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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
In this site, you can find good books for yourself or for friends.
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*****Miracle:  A Celebration of New Life, by Anne Geddes and Celine Dion
****Plan B:  Further Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
****A Castle in the Backyard, by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden
****As the Romans Do, by Alan Epstein
***All You Really Need to Know About Prayer You Can Learn From the Poor, by Louise Perrotta

*****Knitting, by Anne Bartlett
****In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, by Alexander McCall Smith
****Otherwise Engaged, by Eileen Goudge
****Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
****The Wrong Reflection, by Gillian Bradshaw
***Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown

Young Adult Fiction

****Gilbert and Sullivan Set Me Free, by Kathleen Karr

Children's Nonfiction

****The Future of the Earth, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, adapted by Robert Burleigh
***Song of Creation, by Paul Goble
***Buildings in Disguise, by Joan Marie Arbogast

Children's Fiction

***Phone Home, Persephone! by Kate McMullan
***Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist:  The Invisible Fran, by Jim Benton

(Young Adult Fiction): *****Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede

****Food for Thought, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

“If you insist on having a destination when you come into a library, you’re shortchanging yourself.”

—Anne Lamott in Plan B:  Further Thoughts on Faith

Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."