The Edge Rules, by Melanie Hooyenga, earns the Literary Classics Seal of Approval

Brianna is a spoiled, over-indulged, rich girl.  She's used to getting anything and everything she wants.  Still, she's compelled to give in to her kleptomaniac urges.  When she's caught and subsequently arrested for shoplifting, her dad gets her off on a lighter sentence and she is forced into picking up litter as community service.  When she meets the mysterious, Xavier, on her community service work crew she is instantly drawn to him.  Compelled to face the person she has been, Brianna comes to realize appearances aren't all they're cracked up to be and she begins to learn the value of kindness and generosity of spirit.

The Edge Rules, Book 3 in the Rules Series, by Melanie Hooyenga, is an entertaining and introspective coming-of-age book about romance, atonement and self-acceptance.  Recommended for home and school libraries, The Edge Rules has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval. 


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Premonitions, by Daniela I. Norris, earns the Literary Classics Seal of Approval

Premonitions, by Daniela I. Norris, is one book with three different story-lines. We follow the lives of Amelia, the wife of a Merchant's son, in twenty-first-century New York, Adele, who has married the wrong man, in eighteenth-century France, and a medicine man dwelling in a small village in West Africa during the fifteenth century. The stories of these three characters are all intertwined in one intriguing story that melds together in a lovely tapestry of life, love and loss. The second book in a series, this reads well as a stand-alone. A study of the complexities of life, riddled with karmic connections woven through different times and places, Premonitions is a compelling novella that will draw readers in from the first page to the very last. With the path clearly laid out for the next book in the Recognitions series, Premonitions will leave readers itching for the third book in this unique series.

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The Melancholy History Of Mayfly, by ​Mutch Katsonga, earns the Literary Classics Seal of Approval

A prisoner condemned to death, persuaded by a priest to put his thoughts on paper, compares his life to that of a Mayfly. In the mere 24 hour lifespan of a Mayfly, it does not live in regret, wishing it had more time. Rather, it takes great pleasure in the simple acts of living. Plagued with a speech impediment, most people believe him to be mute. But beneath the shadow of his impending death, this young man wields a pen to tell his life story. Waxing poetic, he shares his innermost thoughts just days before he is to be executed.

Author Mutch Katsonga is a gifted writer and storyteller. The Melancholy History Of Mayfly, is a powerful and gripping tale. An introspective study of the complexities of life, this thought-provoking novel is recommended for home and school libraries and has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.

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