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    July 1, 2025

    The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is MG gold

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    E.L Starling’s Bound by Stars is fast-moving sci-fi romance

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    Return to Neverland with Wendy’s Ever After, by Julie Wright

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    Sports Superstars from Black History tells stories of 10 athletes

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    Learn about paleontologist Mary Anning in Jurassic Girl

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    June 28, 2025

    Trivia books for kids focuses on WWII battles and horses

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    July 1, 2025

    E.L Starling’s Bound by Stars is fast-moving sci-fi romance

    A girl wins first-class passage on planetary ship of all ships in Bound by Stars, a YA romance by E.L. Starling.

    June 30, 2025

    Return to Neverland with Wendy’s Ever After, by Julie Wright

    June 24, 2025

    Sunya Mara’s Embrace the Serpent is spellbinding romantic fantasy

    June 23, 2025

    Molly Morris’ Rewind to Us is cute YA romance

    June 16, 2025

    Claudia Gray’s Rushworth Family Plot puts Austen characters center stage

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    July 1, 2025

    The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is MG gold

    Follow an 11-year-old as she experiences the ups and downs of growing up in The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks, by Katie Kirby.

    June 29, 2025

    Sports Superstars from Black History tells stories of 10 athletes

    June 29, 2025

    Learn about paleontologist Mary Anning in Jurassic Girl

    June 28, 2025

    Trivia books for kids focuses on WWII battles and horses

    June 27, 2025

    Curious Cases: True Crime for Kids is lots of fun

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    June 26, 2025

    It’s Busy Down in the Woods Today is delightful search and find

    See how the animals of Brown Bear Wood spend their days and search for more than 100 hidden items in It’s Busy Down in the Woods Today.

    June 25, 2025

    Explore sea habitats in There’s an Ocean in This Book

    June 24, 2025

    The Wild Robot on the Island is beautiful picture book

    June 23, 2025

    Making Light Bloom is beautiful story of Clara Driscoll and Tiffany lamps

    June 19, 2025

    Learn from nature with A Field Guide to Summer

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    June 16, 2025

    Claudia Gray’s Rushworth Family Plot puts Austen characters center stage

    Amateur sleuths Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney must solve a murder involving the family of Edmund and Fanny Bertram in The Rushworth Family Plot, by Claudia Gray.

    June 10, 2025

    Lawyer and the Laundress is sweet historical romance

    April 1, 2025

    Sian Ann Bessey’s Time Traveler’s Masquerade is compelling romance

    March 4, 2025

    Sarah M. Eden’s Tides of Time is enjoyable romance

    January 10, 2025

    Sarah Raughley’s The Queen’s Spade is intriguing historical YA

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