MISCHIEF NIGHT MASSACRE | Kirkus Reviews

MISCHIEF NIGHT MASSACRE | Kirkus Reviews

A glorious bundle of horror stories that readers will find entertaining and unnerving. Parent offers tales of terrifying and potentially deadly happenings, set around the October 31st holiday. In the opening story, “Russian Dollhouse,” high school freshman Kit reluctantly takes her younger brother trick-or-treating. Her mood brightens when she runs into Jordan, a sophomore she…

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DANICA DELA TORRE, CERTIFIED SLEUTH

DANICA DELA TORRE, CERTIFIED SLEUTH

Danica dela Torre, the “youngest sleuth” in the small Canadian town of Renley Crow, worries that her new neighbor and all-around smart kid Kennedy Fang might take all the good cases away from the Unofficial Official Renley Crow Detective Club, the business she began with her best friend, Jack Harrow. Instead, Kennedy enlists their services…

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THE GREAT BLACK HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

THE GREAT BLACK HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

by Scottie Pippen with Michael Arkush ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 9, 2021 Basketball fans will enjoy Pippen’s bird’s-eye view of some of the sport’s greatest contests. The Chicago Bulls stalwart tells all—and then some. Hall of Famer Pippen opens with a long complaint: Yes, he’s a legend, but he got short shrift in the ESPN…

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THE LOVERS | Kirkus Reviews

THE LOVERS | Kirkus Reviews

by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2016 Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of… Likes 517 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Hoover’s (November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional…

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RACHEL WEISS’S GROUP CHAT | Kirkus Reviews

RACHEL WEISS’S GROUP CHAT | Kirkus Reviews

by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2016 Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of… Likes 517 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Hoover’s (November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional…

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FORTUNATE SON | Kirkus Reviews

FORTUNATE SON | Kirkus Reviews

by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a…

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THE LONG HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

THE LONG HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

by Barack Obama ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 17, 2020 A top-notch political memoir and serious exercise in practical politics for every reader. Likes 224 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller In the first volume of his presidential memoir, Obama recounts the hard path to the White House. In this long, often surprisingly candid…

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A VOICE OF HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

A VOICE OF HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu ; illustrated by Rafael López ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 27, 2022 Hundreds of pages of unbridled uplift boiled down to 40. From two Nobel Peace Prize winners, an invitation to look past sadness and loneliness to the joy that surrounds us. Bobbing in the wake of 2016’s heavyweight Book…

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UNDIVIDED | Kirkus Reviews

UNDIVIDED | Kirkus Reviews

by Thomas Sowell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 19, 2023 For those satisfied with blame-the-victim tidbits of received wisdom. The noted conservative economist delivers arguments both fiscal and political against social justice initiatives such as welfare and a federal minimum wage. A Black scholar who has lived through many civil rights struggles, Sowell is also a…

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