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An Ember in the Ashes
Laia, a member of a prominent Scholar family, helps her grandparents earn a meager living until her brother Darin is caught and arrested as a traitor of the Empire. Not...
Posted by Book Rex on May 18, 2017
Motor Girls
Should horseless carriages be powered by electricity, steam engines, or gasoline? An odd question today, but at the dawn of the 20th century it was a very real debate. Even...
Posted by Book Rex on May 4, 2017
The Iron Ship
The Kressind siblings are quite the bunch. Engineer Trassan is building the world’s first iron ship, powered by both magic and technology, in order to reach the southern icelands, excavate an...
Just A Minute A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
Señor Calavera is a skeleton who has come to take Grandma Beetle away. Grandma Beetle is clever and has Señor Calavera wait just one more minute, but how long will...
Posted by Book Rex on April 20, 2017
You Know Me Well
This book is a celebration of LGBTQ love, the universal struggle of young love, and those terrifying moments before adulthood.
Posted by Book Rex on April 13, 2017
Rabbit Magic
In Rabbit Magic, Monsieur Lapin gets the surprise of his life: his assistant Houdini takes over the show! McLaren’s use of pastels allows the magic show to really pop on...
Posted by Book Rex on April 9, 2017
Issun Bôshi: The One-Inch Boy
A classic Japanese fairy tale comes to life with vibrant, striking illustrations from Icinori, a duo of French illustrators and printmakers. Issun Bôshi, the one-inch boy, is born to parents...
Posted by Book Rex on April 6, 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale
Medieval Russia is a place where forest spirits still roam, water spirits lurk in rivers waiting for their next victims, and benevolent house spirits crouch in fireplaces. A girl named...
Sofia Martinez: Abuela’s Birthday
Abuela’s (Grandma’s) birthday is coming up and Sofia wants to make her a nice surprise for her big day: a piñata! With the help of her cousins, Sofia’s progress on...
Posted by Book Rex on March 23, 2017
How To Build A Museum
How To Build A Museum is a timely story of the creation, formation, and inner workings of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). A group of...
Posted by Book Rex on March 18, 2017
Dishonored 2
In the first Dishonored the queen is assassinated and her heir princess Emily is kidnapped. It is up to her right hand man Corvo a cunning and stealthy fighter to rescue...
A Promise of Fire
“Cats don’t cry,” Cat tells herself constantly. The oracle is done with crying. She’s escaped a terrible life and has started a new one in the circus. War is brewing, territories...
The Bunker Diary
Though it is not for the faint of heart, [this story] is for readers who enjoy twisted characters, heaping spoonfuls of symbolism, and self reflection.
Posted by Book Rex on February 9, 2017
