HNR Issue 70 (November 2014)
Red Shadow
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1941. The Nazis invade Russia. Misha, our teenage hero, tells us what life is like under Stalin and the NKVD. His father is a ...Read Review
Passenger on the Pearl
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
In 1848, the anti-slavery movement is gaining strength, but it is legal to own slaves in Washington, D.C. However, if enslaved persons can ...Read Review
Tudor Versus Stuarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots
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Linda Porter’s new tour de force covers ground left out of most histories of the Tudor period while not constantly rehashing well-known ...Read Review
Unstoppable Octobia May
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In the year 1953, curious and imaginative ten-year-old Octobia May believes her aunt’s boarder, Mr. Davenport, is a vampire, and she sets out ...Read Review
Lies We Tell Ourselves
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1950, Virginia. Five Black pupils, including Sarah Dunbar, are starting at the previously all-white Jefferson High School, and Segregationist protesters are out in force. ...Read Review
The Brethren
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In the 16th-century Périgord region of France, two veteran soldiers of the French king’s Norman legion arrive, with the money and ...Read Review
Truth Be Told
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Arizona Territory, 1893. Amelia Wagner loved the summers spent alongside her father, working at his newspaper business in Granite Springs, dedicated to bringing truth ...Read Review
The Truth About Leo
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Bestselling novelist Katie MacAlister returns to her romance roots with her hilarious new Regency novel, and it was worth the wait. Irreverent and ...Read Review