Sonderbooks Book Reviews

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July 15, 2026

A feminist retelling of Cinderella for adults, I thought Lady Tremaine, by Rachel Hochhauser, read by Bessie Carter, had a much happier Ever After than the original fairy tale. At least for the ladies.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund

Nonfiction

Burn the Haystack

by Jennie Young, PhD

Braving the Truth

by Rachel Held Evans
edited by Sarah Bessey

Children's Nonfiction

What Emma Wrote

by Ann Diament Koffsky
illustrated by N. Tarcan

Airports
Behind the Scenes

by Anna Ridley
illustrated by Maxim Usik

Fiction

Lady Tremaine

by Rachel Hochhauser
read by Bessie Carter

Whistler

by Ann Patchett
read by the Author

Children's Fiction

Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom

by Sangu Mandanna
read by Zenia Starr

Dream On

written by Shannon Hale
illustrated by Marcela Cespedes

Old Favorites

Spindle's End

by Robin McKinley
read by Justine Eyre

Teen Fiction

Young World

by Soman Chainani

Heir

by Sabaa Tahir
read by Vidish Athavale, Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts, Marco Young, and Rachel Petladwala

Teen Nonfiction

How to Survive the End of the World

by Katy Doughty

How the Word Is Passed

by Clint Smith
adapted for young readers by Sonja Cherry-Paul

Picture Books

Miriam and Her Dancing Shoes

by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
illustrated by Joani Rothenberg

We the People Is All the People

written by Howard W. Reeves
illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh