Sondra Eklund Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Elena Rides
Juana Medina
Elena Rides, by Juana Medina, is a practically perfect beginning reader about a young elephant learning to ride a bike. https://t.co/hj5QVzQHj3 https://t.co/SgOTocyWbw
Hardcover, 2023
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama
In The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, Michelle Obama tells stories about life after the White House and continues to encourage everyone to go high, because we all carry light inside. Inspirational and lovely. https://t.co/fO7CI7lJVC https://t.co/Gx5HbwUj4w
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Tommie Smith
Multiple Award Winner, Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice, by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile, is a graphic novel memoir telling about Tommie Smith's protest for civil rights at the 1968 Olympic Games. https://t.co/lZew0KTJAx https://t.co/TKsRbaj4ut
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reader, I Murdered Him
Betsy Cornwell
Reader, I Murdered Him, by Betsy Cornwell, read by Elisabeth Lagelee, is a fresh look at the characters from Jane Eyre from the perspective of Mr. Rochester's ward, Adele. Let's just say I feel a little guilty how much I enjoyed it. https://t.co/oZmYrMz4pE https://t.co/TnAGmpVFev
Paperback, 2023
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
The Pulitzer Prize winning Demon Copperhead is another rich tapestry of a novel from the brilliant Barbara Kingsolver, about growing up in rural Virginia during the blooming of the opioid crisis and learning a thing or two about life. https://t.co/kpkIGoPvmv
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr, is an epic tale weaving together stories from five different time periods that all tie back to an ancient Greek comedy about a man having misadventures trying to reach the mythical utopian city of birds. https://www.sonderbooks.com/Fiction/cloud_cuckoo_land.html
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All My Rage
Sabaa Tahir
Multiple award winner, All My Rage, by Sabaa Tahir, beautifully tells the story of two Muslim teens in a small California desert town struggling when everything seems stacked against them. https://t.co/FcV2U2ncnZ https://t.co/hhzeB6T05N
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rain
Cynthia Rylant
Rain, by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Lisa Congdon, is a new storytime classic picture book celebrating the glories of a rainy day. https://t.co/PwbKucAcCN https://t.co/HpDPSDZgv7
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
V. E. Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab, narrated by Julia Whelan, is the epic story of a girl who sold her soul to the Dark and achieved immortality and freedom -- at the price of never being remembered by anyone. https://www.sonderbooks.com/Fiction/invisible_life_of_addie_larue.html
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made
James Wallis
If you enjoy Eurogames at all, Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made, by James Wallis, is the book for you! It looks at 44 years of the Spiel des Jahres and talks about the development of amazing games over that time. https://t.co/1IyKwsxyFn https://t.co/J7M8GGCuka
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