Mesquite Springs Book #1 Details Title: Out of the Embers Author: Amanda Cabot Publisher: Revell (March 3, 2020) Pages: 336 Click for Excerpt Click for Reading Group Guide My Thoughts A young woman with a tragic past has arrived in town . . . and trouble is following close behind. This book trailer introduces the story perfectly, so had to begin my review with it. The setting for Out of the Embers, the first book in Cabot’sRead More →
Well Written and Hard to Put Down Synopsis (publisher) For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”* Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive inRead More →
A Mesmerizing Tale Book Blurb 1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O’Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading forRead More →