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Join Amy and Staci as they discuss this year's All Iowa Reads winner - The Butterfly Effect. This is a contemporary novel with a local Iowa setting - Ames, Iowa and the Reiman Gardens. Readers who enjoy a unique main character and a different perspective of contemporary fiction will truly appreciate McKenny's story.

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book "Long Live the Pumpkin Queen" by Shea Ernshaw. Read-alikes include:

The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads a chapter from Answers in the Pages by David Levithan. Read-alikes include:

Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

Americus by MK Reed & Jonathan Hill

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum. Read-alikes include:

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

Very Bad People by Kit Frick

The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya. Read-alikes include: anything written by Pablo Cartaya (of course)

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez

The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson

The Ice House by Monica Sherwood

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

The Family Gamers

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Resources from Kathleen Mercury

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Amy and Sue discuss a hidden gem of a historical fiction novel. This book is based on the true life journey of two giraffes as they travel from Africa to New Jersey then across the United States to the San Diego Zoo. This will be one to tell your friends about!

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Forward March by Skye Quinlin. Read-alikes include:

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin Van Whye

Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire. Read-alikes include:

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Regan Barnhill

A True Home by George Kallie