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Sarah P. Blanchard Author Of Drawn from Life

From Sarah's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Sarah's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Sarah P. Blanchard Why Sarah loves this book

I've always loved Amy Tan's nonfiction pieces. This is stellar writing, close-up immersion into a rarely seen world with perspectives on the rest of the tumultuous universe we live in.

By Amy Tan ,

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3 authors picked The Backyard Bird Chronicles as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club • With a foreword by David Allen Sibley

“Unexpected and spectacular” —Ann Patchett, best-selling author of These Precious Days

"The drawings and essays in this book do a lot more than just describe the birds. They carry a sense of discovery through observation and drawing, suggest the layers of patterns in the natural world, and emphasize a deep personal connection between the watcher and the…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Irene Latham Author Of The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets

From Irene's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Irene's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Irene Latham Why Irene loves this book

This rich, relatable poetry collection focuses on Naomi's relationship with her mother. It's marketed as Young Adult, but it's definitely for anyone at any age who has a mother. I recorded a bunch of wonderful/inspiring/original lines in my writing notebook. It made me want to further explore my relationship with my mother in my own writing.

By Naomi Shihab Nye ,

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1 author picked Grace Notes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.

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With themes of family, love, kindness, empathy, grief, growing up, and resilience, these one hundred never-before-published poems by the beloved poet, speaker, and teacher Naomi Shihab Nye will resonate with a wide audience.

National Book Award finalist and former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye’s Grace Notes: Poems about Families celebrates family and community. This rich collection of one hundred never-before-published poems is also the poet’s most personal work to date. With poems about her own childhood and school years, her parents and grandparents, and the people who have touched and shaped her life in so many ways, this…


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