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Seattle Times reviews
A harrowing, beautifully written story.
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Publishers Weekly reviews
“Richmond’s writing is perceptive and heartfelt, her subjects at once edgy and familiar. This is a winning debut.” Publishers Weekly
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Washington Post Media Mix: A Quick Take on New Releases reviews
Gripping…Grade: A
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New York Times reviews
The stories in Michelle Richmond’s first collection spin artfully off the life of a single character…smart and adept.
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Rune Stryders
GameWyrd.com reviews
There's nothing that I'm going to fault Rune Stryders on. I can go through each bit of the book and safely say "I like that". But... the pieces don't quite add all...
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Ninja Burger RPG 2nd Edition
RPGNow reviews
Ninja Burger: The Roleplaying Game is great. I picked it up mainly out of curiousity. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down (figuratively speaking, of...
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Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook
Underkoffler's Overview reviews
(W)orth purchasing if you play a Ninja Burger game, or if you're the sort of person who has bought or would buy Real Ultimate Power: the Official Ninja Book. While...
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Fernando's Gift
Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children 1995 reviews
The author traveled "deep inside the rain forest in Costa Rica" to document the life of a family committed to saving that country's remnant of old-growth...
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Fernando's Gift
Booklist reviews
Ages 5-8. Set deep in the Costa Rican rain forest, this bilingual (English and Spanish) story introduces young Fernando and his family. His mother takes care of...
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Stories in Stone
Sunset Magazine reviews
Keister has done for cemetery exploration what Audubon did for birding.
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AOL Canada reviews
The girls from Ames – Karla, Kelly, Marilyn, Jane, Jenny, Karen, Cathy, Angela, Sally, Diana and Sheila – developed a close friendship growing up in Iowa in the...
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KARE 11 TV reviews
Eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa, are now the focus of a very popular book out right now. The Girls From Ames follows...
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You Gotta Read Reviews reviews
In the spirit of Gregory Macguire's Wicked, The Witch's Beast tells an old familiar tale from a different angle with a sexy spin. I thoroughly enjoyed this book...
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Armchair Interviews reviews
An award-winning author of medieval historical romantic suspense treats us to a magical romance of a werewolf and a human, and how love can conquer all. Tess...
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Out -numbered 3 to 1 reviews
Irene dos Santos disappeared at age 15. Believed to have drowned while on holiday with her best friend, Lily Martinez, her body was never found. Now, years later,...
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The Daily Beast reviews
A comic turned novelist debuts a dark tale. If you’re familiar with Teri Coyne’s former life as a stand-up comedian, get ready for something very, very different....
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People's Book Prize reviews
Magical language. Wonderfully drawn characters. Fascinating narrative that stops you from putting down this book before you've read it from cover to cover. A rich...
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Ice Song
SLJ reviews
Told in a quiet, sometimes almost dreamlike style reminiscent of fairy tales (though at times disturbing ones), Ice Song will appeal to teens interested in...
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Ace & Hoser reviews
<...> Edwin Alexander weaves all these stories together in a dramatic mystery where all is not what it seems. The sculpture is the centerpiece linking it all...
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Winter of Secrets
Publishers Weekly reviews
Starred Review. The discovery early one Christmas morning of the bodies of best friends Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and Ewan Williams, two privileged young men from...
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