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Candace, the Universe, and Everything by Sherri L. Smith features eighth grader Candace Wells who loves to draw. Her life intersects with that of 93-year-old Loretta Spencer and 53-year-old Professor Tracey Auburn because all three share a connection to locker 235 at Walden Elementary School. As it turns out, the top shelf of that locker was designed to accommodate a window in the sky in 1908 when Elizabeth Simpson, an avid bird watcher, visited with Ellis Monroe, the draftsman for the architect for the school, who arranged the design. Since then, birds fly in and out of knots and connect the three to a timeRead More →

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A companion book to the bestseller, You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao, You’ve Found Oliver follows the story of Sam’s best friend. Almost a year has passed since Oliver lost Sam and he’s still grieving. As part of this grieving process, Oliver finds comfort in sending text messages to Sam’s old number. Unexpectedly, one day someone responds and Oliver realizes that his texts have been reaching Ben, a college student just like him.  Oliver and Ben commence a correspondence that progresses from friendship into something more. Something more that becomes a bit of an impossibility when they both realize that they’re not exactly living inRead More →