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		<title>Christmas Begins With Christ by Gina Kirkland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The perfect gift for a child in your life. Christmas Begins With Christ is a lovely multi-purpose picture book that offers lessons about Jesus’ presence in our day-to-day lives, thoughtfully captures the spirit of the season, and helps little readers learn basic counting. The story exudes warmth and joy, giving parents a nice way to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When To Run, Born Scared by Stephanie King</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Darkness and light fuse together in the fiery account, When To Run, Born Scared by Stephanie King. Part maddening and part saddening, King lays out the incessant traumas and periodic triumphs in a tortured life. With a racist, heartless father, an equally sadistic older sister, and a loving mother that lacks the courage to stand [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Lion in Your Heart by R.C. Chizhov</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A beautifully illustrated and positively inspirational story. For centuries, the lion has been viewed as a majestic symbol of strength and courage. Through visualization, R.C. Chizhov uses the stately king of beasts to teach children how they can overcome their fears in the book The Lion in Your Heart. Along with his family, a young [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Those Darn Stripes by Tyrel Nelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Always trying to make the best of less than ideal circumstances, Tyrel Nelson shares a collection of heartwarming stories in Those Darn Stripes. Recent and distant memories fade into pleasant ramblings as Tyrel gets out of his own head and lets his mind wander, giving readers a backstage pass to his three decades of life. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thunder Peak by Trae Stratton</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jonas Tamm is a Civil War veteran living in the untamed West. Preferring to spend his days tending to the family orchard, he is pulled away to do a little policing when the need arises, and in the wild west, there are a lot of times he has to saddle up and enforce the law. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Travels and Tribulations by Tyrel Nelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Truly a celebration of life and a reminder to express our love. A tale of loss, grief, love and life, Travels and Tribulations by Tyrel Nelson is an abridged look at the way one man deals with the death of his parents. His journey is a sad one that most grown children take at some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shadow&#8217;s Apprentice by Marta Robyne</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For Macayla Michaels, helping and healing comes naturally. In fact, she always seems to put the needs of others ahead of herself. Wrapping up an apprenticeship with a well respected master, what Macayla really wants is to be granted residency under the same skilled mentor. That would allow her to remain in Tieres with her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Black And White Are More Than Just Colors In A Crayon Box by Carol Styron</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delvina Jones is a young African American woman who is as lovely on the outside as she is on the inside. Her intelligence and diligence land her a job as an administrative assistant at a financial firm. Still in her early thirties, Delvina has time left to start a family, but the hourglass is running [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Expedition to Mystery Mountain by Susanna Oreskovic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An eye-opening travelogue you don’t want to miss. Sometimes the journey is the destination. For Susanna Oreskovic and her nature-loving team, they plan an ambitious adventure, recreating an authentic climb from the 1920s with a perilous, yet breathtaking journey to the ultimate destination, the so-called Mystery Mountain. With the goal of literally walking in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inside Out by Natalie Hibberd</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Zack, Lucy, Liam, and their friends are on the Inside, living an easy life where their biggest problems are math homework and who is dating who. Meanwhile, Nick, Delilah, Luke and their peers live on the Outside, where it can be a struggle just to stay alive. Few things connect these two opposing sides, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finding Happiness In The Dark by Kenneth Liddane</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This common sense approach to mental prosperity is deceptively simple. “There is no doubt that happiness is all around us, if we give ourselves the opportunity to see it.” Isn’t this true? Circumstances vary wildly from one person to the next, but if we commit to the right perception of ourselves and our unique situations, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spooked by a Suspicion by Risa Nyman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fast paced sequel with mystery, drama and heart. Dealing with the loss of a parent can spell disaster for any child. But for Rocky Casson, the joyful announcement that his mom is getting remarried is nothing short of devastating. There’s no wedding date yet, so Rocky still has time to figure out exactly what [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When The Sky Roars by Katie Weaver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The perfect antidote to any rainy