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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega (Hardcover)

By Crystal Maldonado

$15.19

ISBN: 9780823447176

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Published: Holiday House - February 2nd, 2021

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Charlie Vega will absolutely charm you. Her voice is smart, funny, and heartbreakingly honest, and ALL of the relationships in this book--between mothers and daughters, best friends, and, yes, an incredibly sweet love interest--are so well-drawn. I wish high-school-me could have read this book!

Kate

Earth Almanac: Nature's Calendar for Year-Round Discovery (Paperback)

By Ken Keffer, Jeremy Collins (Illustrator)

$24.95

ISBN: 9781680512823

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Published: Skipstone Press - March 23rd, 2020

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I've been reading this day-by-day since it came out in April. Each season, month, and day offers its own small but fascinating insight into the natural world. It's been such a balm to be able to mark 2020 in moments of wonder instead of just dates. Plus, it's full of beautiful illustrations by Jeremy Collins, one of my favorite artists to follow (@jer.collins on instagram!). A great gift for the nature-lover in your life!

Kate

Storm the Earth (The Shatter the Sky Duology) (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Kim Wells

$18.99

ISBN: 9781534454507

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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 13th, 2020

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The finale of Rebecca Kim Wells's Shatter the Sky duology is even more exciting, smart, complex, and (most importantly) full of dragons! Missed the first book? It's Porter Square Books's 2020 Staff Pick of the Year, so you can currently pick them BOTH up for 20% off!

Kate

The Wild Birds (Paperback)

By Emily Strelow

$17.00

ISBN: 9781644282007

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Published: Rare Bird Books - March 3rd, 2020

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With a deft hand, Strelow weaves together three compelling stories, spanning a century and set in the grandeur of the Pacific coast.  Her prose is gorgeous, especially the way she lovingly renders the natural environment (including the titular birds). This is a book about both finding ourselves as individuals and the ways in which we are connected to the larger world around us. I adored it.

Kate

A History of Kindness (Paperback)

By Linda Hogan

$15.95

ISBN: 9781948814256

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Published: Torrey House Press - June 2nd, 2020

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Linda Hogan, the current Chickasaw Nation Writer in Residence, is (in addition to being an incredible writer) an environmentalist, historian, and activist. These facets all shine through her newest poetry collection. A History of Kindness examines the violence that has been done to the American landscape and its peoples, and responds to it with beauty, compassion, and hope. If you enjoy Mary Oliver or Braiding Sweetgrass, or if you just need a book to feed your spirit and anchor you to the natural world right now, pick this one up.

 

Kate

Lobizona: A Novel (Wolves of No World #1) (Hardcover)

By Romina Garber

$18.99

ISBN: 9781250239129

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Published: Wednesday Books - August 4th, 2020

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For her entire life, Manuela has had to make herself invisible--as an undocumented immigrant in Miami, an escapee from her father's crime family back in Argentina, and someone whose strange yellow eyes make it impossible to fit in. But when her life is torn apart, she finds refuge in a world that, like herself, was always lying hidden in the shadows of our own: a world of brujas, werewolves, lush magic and lurking danger. Garber, who is from Buenos Aires, weaves a compelling adventure from Argentinian folklore while addressing real-world issues. Can't wait for the sequel!

Kate

Felix Ever After (Hardcover)

By Kacen Callender

$18.99

ISBN: 9780062820259

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Published: Balzer + Bray - May 5th, 2020

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Felix Ever After is a joy. Read it and dream of spending these hot summer days in Brooklyn with its lovable cast of young queer artists. This is a heartfelt exploration of love and identity, with enough drama to keep you compulsively reading. What can I say? This book just made me happy!

Kate

The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)

By Stephen Graham Jones

$26.99

ISBN: 9781982136451

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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - July 14th, 2020

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Stephen Graham Jones draws on Blackfeet culture (and the myriad ways in which indigenous culture exists in the modern United States) to create a masterful horror novel about guilt, grief, and revenge. These characters are haunted, both figuratively and literally, by both tradition and the ways they've broken from it. And the prose is just gorgeous (and gory--this is the most beautiful book I've ever read that also made me cringe, set it aside, and sleep with the lights on. I'm wary around motorcycles now!).

Kate