Friends Journal Book Reviews

Every issue of Friends Journal includes reviews of recently published books that bring illuminating perspectives to Quakers' spiritual and social concerns. Many of the books we cover can be purchased through FGC'S online Quakerbooks store.

Latest Book Reviews

Peng’s Vase: A Chinese Folktale AND Tell the Truth, Pangolin

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

December 1, 2023

Maple and Rosemary

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton with Bethan

December 1, 2023

The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island

Reviewed by Victoria Le Croy

December 1, 2023

My Brother Is Away

Reviewed by Katie Green

December 1, 2023

Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between

Reviewed by Anne E.G. Nydam

December 1, 2023

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin

Reviewed by Karen Clark

December 1, 2023

Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

Reviewed by David Austin

December 1, 2023

We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America’s Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

December 1, 2023

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