day. Inquisitive, science-minded Liam finds himself scared by a roaring thunderstorm. Rather than being stuck under his blankets with a case of the blues, Liam remembers other times that the angry sky wrecked his plans. He hops out of bed with a bold plan; Liam will fasten a bouquet [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We Can Save The World&#8230; but there&#8217;s no money in it by Peri Scott</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Money makes the world go round—at least, that’s how it’s always been. But is there a better way? Is it possible for capitalism to exist in a world where greed doesn’t reign supreme? Where some people live lives so lavish they can literally throw money away while others constantly struggle just to keep a roof [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chasing Butterflies: The True Story of a Daughter of 9/11 by Ashley Bisman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filled with vulnerability and raw honesty. It is with a keen sense of surreal recollection that many glassy eyed folks recall exactly where they were when the Twin Towers came down. I was driving my son to school and the sky was so blue that&#8230;&#160; I was on my way into the office and I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hybrids, Volume Four Hope by Jennie Dorny</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The actions on one planet have far reaching effects in the dynamic Hybrids universe. Theo finds herself in a life threatening situation, but her emotional chaos is just as troubling. In other worlds, Mocean is freezing over and losing its connection to the Eridanis. Jack and Farren are working out the kinks in their relationship [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Winter of the Wolf by Martha Hunt Handler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Heartbreaking and compelling. “There was no one to help me. Mom was in shock, Dad was trying to console her… and my soul mate and favorite brother, Sam, was gone. As in dead gone.” So begins the emotional story of fifteen-year-old Bean and her quest to uncover the truth about the death of her beloved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lana and the Coronavirus by Uncle Pat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lana is a jolly girl with rosy cheeks and a wide smile. Almost overnight, things change in Lana’s life as she finds herself in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Schools and parks are unexpectedly closed and Lana is unable to play with her friends or visit with her grandma in person. People are urged [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Handful of Buttons by Carmen Parets Luque</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wonderful message of diversity, centered firmly on tolerance and love. Not all families are alike, and helping young children to realize this early on can lead them to become more tolerant as they grow up. A Handful of Buttons displays a wide array of family units, including large families, small families, biracial families, separated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Braving the World by Pam Saylor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A breathtaking overseas journey that will warm your heart and make you smile. Pam and Dave embark on their dream sabbatical, their Bel Sogno, a year of European travel in the honest and endearing memoir Braving the World: Adventures in Travel and Retirement. If you are a planner or any amount of a control-freak, Pam’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tour of Insanity by Kelly Mitchell &#038; Matthew Zakutny</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/tour-of-insanity-by-kelly-mitchell-matthew-zakutny/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One part home-improvement guide, one part history, and a whole lot of common sense. A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, policy, motives, or views of the issuer. These are typically quite earnest, even fervent, and Tour of Insanity: Manifesto for better Home Design is no exception! This colorful exposition is one part [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Father&#8217;s Indian: How a Butterfly Split the Oak by Eric Dorsey</title>
		<link>https://indiestoday.com/my-fathers-indian-by-eric-dorsey/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comfortably casual and yet subtly elegant. Have you ever asked yourself, what if? It could be small things. What if I rented a smaller apartment? What if I bleached my hair? What if I got a dog? For Susan, though, her what-ifs truly haunt her. What if she hadn’t cut her best friend out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Journey to the Hopewell Star by Hannah D. State</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An exciting and enjoyable out-of-this-world adventure! In a future where food is produced via a 3-D printer-cooker and space travel is not uncommon, a young girl becomes the center of an intergalactic prognostication. A visitor from the planet Kryg gives twelve-year-old Sam a device that enables her to travel to their planet, where she finds [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Luck Chestnut by Linda Gruenberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An absolute must read for any little animal lovers in your life. Good Luck Chestnut And Other Lucky Colors of the World is a richly illustrated book for young children that is sure to stoke the fires in a playful heart. The pages feature horses and children in every color, size and season. With wonderfully [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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