20th Century
Circles of Time
This second volume in Rock’s engrossing trilogy (after The Passing Bells) about the titled Grevilles of Abingdon Pryory in Surrey…
Call Me Zelda
Editors' choice
Psychiatric nurse Anna Howard is in awe of her newest patient at Phipps Psychiatric Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland. Zelda Fitzgerald,…
Jambusters: The Story of the Women’s Institute in the Second World War
This has been a fascinating read. Not only does it cover the contributions made by members of the National Federation…
Never Fall Down
Editors' choice
In April 1975, the Khmer Rouge march into the Cambodian town of Battambang and eleven-year-old Arn Chorn-Pond’s happy life is…
Snow Germans
Am I Russian or German? This is the question all of the three protagonists in this novel overtly and unconsciously…
Paperboy
The hero in this delightful book stutters. He calls his best friend “Rat” because he can’t pronounce “Art” properly. When…
Garden of Stones
In 1978 San Francisco, Patty Takeda is awakened from a nightmare by the ringing of the doorbell. Her mother, Lucy,…
Child of the Mountains
Marilyn Shank’s debut novel, Child of the Mountains, tells the story of Lydia Hawkins, an eleven-year-old girl growing up in…
Mission Libertad
Young teen Luisito Ramirez and his parents flee Cuba in 1979, on a rickety raft with a failing motor. They…
Every Day After
In Every Day After, sixth-grader Lizzie Hawkins is having a bad time of it. Growing up in Bittersweet, Alabama, during…
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