“Thank you for this gorgeous review! Ugh, I’m so excited to get back and come up with something even better and blacker and queer-er. lol.” – Myles E. Johnson, author of Large Fears
“Thank you for the thoughtful/in-depth review of our book, Jennifer—so glad you enjoyed it!” – Minh Le, author of Drawn Together
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“Thank you for taking the time to review it! Hit the nail on the head :)” – Daniel Vandever, author of “Fall in Line Holden”
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All Around Us, written by Xelena Gonzalez and illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia, is a meditation. Garcia’s images are digitally generated and seem to straddle the line between spiritual and material, curving into a circle under the weight of Gonzalez’s poetic prose. This is fitting since the text explores time as neither linear nor marked by the progression of an individual, but instead cyclical and communal.
