2024

December 2024 Book Reviews

Extinctopedia: Discover What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and How We Can Preserve the Diversity of Our Fragile Planet AND The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Young Readers Adaptation)

By Serenella Quarello, illustrated by Alessio Alcini, translated by Margaret Greenan. Red Comet Press, 2024. 64 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended…

Reviewed by Laura Barrosse-Antle

Remember my Story by Claire Sarnowsky with Sarah Durand December 2024 Book Reviews

Remember My Story: A Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship That Made History

By Claire Sarnowski with Sarah Durand. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2024. 256 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Neal Burdick

A Long Time Coming by Ray Anthony Shepard December 2024 Book Reviews

A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

By Ray Anthony Shepard, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Calkins Creek, 2023. 336 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 12…

Reviewed by Brad Gibson

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What Can We Do Now?

Even when it seems hopeless, persistence often pays off—sometimes when least expected, and sometimes in surprising ways. Arden Buck

Christine Sykes Williams Ayoub

Ayoub—Christine Sykes Williams Ayoub, 102, on July 18, 2024, in State College, Pa. Christine was born on February 7, 1922,…

Melady Prudence Kehm

Kehm—Melady Prudence Kehm, 78, on May 20, 2024, in Bellafonte, Pa. Melady was born on October 31, 1945, to Robert…

Ronald Eagle Rosenberg

Rosenberg—Ronald Eagle Rosenberg, 73, on February 21, 2021, of COVID, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Ron was born on August 18, 1947,…

Jonathan Taylor

Taylor—Jonathan Taylor, 80, on July 3, 2020. He was born on July 13, 1939, to Kathrine Kressmann Taylor and Elliot…
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2024

Benjamin Lay, Radical Quaker Abolitionist. Staff
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Olive Branch

Alien enemies provide a lesson in trust. RM Ambrose
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Monkey Mind

Life distractions intrude on the silent worship. Lynn Gazis
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Good

A creator delights in creation. Anne E.G. Nydam
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