Booksellers have chosen Gabriel Tallent’s harrowing debut novel, My Absolute Darling (Riverhead Books), as the number-one September Indie Next List pick…This is a Great American Novel. Exquisitely lush language of the natural world; startlingly vivid characters; a global understanding of social context, in a particular place; and, in this case, […]
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In the latest YA novel by Métis writer and editor Cherie Dimaline, the world has been ravaged by global warming. Cities have crumbled from the coastlines, “breaking off like crust,” and hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis have wiped out entire communities. Millions of people have lost their lives, and those who […]
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You know you need to get your hands on a book when it’s already been optioned for a movie, set to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. That’s the case with The Sandcastle Empire, a near-future story set in a post-sea-rise America that’s embroiled in a world war. Needless to say, […]
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The year is 2030, and climate change is making life on Earth more challenging. In the midst of it all, fourteen-year-old Jasmine Guzman is struggling to come to terms with the abduction of her twin sister, Jade, and with her mother’s illness. Things go from bad to worse when a […]
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Sparks’s post-apocalyptic wasteland is far more imaginative and richly rendered [than Mad Max]. More than mere warlords threaten the ragged survivors of this world. Rampant biotech and unchecked corporate greed have left it littered with still-functioning weapons of immense destructive capability. A number of characters journey through this dying terrain, […]
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He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is desperately looking for a way to listen to the plants and stave off their extinction. But when the grip of the vines becomes too intense and Health […]
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Lake Oswego author Brian Doyle has been selected as the winner of the 2017 John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing for his book “Martin Marten,” the University of Portland announced Thursday. …For “Martin Marten,” Doyle closely observed the ways and habitats of pine martens and their relatives in the […]
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The book trailer has me hooked! The lyrical tale of a boy, a girl, their island, and how they saved it. -Goodreads Wide as the Wind is quest fiction to enthrall readers young and old. When Vaitéa is ravaged by war, hunger and destruction, it falls upon Miru, the 15-year-old […]
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Beckhorn spent countless hours researching the history of canine-human companionship through the ages and learning about the behaviors of wolves and dogs. She also observed wolf behavior first-hand at the Wolf Conservation Center in New Salem, Albany County, and found listening to wolves “singing” to be a “life-altering experience.” –Democrat […]
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Gr 7 Up—Scoot over, Don Calame—Brunner is about to join you on your perch. This is not a book for the squeamish. It’s about falconry at its finest, but it is also about much more than that. On his way to capture his first hawk, Mercer Buddie meets the girl […]
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The three main characters in Hot Season, the debut novel by former Prescott resident, Susan DeFreitas, are idealistic students at a college known for its environmental programs. They struggle with their idealism, daily living, and how to make the country a better place. –DCourier In the high desert of Arizona, […]
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Two years ago writer Kit Peel returned home to his family farm on the hills above Pateley Bridge after years abroad to set up NiddFest, a literary festival in Nidderdale celebrating books on nature. He’s just published his written his first novel, Snow Summer, a classic children’s novel of old-fashioned […]
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Part I. The Greening The Greening is the first part of Silvana–a series of mythopoeic fantasy novels set in a land where humanity respects and relies on nature for all that is good, and that is contrasted in the neighbouring land, where greed has driven the population to cause widespread […]
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Sharp imagery and spare dialogue are put to good use in Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s ghost tale of a mysterious force intent on destroying a family in rural British Columbia. The Globe and Mail The long-awaited new novel by the two-time Giller-shortlisted author is full of the qualities Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s fans love: […]
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It’s the summer before Jessa’s senior year in high school, and she’s looking forward to spending time with her animals, best friend, and the boy she likes. When she has an unexpected encounter with the dark underside of her vegetarian society, she’s challenged to find the strength to speak for […]
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