Cannonball Read 18

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Lost Children, Almost Forgotten History

Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson

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I have never read this author before but I was intrigued by the premise when I saw this on a few “Anticipated 2026 Releases” lists. The novel follows three different characters with different starting points, and naturally the stories converge. Ozzie is an African American soldier in Germany in 1948 – right when Truman passes the order to desegregate the military. Ethel Gathers is on an accompanied tour to Germany as her husband’s dependent in 1951. She is one of the few Black officers’ wives […]

A first female wheelchair athlete

The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion by Minda Dentler

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The story The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion by illustrator Stephanie Dehennin and author Minda Dentler (the Minda Dentler of the story) is not necessarily a new idea as we have had stories about people overcoming the odds due to race, gender and disabilities before. However, Dentler’s story is unique because it is hers. It is also unique because I have never really seen a book that had  this exact subject. […]

Mama robot

The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown

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Cbr17bingo Red (the red that highlights the top of the cover) The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown is currently available, yet I read via an online reader. This picture book is based off of the novel also by Brown. It takes the highlights of the first book (or I am assuming as I have not had the chance to read the series yet) and adapts them for the five and up crowd. Overall the book is fun and cute. It has moments […]

Our Universe

Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit

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Sophie Shares the Stars by Heather Smith and Catherine Petit is an interesting book due to the different layers it has. First, it is an adoption story. Sophie has lived with “”My Michael” since she was three. And this is why she calls him what she does and his mother “Our Julia.” But the second level is he is a “real” parent as he does the things all good parents do, takes care of her when she is sick, helps her clean up messes, and […]

Queen of Play Makes Everyone’s Day

Odder: An Otter's Story (Picture book) by Katherine Applegate and Charles Santoso

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I was in the right mood the other day when I found an online copy of Odder: An Otter’s Story (Picture book) by Katherine Applegate and Charles Santoso (the lovely illustrator). Because this book could be considered overly saccharine and too sugary sweet. And when something is overly sweet I can really be a real Scrooge and a Humbug it. Yet, I was in the mood for something sweet, cuddly that just might make you have a tear (or ten) in your eye. Due in […]

Racism is a very real thing, even in Norway

Kvit, norsk mann (White Norwegian man) by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

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Nowhere Bingo 2025: A poetry collection The author of this poetry collection was adopted from South Korea by a childless Norwegian couple when he was three years old. Throughout this rather short, but very impactful poetry collection, he writes about his constant feeling of exclusion and lack of belonging. As a child of Asian descent in a small western Norwegian village surrounded by white people, he obviously stood out among the other children. Adopted by farmers to take over their farm when they grew old, […]



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