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Room Meant for Music is a lyrical page-turner that
explores the nature of relationships: how the effect of bad
relationships create burdens people carry throughout their
lives; how good relationships can both nurture and restrict,
form and limit us.
Eva Dietrich’s latest novel is a surprising story of love, triumph, and the power of language in a magical world you’ll want to visit over and over again.
Our hero, twelve-year-old
Can he save his father in time?
Can Tim, a returning Vietnam veteran, prove his innocence or will his life take a torturous turn for the worse? His fiancée, Katy Wilson, is the only one who believes in him and together they make the best of a horrible ordeal. How does it all end? Hang on, dear reader, for a fast-paced and compelling murder mystery that will keep you guessing to the final sentence.
Starting a new high school is tough enough, but sixteen-year old Aidan Knox is about to have his world turned upside down. In a strange new town under the witness protection program due to his father’s career investigating domestic terrorism, Aidan wants to make friends but isn’t sure whom to trust. He’s also worried that he can’t keep his mother and sister safe.
Terror’s Identity will keep you on the edge of your seat, pulling for Aidan and his family.
For young actors, parents, and teachers — The Firebird contains three short plays for young people, ages 9+. The Firebird, a fun comedy based on a Russian folktale, A Midsummer’s Nightmare, or, Explaining the Entire Plot of a Most Beloved Shakespeare Comedy in 45 Minutes (or less), and Enciano, the Musical. Kids will love these short plays compiled by director/teacher/writer/actor Candy Danzig.
These unusually varied tales by Frank Pettinelli are a delightful collection of unique stories. His mercurial imagination gives no warning of what to expect next and will keep us attuned for future creations by this author.
Trudi Taylor’s challenging and thoughtful book about breasts will surprise you with its wit and insight. It shakes off the stereotypes men have about women’s breasts, and more importantly, forces women to really think about and honor their bodies and their breasts, whether they are firm, floppy, big, tiny buds, or surgically scarred. Read it for yourself. Share it with someone you love. Spend an evening with friends talking about the stories and working through the exercises. But, most important of all, have your son or daughter read this book and talk to them about loving others and loving themselves.
American Courtesan is the provocative debut novel by Ester Amy Fischer.
At the turn of the millennium, in the bohemian underground of industrial Brooklyn, free-spirited, but struggling musician Jessica Weber decides to take control of her life by making a living out of her easy and open sexuality. Fueled in equal parts by financial need, rebellion, and lust, Jessica begins an exploration of a fantasy that quickly takes a sharp turn into reality — with all of reality’s hard edges.