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The Piano Lady

Adult Romance · Music & Memory

The Piano Lady

Romance NovelFor adult readers

A stunning French woman cloaked in mystery dazzles her audience at Hotel Paris Rivoli every Saturday night. Playing on an antique Steinway grand, her memories come alive in her music set, unraveling a time capsule of her life. Her music is her only solace as she flashes back to the four-year Nazi occupation in France. A fateful encounter, by chance, reveals her identity when she is recognized as Clarissa, a name she has not been called for many years. The insanity of war changed the course of her life forever.

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Pedro Pan: One Boy's Journey to America

Middle Grade · Historical Fiction

Pedro Pan: One Boy's Journey to America

Ages 8–12Operation Pedro Pan

Pedro Pan, One Boy's Journey to America, is a tale of a 12-year-old boy's journey from Cuba to the United States. He takes part in a secret operation of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, who take freedom flights to escape oppression and tyranny.

Ringing in the New Year in 1959, Pedro Infante observes history unfolding as change slowly sweeps through Havana. In 1961, at the noble sacrifice of his parents, Pedro and Pepe, his pet lizard, board an airplane to America. Leaving his family behind, he travels from the city of Havana to a rural farm in Iowa. The vivid imagination of one boy, flying away like Peter Pan with the loving care of a farmer and his wife, he learns English and takes on new chores, meeting a dairy cow, Bella Lou, Tucker, the prized pig, the old barn owl, and the farmer's scarecrow. The group welcomes and encourages him to be most helpful on the Kelley Farm, as everyone has a job on the farm. Will he return to Cuba one day? Will he ever reunite with his family again?

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AudiobookNarrated by Eileen Faxas, KidStorytime creator and Cuban-American journalist and performer

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Striker King

Graphic Novel · Ancient Rome Adventure

Striker King

Full Color Graphic NovelAges 10-up

Lupo, a young wolf, chases his dream to play soccer for the mighty Golden Gladiators. As news spreads of his incredible feats on the Roman youth squad, Sandro, a malevolent count, sets his sights on Lupo. Only the Great Oracle of Rome can release the dark evil curse cast by Sandro. Forced to leave his village, Lupo breaks his promise to his mother that he would never stray from home. Will destiny shadow Lupo in his quest to find the Great Oracle? Sooner or later, Lupo must return home from exile to contend for more than just his freedom. Set in Ancient Rome, Striker King is an ode to the mythic folklore of a Hero's Journey. Illustrated with full-color cinematic illustrations by New York Times Best-selling Comic Artist Kurt Huggins.

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AudiobookNarrated by the author, Michelle Infante McNiff

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The Crooked Forest

Middle Grade / YA · Historical Fiction

The Crooked Forest

WWII PolandPreorder in 2027

A 12-year old Polish girl escapes into the forest in search of the old hunting lodge as instructed by her mother. Lost in the forest, she blends in with the trees and the ecosystem of life and death. She soon meets a mysterious old woman and partisan fighters who live in the shadows of the forest. As she ventures on her quest, she meets a Polish boy her age. When a group of Nazis take over the hunting lodge for a game expedition, they must hide again.

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Striker King Coloring Book

Bonus · Companion

Striker King Coloring Book

Ages 5+Activity

Bring Lupo, the Golden Gladiators, and Ancient Rome to life with 40+ pages inspired by New York Times Best-selling Comic Artist Kurt Huggins' line art from the graphic novel. Perfect for young and old who want to live in Striker King's world a little longer.

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