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in Ft. Riley, Kansas, The United States

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Virginia Brackett' has written 15 books, including The Facts on File: Companion to 16th and 17th-Century British Poetry, which was named a Booklist Editor’s Choice in 2008, and A Home in the Heart: The Story of Sandra Cisneros, winner of multiple citations. Her young adult time-travel novel, Wolf Moon Murders, will be published by Vinspire Publishing in 2025. It will be the first in her Timeslips series.

In the Company of Patriots, at https://www.sunburypressstore.com/In-... was nominated for a Thorpe Menn Excellence in Literature Award

Please read The New York Journal of Books review by Tom Strelich of Brackett's most recent book, In the Company of Patriots, at https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book....

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	A Home In The Heart: The Story Of Sandra Cisneros 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restless Genius: The Story of Virginia Woolf 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Company of Patriots 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steve Jobs: Computer Genius of Apple 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angela and the Gray Mare it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloom's How to Write About the Brontes by Virginia Brackett (Goodreads Author), Harold Bloom (Introduction) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F. Scott Fitzgerald: Writer of the Jazz Age really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	John Brown: Abolitionist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Brown: Abolitionist by Virginia Brackett (Goodreads Author), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Behind the Waterline by Kionna Walker Lemalle

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Imminently readable and told through the eyes of an attractive and empathetic character, Behind the Waterline chronicles not only the immediate physical, emotional, and mental wounds left behind by Hurricane Katrina, but the discoveries it leads to in young Eric's life. Using a child's point of view allows Lemalle to explore n Read more of this blog post »

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The format of this quite original novella/monologue as one continuous paragraph at first annoyed me; I assumed it was a gimmick. But it well fits the message of this chilling work that presents an Iranian female narrator speaking to a group of world- ...more
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I would not recommend this book for a group read, unless everyone was familiar with the subject matter. As an individual reader, I found it marvelous, because it so well informs about the interior life of a young person on the spectrum. The stream of ...more
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