EPPIE FINALIST, Inspirational

ADAM'S STONE by Kevin R. Paglia
Genre: Adventure
Subgenre: Inspirational
E/Digital Book Formats ISBN: 978-1-59374-013-9
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59374-014-6

“When you’ve walked in the presence of God, how much can you learn?” Mark asked, tracing the stairway. “How much can you know about the universe when your confidant is the Creator of the universe?”

“Maybe this writing can give us a clue,” Anthony said as he traced a few letters. “Do we know anyone who speaks ‘Adamic’?”

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EPPIE WINNER, Poetry

BRUSH COUNTRY by Barri Bryan
Genre: Poetry
E/Digital Book Formats ISBN: 978-1-59374-006-1
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59374-007-8

Brush Country is a collection of poems that vary greatly in style, tone, length, and content. Their unity is in the setting. Each poem is about some person, place or event that has transpired or been inspired by the Brush Country of Central Texas. Each poem has its own ambiance and its own rhythm. Whether rugged and rough hewn as the tangled underbrush that grows in stubborn profusion beneath the stately oaks and scrubby mesquites or as finely wrought as the fragile flowers that bloom in shady glades and hidden places, these poems reflect the unique environment, the ambiguous nature and the paradoxical people who inhabit this distinctive and unusual little corner of the world.

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EPPIE FINALIST, Single Title/Mainstream

SUMMER'S CHILD by Sherry Derr-Wille
Genre: Mainstream
E/Digital Book Formats ISBN: 978-1-59374011-5
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59374-012-2

Solveig, Anne, and Libby each grow up in a different time and place, with different values. Solveig’s story begins the journey of the Jorgenson family as they immigrate from Norway and try to fit into the unfamiliar surroundings of New Oslo, Minnesota. With the arrival of their first American-born child, Anne, the Jorgenson’s lives begin to unravel.

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EPPIE FINALIST, Western

CATO WAHL by Judith R. Parker
Genre: Westerns
E/Digital Format Books ISBN: 978-1-59374-004-7
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59374-005-4

I was leading my mule, Roscoe, into town to be shod, uncertain what I was going to do after, when I saw the wagons. I knew where they were headed --west. West to Oregon. They weren't the first to come through and I'd probably have paid them no mind, except for three things.
First, it was one of those fine early April days that starts the sap to running and just naturally makes a man's foot start to itch. Second, Pa and me had a fair-sized argument that morning and I was still feeling rankled. Then, of course, there was the girl.

Thus begins a journey that will change Cato Wahl's life forever.

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QUASAR AWARD WINNER

SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE

2004 ARIANA BEST COVER WINNER

Cover Artist JoLynne Hansen

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