Authors battle school bullying through novels and summit
Wendy Henrichs discusses two Candlewick YA novels about bullying, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass and Fat Angie, and notes Iowa's second Bullying Prevention Summit on November 4 at Hy-Vee Hall Des Moines with details on goals, resources, and author outreach.
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Iowa
Candlewick Press
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Meg Medina
Candlewick
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Hy-Vee
Tana Mullen
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Iowa.gov
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Angie
KC Romance
Charlton- Trujillo
Wendy Henrichs
Iowa City
Let Him Go a Stirring Love Story From Watson
Rob Cline reviews Larry Watsons Let Him Go a vivid drama about Margaret and George Blackledge who seek to reclaim their grandson. The novel pairs lyrical setting with a long marriage tested by conflict and stubborn devotion, showing love enduring across disagreement.
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Larry Watson
Milkweed Editions
Dalton
North Dakota
Watson
Iowa City
Margaret
George Blackledge
George
Girls Know by Douglas Trevor review
Laura Farmer critiques Douglas Trevor’s novel Girls Know focusing on Walt Steadman’s aimless arc after witnessing a restaurant shooting. The review praises strong female characters Ginger Mercedes and Mercedes's grandmother while denouncing Walt as self centered and unsympathetic.
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Book Readings for Girls I Know by Douglas Trevor
Douglas Trevor reads from Girls I Know in Iowa City at Prairie Lights Books at 7 p.m. Friday and Cedar Rapids at Barnes & Noble on Saturday at 5 p.m. Both events are free.
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Prairie Lights Books
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Barnes & Noble
Ragbrai and More Top Local Bestsellers list
Publisher's Weekly lists top titles across fiction and non fiction with authors including Borzo Stecopoulos Gaimar J Chang Shapiro Schneider Penny Sedaris Patterson Galbraith Brown Goodkind Pess Shannon Steel Levin Robertson Sandberg Robertson Robertson Haygood Wicock and more. The compilation covers a mix of novels memoirs political analysis and science themed books highlighting notable titles in contemporary reading.
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