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Latest Staff Reviews

Staff Review
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Family Writing Contest

By Lindsey Prewitt
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Mar 5, 2025

Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Lindsey Prewitt has won our poetry contest on the theme Family with her poem "One Step Closer."

Staff Review
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Arkhangelsk

By Elizabeth Bonesteel
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Alice Pi
Mar 4, 2025

Published three years ago, in 2022, Arkhangelsk by Elizabeth Bonesteel is a phenomenal example of soft science fiction: a speculative novel asking big questions while at the same time focusing less on science and technology than on people.