I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

“I just feel like it’s unfair, that my whole life is unfair, like I was born into the wrong place and family. I never feel like I belong anywhere.”

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Julia Reyes loves to write, and she always dreams of moving out from her parents’ house, go to college and see the world. But that’s not how a ‘Perfect Mexican Daughter’ supposed to be. ‘Perfect Mexican Daughters’ do not go away to college and move out of their parents’ house. They’re never abandon their family, they dedicated their life for their family like Julia’s older sister – Olga. But her sister Olga is dead and Julia’s family has been shattered to pieces. Julia’s mother channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed, and compare her to Olga. No on in her family seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken by this tragedy too. But then Julia found out that Olga hides another life from her family, another personality that she never shows to any of her family member. Julia then determined to find out if there’s more to her sister story while dealing with not being a ‘Perfect Mexican Daughter.’

Snow and Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

“Snow and Rose didn’t know that they were living in a fairy tale–people never do.”

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Snow and Rose are two sisters. Once, Snow and Rose live with their loving parents in a big house with a spectacular garden. But one day their father disappeared into the woods. Losing her other half, their mother then lost into sorrow. Snow and Rose then have to say goodbye to their house and their old beautiful lives and must live in the old cottage in the woods that has stolen their father. Snow and Rose is a story of two sisters and their adventure in the enchanted woods that have been waiting for them to break a set of horrible spells.

The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero

“No one is ever really lost as long as their story still exists.”

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Karolina is a living seamstress doll who lives in the Land of Dolls. When the rat army attack the Land of Dolls and overthrown the king and queen, a kind wind spirit carry Karolina to the human world. Karolina then landed at Krakow, Poland. There Karolina met with the Dollmaker with a dark past, who just finds out that he has magic inside him. Karolina who believes that the Dollmaker might hold the key to save Land of Dolls from the rat decided to help the Dollmaker masters his magic and get over his dark past and reconnect with other humans. While she lives with the Dollmaker, Karolina’s nature pushes the Dollmaker to befriends a Jewish violinist who happens to be a single father and his daughter. Karolina noticed that the Dollmaker life slowly turns into a more positive direction, he smiles more often than before. But then the Nazi invades Poland, and threaten the lives of their friends. And as things getting worse, Karolina and the Dollmaker determine to save their friends, no matter what the risks.

The Creeps by Fran Krause

“If I need to get out of bed late at night, I sing a little song to myself.

That way, I won’t accidentally say any magic words and summon spirits

from inside my mirror.”

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The Creeps is a charming collection of 97 short comics by Fran Krause. It’s also a follow-up to Krause’s NYT Best Selling book: Deep Dark Fears. Both books tell fears–both logical and illogical–that humans face in their life.

The Chaos of Longing by K. Y. Robinson

“this voyage—

the chaos

of longing

is no longer

anchored at sea.

i’ve sailed

the desolate shore

of your heart

and got swept away

by your arctic current.

i floated to the surface

with my heart’s

message in a bottle.

i survived you.”

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The Chaos of Longing is a prose and poem collection by K. Y. Robinson. It explores love, heartbreak, trauma, and the aftermath of it all. This book divided into four sections: “Inceptions”, “Chaos”, “Longing” and “Epiphany.” Each section has it owns respective theme and stages of romantic relationship. Starting from the times of yearning and falling for someone, lusting, being in love, falling out of love and learn how to love yourself once again.

Warriors of Love by Jalaluddin Rumi and James Cowan

“Rumi and Shams teach us not only the importance of friendship as a civilizing conduct in the affairs of men, but also how important it is to identify friendship with a power that is not of ourselves.”

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The life of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi—One of Islam’s most celebrated poet, scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic—change when he met a man named Shams of Tabriz who visited Konya in 1226. Shams of Tabriz search for a man who could understand his connection and views of God, and he finally found it in Rumi. They become some kind of soul-bonded friends, both Rumi and Shams find the love for God in their mutual love as friends. Warriors of Love contains new interpretation by James Cowan of some poems that Rumi created for his dearest friend, Shams of Tabriz, as well as his love of God.