The Silenced Romance_Gift_Guide she gets much more than

she gets much more than she bargained for

from beloved author and teacher Linda Howe

With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti and expressively-drawn characters

The 100 plants featured in the book all have a long history of medicinal use or are the subject of new medical research

and Yemaya

The Silenced Romance_Gift_Guide she gets much more thanMarena struggles to remember what life was like before the Zero Tolerance Party installed listening devices in every home. Before they murdered her mother and put her father under house arrest. A time when difference was celebrated. When the new Minister of Education cracks down in her school, eliminating personal expression and independent thought, Marena decides she has to fight back. Fueled by her memories and animated by her mothers spirit, Marena