Jenn and guest Louise Johnson discuss unconventional heroines, cozy Hanukkah stories, children’s books about tolerance, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Sponsored by Voracious and Little, Brown and Company, and Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads.

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Feedback & Links

Paradox Bound by Peter Cline (rec’d by Stephanie)

Stephanie’s Get Booked spreadsheet: bit.ly/getbookedrecs

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman (rec’d by Stephanie)

The Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie (rec’d by Stephanie)

The River by Peter Heller (rec’d by Elizabeth and Kayce)

Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched by Amy Sutherland (rec’d by Molly)

Beyond Basketball: Keywords for Success by Mike Krzyzewski and Jamie Krzyzewski Spatola

Books Discussed

Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell

Eva Ibbotson – Madensky Square or A Countess Below Stairs

The Pretty One by Keah Maria Brown

The Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Barton-Smith

Wintersong by S. Jae Jones

The Curious Tale of The Lady Caraboo by Catherine Johnson

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

Everything by Susie Day (Pea’s Book of Best Friends)

The Empress by Ruby Lal

The Wife’s Tale by Aida Edemariam

The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley

The Otherlife by Julia Gray

The Moomins by Tove Jansson

Lexicon by Max Barry

A Void by Georges Perec

My Name is Mina by David Almond

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