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Audiobook Review: Tree Singer by Jacci Turner
Fifteen-year-old Mayten loves training as a tree singer, an esteemed position among her clan. But when she feels pain coming from the trees, she finds herself on an unexpected quest, one so dangerous she might never return home. Now Mayten must use her unfinished training to face betrayal, fear, and a deadly foe. Is she a match for the ancient evil attacking her trees or will the entire kingdom fall to ruin?
By Marie Sinadjan3 years ago in BookClub
Heartbroken in Toronto, Asantewaa Finds New Beginning in Ghana
In the heart of Ontario, the echoes of a shattered relationship reverberated in Asantewaa Sarpong's world. At 27, she found herself at the crossroads of life, seeking solace and renewal in the place of her origins - Accra, Ghana. Asantewaa's decision was the culmination of heartache, a journey of rediscovery, and the promise of unexpected friendships.
By NII LANTEY PARKER3 years ago in BookClub
A Dance of Hearts: Unforeseen Romance in the City of Dreams
In the vibrant heart of London, where the city's heartbeat matches the rhythm of life, lived a young Black British woman named Aria. With a heart uninterested in love, she was a woman driven by ambition and dreams. Her days were an orchestrated symphony of determination and independence, a melody that resonated with the beat of city life. Love was nothing more than a distant tune, a melody she had learned to dismiss.
By NII LANTEY PARKER3 years ago in BookClub
The Enchanted Chronicles
Once upon a time in the quaint village of Eldoria, four cousins – Lily, Max, Ava, and Leo – discovered a dusty old map tucked away in their grandmother's attic. Little did they know, this map held the key to a mystical realm filled with enchanting creatures, hidden treasures, and magical adventures.
By qudus ademola3 years ago in BookClub
Book Review-Unravel by Amelia Loken
Unravel Amelia Loken YA Fantasy 2021 I met author Amelia Loken at a recent book writing conference presented by the Society of Children’s Books Writer's and Illustrators. She was presenting a seminar on non-verbal language, and I found it very stimulating. In the talk she touched on the vast range of silent communication from body language, tells, psychology of touch, places of import, to semaphores and more direct signed language. I was brimming with ideas on how to incorporate some of these tools into my story telling, then she tossed out a term I’d never heard before when talking about her book Unravel: embroidery magic. I had to know more.
By Jordan J Hall3 years ago in BookClub
The Orwell Experience
I honestly wish I had a better recollection of what caused me to pick up and read the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell. A cinematic opening to a story of me journeying from library to library seeking veracity and critical thinking.
By Sherman B. Mason3 years ago in BookClub
The American Civil War: A Literary Perspective
In 1861, an America irretrievably divided over the issue of slavery descended into Civil War. Eleven southern States, determined to protect their right to keep slaves, seceded from the Union. Styling themselves the Confederate States of America, these entered into open hostilities with the north.
By Doc Sherwood3 years ago in BookClub
The House of the Scorpion
I was stumped trying to figure out what to read next. Nothing seemed to jump out at me from the pile of unopened books on my shelf at home, so I turned to the only place I could think of for suggestions–my classroom. My students have quite the eclectic taste when it comes to books, so I knew that I would get suggestions that I wouldn’t have stumbled across myself. One suggestion, from one of my more voracious readers, led me to pick up Nancy Farmer’s, “The House of the Scorpion.”
By Kurt Mason3 years ago in BookClub
Little Women and their non-binary fan
I started reading at an early age, I was three when I started to put words and pictures together in my board books. My mother read to me every night. We had our little routine and for a young child who would eventually be diagnosed autistic, it was what I needed. I got into the bath at 7, and into bed at 730 for a story until it ended and it was time to get some sleep. Simple picture books turned to storybooks complete with voices and then those turned into chapters each night from a book. Little Women was one of those chapter books I remember fondly, a book that sticks with me just like my Mom's banana pancakes on Sunday mornings.
By Josey Pickering3 years ago in BookClub
