their two young d

My Review 4.5 Stars From the series Pirates of New Earth and my favorite, most recent volume, North Country comes a middle grade perfect to read with your kids while you read the adult series. This is a great short, easy-to-read Middle Grade adventure of two brothers (twins) who are growing up with their own personalities and preferences. When they are 10 years old, turning eleven, they start to notice that they have become quite distant from one another, and bullies at schoo

Happy Holidays , Will send my first 2026 newsletter first week. Will include a list of my fav indie books of 2025 and my top ten of 2025.

From the Publisher: Everyday moments become sacred altars where God meets you. Do you sometimes wish you could hear from God? Do you feel like you are too insignificant for Him to care about your daily battles with loneliness, grief, change and doubts? God talks to each of us - from the young husband and father who accidentally torched his home, to the claustrophobic pastor making her way through a historic tunnel in Israel, to the mystery author having a close call with a st

Genre: Young Adult Publishing date: December 9, 2025 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound Synopsis: The culinary world is full of secrets. For one, recipes can become powerful spells. Of course, fourteen-year-old Sylvie Jones knows this. Sylvie has been dreaming of attending her mom’s alma mater, Brindille School of Culinary Arts and Magic, since she was old enough to reach the stove. Unfortunately, the last name Jones has a horrible stain on it—something that cou

What price would you pay to undo a death? In the shadowed streets of Aspizia, two thieves—Lyo Morandi and Jasper Bray—risk everything to rewrite the past. Haunted by the death of their friend Milo, they set their sights on a forbidden prize: a ring reputed to alter time. To steal it, they must infiltrate the Thieves’ Carousel, a ruthless exhibition where the city’s most dangerous criminals flaunt their treasures—and fight to keep them. But as Lyo and Jasper descend deeper int

"It's the summer of 1992, and five high school sophomores play a rare role-playing game that was banned for being "too Satanic" - Creatures & Corridors. As the kids play the mysterious fantasy game, it unleashes a curse that warps reality around them: orcs storm the living room, killing their parents. The front yard turns into a moat filled with tentacled horrors. And their basement "game cave" transforms into a literal dungeon, laden with bloodthirsty monsters and terrifying

Families are made in different ways--pregnancy, adoption, fostering--but each excited parent has experienced the desire and the wait that comes before a little one enters their lives. You're My Dream Come True offers a sweet opportunity to show your kids how much you love them--and loved them--long before your eyes first met. This new board book features adorable animals enjoying the special way God brought them together as a family: "Now every day, I see you grow--the things

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A tale honoring the Blackfeet Nation. Bright Star is an amazing character. I love how her strength and wisdom represent her people, and she is the love interest of the MC, who has been raised by the Blackfeet, and finds a way to protect his found family from the enemy: the greedy white man with their fur trading market, deceit, and violence. This was one of the first times (very early) that an author portrays the native Americans as the heroes and the ones the readers root fo

💚Praises for Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon by author Lona Bailey. 🩷I was absolutely in shock and at awe reading about the life of these women, what they went through as actresses and struggling as women and mothers in their society (generation). From the very first appearance of The Wivked Witch portraited by Margaret Hamilton to the modern versions of Wicked. Women associated with witches in our history is not a story that starts with thi

10 Reasons Chapter Books help All Ages 👆 Why as an adult these keep me sane and inspired Do you agree with any of my points? If this is a useful, inspiring post let me know , share and save it 🥰🥰🥰 If you can't see the video below open here on Youtube #chapterbooks #firstbooks #reluctantreaders Books by : Disney Hyperion WalkerBooks US Simon & Schuster Hachette Andrews McMeel Harper Collins Penguin Random House Don't forget these, amazing series. My top 3

Some notes, no order of preference (you can find my reviews for these at goodreads). I copied the cover and cut them to fit like that, of some of the books because I read digital versions. Ain't Nobody's Fool the Life and Times of Dolly Parton by Matha Ackmann will be released Dec 30th. I enjoyed a copy of an audiobook by Macmillan in advance, and I devoured it. It brings an end to many rumors about her past and story. Adaptogens is a book of fun but also useful recipes for d

BOY WITH WINGS by Mark Mustian is a historical fiction novel. Published: March 2025, 324 pages - Publisher: Koehler Books - Category: Adult Fiction (18+ and up) - Genre: Historical Literary Fiction - Rating: PG-13: There is adult content, use of the f word and (in limited context) the n word About the book What does it mean to be different? When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back in the 1930s South, the locals think he’s a devil. Determined to protect hi

Stories have the power to reshape how we see women—and sometimes, how women see themselves. THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF A FEMINIST ICON by Dr. Lona Bailey reclaims one of fiction’s most maligned women and reframes her as a lasting symbol of strength, rebellion, and autonomy. Bailey explores how the Wicked Witch has evolved across more than a century of literature, film, and feminist thought, transforming from an emblem of fear into a figure of power a