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21/06/2025

Let's celebrate genre fiction with this Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Bundle giveaway! Enter now to win books from Tundra Books and ECW Press!

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20/06/2025

These standout books bring historical figures to life. 🌍📖
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20/06/2025

🌍 Whatever some politicians say, our world is interconnected and always has been, writes John McMurtrie. These new nonfiction books explore the connections.🌏 https://ow.ly/EHUc50WckP9 Alfred A. Knopf Bloomsbury U.S. Thames & Hudson Tin House William Dalrymple

19/06/2025

𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚 by Rebecca Donnelly; illustrated by Isabelle Duffy
MacKids Books
https://ow.ly/4fy550WbQME
Four sixth graders who belong to a chess club learn about playing the game and also about themselves.

𝘼 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨.

—𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨
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19/06/2025

Author J.D. Netto talks about turning from YA fantasy to write autobiographical fiction about the experience of undocumented immigrants. https://ow.ly/nZoa50WciSs

18/06/2025

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙏𝙤 𝘿𝙤𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 by Dennard Dayle
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Imagine a post-millennial trickster spin on The Red Badge of Courage only with broader landscapes, complex racial dynamics, and corrosive humor.

𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

—𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 (𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬) ✪
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18/06/2025

Legendary author Meg Medina is on the cover of the 6/15 issue of Kirkus Reviews! Check out all of her incredible works from Candlewick Press here: https://ow.ly/qi1Z50WbFqg

18/06/2025

WE WERE LIARS, a Prime Video series based on E. Lockhart’s bestselling YA novel, premieres today. It stars Emily Alyn Lind as an amnesiac teen searching for the truth about a fateful summer. Kirkus editor David Rapp has a review ◆ https://ow.ly/KXE150WaStT

17/06/2025

𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝: 𝘼 𝙏𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙘, 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨 by Bruce Handy
Avid Reader Press
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A cultural history of teen movies—and, by extension, the American teenager.

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙣.

—𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨
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17/06/2025

Caro De Robertis discusses So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color (⭐️) on this week's Fully Booked 🎧 https://ow.ly/tfbR50WaZPa Algonquin Books

17/06/2025

These standout biographies bring historical figures to life.💡🌍📖 https://ow.ly/VXG850Wa358

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17/06/2025

We speak with YA phenom Maggie Stiefvater about THE LISTENERS, her first novel for adults, out now from Viking Books. Our starred review says it will “remind readers why they fell in love with reading in the first place.” https://ow.ly/BKe350Wasu6

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