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I had no idea what Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman was about when I put it on hold at the library.  It was chosen for my Children’s Literature Book Club (we were reading all Beehive Award nominees) and being the dutiful member that I am put it on hold but failed to actually look [...]

The Blue Notebook,  James A. Levine ’s debut novel, is about child prostitution in India.  It’s a book that I knew going into would be an emotionally hard and difficult read and I wasn’t wrong.  It’s haunting.   It’s the type of book that elicits a physical reaction from the reader and I found myself [...]