HNR Issue 84 (May 2018)
The Faithful
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Hazel, just sixteen, anticipates a long, boring summer at Aldwick Bay in Sussex. Her best friend won’t be there and Hazel’s ...Read Review
The Overstory
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Author Richard Powers, in The Overstory, weaves together eight stories of people with stories of trees. Solid and simultaneously magical—a bit like ...Read Review
Susie Q Fights Back
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Summer, 1942. When Susan’s father loses his job, he moves the family from New York City to Clayton, Missouri, where he has found ...Read Review
The Wolf of Dalriada
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Confused by the frequent changes of location, date and point of view, it took some time for me to come to grips with ...Read Review
Hellgate
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It’s 1879 in Arizona Territory, a rough and rowdy—not to mention dangerous—place. Rose LaBelle knows that all too well, since the ...Read Review
The Driest Season
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In rural Wisconsin in the 1940s, fifteen-year-old Cielle finds her father hanging from the rafters in the barn. The shock of her discovery ...Read Review
The Seas Come Still
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In 1602 BCE, Luyan is a slave aboard a Cilician vessel. When a sea battle turns against them, only Luyan’s life is spared. ...Read Review
Codename Suzette: An Extraordinary Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi Paris
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This book is both uplifting and horrifying. It charts the occupation of Paris by the Nazis in WW2 and their persecution of the ...Read Review
My Beautiful Imperial
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My Beautiful Imperialis the tale of a young man, driven from his home, who becomes the captain of a great passenger ship that ...Read Review
The Golden Hairpin
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Huang Zixia is a remarkable young Chinese woman with a penchant for solving complex murder mysteries; a skill she has displayed since she ...Read Review
