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Newsletter #295

March 15, 2021

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4 books featured in this issue

Cover of Ohana Means Family

Ohana Means Family

by Ilima Loomis and Kenard Pak

MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #62

Loomis takes the cadence and concept of "The House That Jack Built" and makes them her own with a wonderfully rhythmic and evocative story of traditions of Hawaiian food, land, and farming, writing of... (Tom)

Cover of Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob

by Russell Shorto

TRUE

Shorto is an acclaimed historian (you can usually find his modern classic, Amsterdam, on our Cities shelf), but he was reluctant to tell his own family history, specifically that of his namesake grand... (Tom)

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Sunset Song

by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

MADE-UP

I was that weirdo who adored every book I had to read in high school. Now, I’m that weirdo who seeks out the books teenagers in other countries have to read. And that’s how I discovered why Sunset Son... (Liz)

Cover of The Narrowboat Summer

The Narrowboat Summer

by Anne Youngson

MADE-UP

Anne Youngson became an instant Madison Books favorite with the release of her 2018 debut novel Meet Me at the Museum, and we've been eagerly anticipating a follow-up ever since. She's at last obliged... (James)

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