Tag: war
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Pressure: Powerful and Dramatic
With this film, I knew from the cast that I wanted to see it, especially with Andrew Scott and Brendan Frasier. However, I’m also a student of history and I was curious how the film would portray one of the pivotal moments of World War II. The film is powerful and dramatic, presenting this moment…
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The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard: Epic and Powerful
Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death. Months later, the war doesn’t feel over. Not with Taran gone. Especially not when the gods still answer…
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Kelcie Murphy and the Race for the Reaper’s Key by Erika Lewis: Triumphant Conclusion
Monsters Rise. Enemies Gather. The Never-ending War rages on. Kelcie Murphy and her friends are determined to stop the war, once and for all. But with monsters attacking the Lands of Summer and Winter, peace seems more out of reach than ever. And deep in the Abyss, an ancient evil, once thought defeated, is preparing…
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The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed: Eloquent Imagery
At the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless foreign tyrant lies a wild, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic. Veris Thorn―the only one to ever enter the forest and survive―is forced to go back inside to retrieve the tyrant’s missing children. Inside await traps and trickery, ancient monsters, and hauntings of the…
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden: Powerful and Emotional
January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura…
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Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu by Erika Lewis: Complex and Engaging
Kelcie Murphy is back in another action-packed middle grade adventure, Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu!, the second book in Erika Lewis’s magical series infused with Celtic mythology, The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. It’s hard having a father who’s an infamous traitor. It’s even harder having a mother who’s an…
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The First Bright Thing by J. R. Dawson: Mesmerizing and Magical
Ringmaster — Rin, to those who know her best — can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still…
