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  • The Very Angry Toolbox

    Leroy Boulder dreams of owning a toolbox just like his Dad’s. One day, while exploring the industrial mart, he comes across an angry toolbox sitting by itself on a shelf. Intrigued, Leroy sets out to uncover the reasons behind the toolbox’s anger. Through his investigation, Leroy learns that the angry toolbox yearns for friendship, love, and the chance to be filled with tools to aid others. “The Very Angry Toolbox” is a charming tale that deserves a place on every child’s bookshelf. It serves as a valuable tool for discussing emotions and their impact on others, making it an essential read for young readers.

    $5.99
  • No Lifeguard on Duty: A Novel

    In the summer of 1970, racial unrest in Asbury Park sends three teenage friends into turmoil.

    It’s July of 1970. The decaying beach town of Asbury Park, New Jersey erupts with racial unrest that propels three unlikely teenage friends into turmoil. Adam, Mollie, and Howard struggle with family conflicts and their racial, cultural and class identities in the midst of the chaos. Town and teens will never be the same.

    When the smoke clears, secrets that brought the trio to this fateful time and place are revealed and continue to intertwine their lives in the years to come. The boardwalk and beaches become the setting for personal revelations, encounters with the dark side of human nature, and brushes with the supernatural.

    No Lifeguard on Duty will stir a range of emotions and its nuanced treatment of race and class is as relevant today as it was in 1970.

    $7.99
  • Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans

    Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans” is author Sherrie Miranda’s prequel to her page-turner, debut thriller, “Secrets and Lies in El Salvador”. Shelly Dalton Smith is a naïve, twenty-three-year-old from Upstate New York who moves to New Orleans to prepare for a photo project in war-torn El Salvador. Shelly arrives in New Orleans, broken and traumatized and therefore unable to trust her own instincts. New Orleans represents the fresh start Shelly needs, but she soon finds that almost everyone in New Orleans harbors a secret.
    She’s unprepared for life in “The Big Easy,” and her world is turned upside down as she navigates “the city that care forgot.” With fast-paced chapters and beautifully detailed conversations and descriptions, we see New Orleans through Shelly’s innocent eyes as she realizes the sheltered life she had lived was a lie. She experiences sexism and witnesses racism, police brutality, FBI visits, death threats, and two people’s captivity by her former boss.
    Through her misadventures and exciting plot twists, Shelly focuses on fighting injustice, ultimately finding her authentic voice as an empowered adult. When she finally leaves New Orleans, she is forever changed. The novel is a wild ride through the underbelly of 1980s New Orleans and is filled with quirky characters, sinister abusers, and thrilling secrets and revelations.

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