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Desmond Gets Free

By Matt Meyer, illustrated by Khim Fam. Skinner House Books, 2021. 40 pages. $16/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. My…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

Quakerism in a Classic American Novel

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne unexpectedly shares many Quaker values.

Kerri D. Schuster

Untangled: A Go-To Guide for Caregivers of Traumatized Children, Families, and Communities

By Omar Reda. Chehalem Press, 2019. 122 pages. $14/paperback.

Reviewed by Diane Reynolds

The Little Book of Racial Healing: Coming to the Table for Truth-Telling, Liberation, and Transformation

By Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes. Good Books, 2019. 120 pages. $5.99/paperback or eBook. As a White woman living…

Reviewed by Karen Heidenreich

Valerie Bertinelli and James Claypoole’s Letter Book

Actress Valerie Bertinelli's Quaker ancestry and a review of James Claypoole's Letter Book ( FJ Nov. 15, 1967).

Staff

Business Lessons from Levi Coffin

From our Friends in Business column.

Peggy Tierney

Wolfie and the Silver Suit

FJ Review: "This book will not only familiarize students with the history of World War II and the Holocaust but also sensitize them to the conflicts and ethnic and religious persecution happening around the world today."

Reviewed by Hina Fathima

The Mindful School Leader: Practices to Transform Your Leadership and School

By Valerie Brown and Kristen Olson. Corwin, 2015. 208 pages. $24.95/paperback or eBook. [button link=”http://www.amazon.com/The-Mindful-School-Leader-Leadership/dp/148330308X”]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] If education is the key to…

Reviewed by Claire Salkowski

Struggling with (Non)violence

By Julie Marie Todd. In Media Res, 2020. 280 pages. $18.98/paperback. Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know By Erica…

Reviewed by Steve Chase

Homegoing: A Novel and The Underground Railroad: A Novel

Homegoing: A Novel. By Yaa Gyasi. Knopf, 2016. 320 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $11.99/eBook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. By Colson…

Two titles reviewed by Lauren Brownlee