Cannonball Read 18

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The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari's Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic by Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj and Maithili Joshi

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Only a few books recently have made me cry due to subject matter. (I’ve cried because they were poorly written and the only good thing I can say is they keep loggers and paper factories in business). Therefore, when I say The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari’s Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic) made me cry, it is a good cry. Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj, and illustrator Maithili Joshi made a picture book […]

Little Fish, Big Pond/Country Mouse-City Mouse

Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer.

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I enjoyed the graphic novel Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer. The story was fairly familiar, but at the time it would have been a newer story as I think coming of age and graphic novels were just finding their place in the genre of young adult. The way Beyer made the book is clever and even now would be considered fresh. I am curious to find more works by them. Plus, I have questions I need answered […]

Warning: Spider friend inside

Weaver and the Web by Chris Baker

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I would have liked a few more facts added within the story that is presented in Weaver and the Web, but the way it is presented is practically perfect. Chris Baker is someone who knows how to weave a story that is mixed with facts and the illustrations are amazing and cool like the night. Byron Eggenschwiler might have a mouthful of a last name, but they know how to compliment and have their own stories with the rich colors and shadows of the night. […]

Sonya was just a kid growing up on the rez.

The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne by Sonya Ballantyne, Azby Whitecalf, Kielamel Sibal and Rhael McGregor

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The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne by Sonya Ballantyne, Azby Whitecalf, Kielamel Sibal and Rhael McGregor is an interesting story that has intense concepts. These concepts are handled well, still it is not for all readers as the subjects are serious in nature with such things as bullying, self-harm, racism, depression, some language and more. The basics points are there (girl deals with bullies, deals with issues at home, the dynamics of different generations) but as they are set with a background of our main character being […]

“The Next Right Thing”

Gigs by Mark Mosedale and Si Smith

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Right now, I really dislike Mark Mosedale, Si Smith,Top Shelf Productions, and the person who sent me the reader’s copy of Gigs by Smosedale and illustrated by Smith. I dislike you because you made me feel all the emotions at once. You made me unable to put my reader copy down. You made me want to finish before it comes out mid-June 2026 so I can get it on release day, stand at the front doors and tell customers, “You ain’t leaving until you buy […]

I really wish I could read Vietnamese because it’s really a neat looking language!

Mindful Tots: Loving Kindness (Bilingual Vietnamese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Whitney Stewart

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My book dealer from Barefoot Books is at it again. Several months ago I received a package of goodness (or books) and accidentally put it with my Christmas goodies, so I didn’t find it until recently. Then just the other day, I had a new package with more amazing titles. Between the two I found a few that I have read (but physical copies now) and many new ones. One of the new ones was  Mindful Tots: Loving Kindness (Bilingual Vietnamese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) […]



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