One activist’s story shows how indigenous communities can fight to protect their sacred lands-and win.
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Quiet Time With My Seeya
A lush and endearing picture book about the special days a child spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her Seeya, despite their language barrier.
The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna Could Be The Toni Morrison Of Ya Fantasy.-refinery 29 The Start Of A Bold And Immersive West African-inspired, Feminist Fantasy Series For Fans Of Children Of Blood And Bone And Black Panther. In This World, Girls Are Outcasts By Blood And Warriors By Choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka Lives In Fear And Anticipation Of The Blood Ceremony That Will Determine Whether She Will Become A Member Of Her Village. Already Different From Everyone Else Because Of Her Unnatural Intuition, Deka Prays For Red Blood So She Can Finally Feel Like She Belongs. But On The Day Of The Ceremony, Her Blood Runs Gold, The Color Of Impurity-and Deka Knows She Will Face A Consequence Worse Than Death. Then A Mysterious Woman Comes To Her With A Choice: Stay In The Village And Submit To Her Fate, Or Leave To Fight For The Emperor In An Army Of Girls Just Like Her. They Are Called Alaki-near-immortals With Rare Gifts. And They Are The Only Ones Who Can Stop The Empire’s Greatest Threat. Knowing The Dangers That Lie Ahead Yet Yearning For Acceptance, Deka Decides To Leave The Only Life She’s Ever Known. But As She Journeys To The Capital To Train For The Biggest Battle Of Her Life, She Will Discover That The Great Walled City Holds Many Surprises. Nothing And No One Are Quite What They Seem To Be-not Even Deka Herself.
Wombat, The Reluctant Hero
Zero Waste: How One Community Is Leading A World Recycling Revolution (Green Power)
In this fifth installment in Allan Drummond’s picture book series about green living, a town in Japan takes a stand against its throwaway past and shows that it really does take a village.
Featured in WOW Review Volume XVI, Issue 4.
The Book Of Stolen Dreams
Siblings Rachel, twelve, and Robert, fourteen, are passed a stolen book by their librarian father and must track down the missing final page while protecting the book from falling into the hands of the cruel ruler of Krasnia, President Charles Malstain.
Visions Of The Crow
Damon Quinn just wants to get through his senior year unscathed. His mom struggles with alcohol and is barely coping with the day-to-day. Marcus and his cronies at school are forever causing Damon trouble. The new girl, Journey, won’t mind her own business. To make matters worse, now a mysterious crow is following him everywhere. After he is seized by a waking dream in the middle of a busy street, Damon is forced to confront his mom with some hard questions: Why haven’t I met my dad? Where did we come from? Who am I? Damon must look within himself, mend the bond with his mother, and rely on new friends to find the answers he so desperately needs. Travelling through time and space, Damon will have to go back before he can move forward.
Wind
This browsable book explores the wind’s role in our planet and its history, from carrying pollen to shaping sand dunes to pushing record-breaking ships across the ocean.
Forward Me Back To You
Told in separate voices, Kat and Robin leave Boston on a church mission to help combat human trafficking in India while Kat recovers from a sexual assault and Robin seeks his birth mother.
Spin
Sixteen year old Archne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.