Publishers Weekly – July 29, 2019

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Starting out in rural Concow, Calif., in the
1980s, Hunt lays bare the struggles she
faced in growing up “straight” in a family
of illicit substance users.

Surrender: A Love Letter to My
Daughter
Lou Alpert. Hybrid
Global Publishing.
$16.95 paper
(228p), ISBN 978-1-
948181-32-7
Amazon, Baker &
Taylor, BN.com,
Ingram
One mother’s
journey through her child’s addiction
after waking to CNN coverage of her
pregnant daughter shooting up heroin
and being confronted by a policeman.

We Died in Water
Meg Flores. Meg Flores.
$14.99 paper (164p),
ISBN 978-0-578-
49106-6
Meg-flores.com
Flores reflects on
how each love in her
life has affected the subsequent love,
beginning when her father left her
mother and continuing on to Flores’s
current partner.

Words and Music into the Future: A
Songwriting Treatise
and Manifesto
Michael Koppy. Good
Track Records. $16
paper (336p), ISBN 978-
0-9966400-2-2
Amazon, BN.com,
IngramSpark
In an examination of popular songs and
songwriting devoid of fan idiocy,
Koppy presents an indictment of the
abject industrial illiteracy that currently
prevails.

Children’s/YA
Adaptively Radiant
Joseph E. Henning. Joseph E. Henning. $6.99
e-book, ASIN B07SW1NWBM

Amazon, BN.com, Kobo,

Lulu, Smashwords

Two cousins inherit a

bag of stones, trigger-

ing a mythological

scavenger hunt in

Japan, Hawaii, and

California.

The Adventures of Samba Rat and

Friends in Sherman the Last Dragon

Steven and Mary

Munsie. Page

Publishing. $24.95

paper (125p), ISBN

978-1-64298-979-3

Amazon, Apple iBooks,

BN.com, Google Play

Four woodland

friends—Samba Rat;

Peter Porcupine; Squirrely, scout camp

mascot; and Cindy, a ladybug—find a

mysterious egg, which hatches into a

baby dragon.

Aliens, Ladybugs, and the Lethal Virus

Hilda L. Trevino.

iUniverse. $17.99

paper (210p),

ISBN 978-1-

5320-6581-1

Amazon, BN.com,

iUniverse

Extraterrestrials

and robots from another planet recruit a

ladybug family to fight danger in order to

save children from a deadly virus.

The Book of Mem

Jody Walker, illus. by Shannon Benson.

Sacred Earth.

$19.95 paper

(62p), ISBN

978-0-692-

06774-1

Amazon, Lulu

It has been

quite a long time since humans have

visited, yet Old Tree and Mem, a large

chunk of granite, forget nothing. Then

two kids with magical powers arrive at

the campgrounds, and a forest adven-

ture begins.

The Good Dog

Walker Jean Mills.

Covenant Books.

$20.95 hardcover

(40p), ISBN 978-

1-64003-345-0;

$11.95 paper,

ISBN 978-1-

64003-344-3

Amazon, BN.com

An allegory about how to love, accept,

and show compassion to others, as

shown through a girl’s love for her dog.

It is the recipient of a Mom’s Choice

Award.

H.M.S. Barabbas

Ben Jeapes. Climbing

Boy Productions. $15

paper (304p), ISBN

978-1-07-305745-0

Amazon

Four years after the

adventure, Jim

Hawkins wants to

put the wealth he acquired on Treasure

Island to good use. But, thanks to the

bragging memoir he wrote of the

Treasure Island expedition, Jim’s past

catches up with him, along with friends

and enemies that he never knew he

had.

Island Life: Back When Series

Tia Rose. AuthorHouse.

$22.95 paper (122p),

ISBN 978-1-5246-

6976-8; $3.99 e-book,

ISBN 978-1-5246-

6977-5

Amazon

Rose’s collection of

short stories was

written to encourage reading in primary

schools.

The Last Surviving Dinosaur:

The TyrantoCrankaTsuris

Steven Joseph, illus. by Andy Case. Mascot

Books. $14.95 hardcover (38p), ISBN 978-1-

64307-157-2

Amazon

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