This romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the love story of two Cuban teens fighting for climate action and human rights.
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From the annual Passion conference comes a live album with an hour and a half of worship music.
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Read the paperback version of The Maid, a cozy whodunnit, just in time for its sequel, The Mystery Guest, releasing in November.
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Quarterback follows three of the biggest quarterbacks in the game – Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota – through the 2022-2023 NFL season.
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Encanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this middle grade fantasy adventure.
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Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive.
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The CRC’s Adrian Jacobs reflects on his former parishioner, Indigenous artist Jace Martin, whose Beautiful Broken Pieces album was released in September 2023.
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A Canadian memoirist tells the story of her immigrant father’s faith, even as he suffered from ALS.
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The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaughey
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Malcolm Guite reads poems and other classic literature from his enchanting library.
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This timely and thought-provoking story about a teen girl shouldering impossibly large responsibilities and ultimately learning that she doesn’t have to do it alone is the perfect follow-up to Daniel Aleman's award-winning debut novel, Indivisible.
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See some of our top picks for reading and watching for October 2023.
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A young woman entering 1882 New York City's rigid social scene is drawn into the daily conflicts surrounding the new-money Russell family and the established van Rhijn-Brook family, who are neighbors.
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A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latin culture, community, and family, told through a young girl’s experiences in the kitchen with her abuela.
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The Banner’s Mixed Media editor suggests four books to read for Hispanic Heritage Month, including a modern classic set in the Dominican Republic.
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A Colombian American journalist tries to save her career by taking an assignment somewhere she never thought she’d go — Colombia — in this heartwarming debut novel about rediscovering our family stories.
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Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week.
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An enchanting meditation on the power of storytelling in our individual and collective lives.
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Celebrating the certainty of the Good News, this seven-song collection delivers such standout original tracks as “Mercy,” “Not Like Mine” and “Saved By Grace.”
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A child confronts conflicting feelings of embarrassment and love for her Mexican abuela in this moving, personal story from Newbery- and Pura Belpré Award–winning author Donna Barba Higuera
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Armed with data from an all-new survey of over 7,000 women, the authors of The Great Sex Rescue reveal how experiences in church as teens affect women's self-esteem and relationships today.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu return.
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A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter and the terrible injustice that tears them apart, by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War.
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Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times bestselling authors of Good Enough.