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Kelly J. Baptist Author Of The Band in Our Basement

From Kelly's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Kelly's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Kelly J. Baptist Why Kelly loves this book

This book felt like my life! I felt the gamut of emotions right there with the main characters--anger, sorrow, jealousy, regret, revenge.

By Kennedy Ryan ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Before I Let Go as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

“Real, raw, magnificent—Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything.

It couldn’t save their marriage.

Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she’s is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like…


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The Time-Jinx Twins by Carol Fisher Saller,

Twelve-year-old identical twins Ellie and Kat accidentally trigger their physicist mom’s unfinished time machine, launching themselves into a high-stakes adventure in 1970 Chicago. If they learn how to join forces and keep time travel out of the wrong hands, they might be able find a way home. Ellie’s gymnastics and…

Book cover of Cape

Kelly J. Baptist Author Of The Band in Our Basement

From Kelly's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Kelly's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Kelly J. Baptist Why Kelly loves this book

It's not often that I shed tears over a children's book, but this one had me crying in the bookstore! Just a beautiful look at grief and how it intersects with joy and hope.

By Kevin Johnson , Kitt Thomas (illustrator) ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Cape as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 4, 5, 6, and 7.

What is this book about?

When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything, he uses his cape as protection from his grief. On the day of the funeral, he uses it to block out the pictures and stories people share, refusing to acknowledge the memories that keep bubbling up. He won't think about them. He doesn't want to.

He avoids the memories, until he no longer can.

He remembers then. Their laugh, their smile, the moment they gave him the cape. The cape transforms, becoming a source of comfort and strength as the child navigates the sadness and…


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