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  Join Us for this Book Series Tour from Jul 7 to Aug 10, 2020! “ A Wrinkle in Time meets The Princess Brid e.” - Review by Lee Lee Thompson, The Perpetual You Magazine “Chute’s novel weaves STAR WARS -like characters with a WONDER -like message to form an enrapturing read for booklovers of all ages.” - US Review of Books “ Fast and bizarre… Never a dull moment. “ - Foreward Reviews SERIES DETAILS: Series Title :  The 8th Island Trilogy by Alexis Marie Chute Category :  Young Adult Fiction (13 to 17 yrs) (368 to 448 pages) Genre :  fantasy, adventure, coming of age, ya, adult Publisher :  SparkPress. Release dates:    Jun 2018; Oct 2019; Apr 2020 Content Rating : PG: Battle scenes and death depicted. Series Description: The 8th Island Trilogy includes Above the Star , Below the Moon , and Inside the Sun . Over the three books, we follow the adventures of a quirky family, the Wellsleys. The main characters are f...

  Join Us for this Book Series Tour from Jul 7 to Aug 10, 2020! “ A Wrinkle in Time meets The Princess Brid e.” - Review by Lee Lee Thompson, The Perpetual You Magazine “Chute’s novel weaves STAR WARS -like characters with a WONDER -like message to form an enrapturing read for booklovers of all ages.” - US Review of Books “ Fast and bizarre… Never a dull moment. “ - Foreward Reviews SERIES DETAILS: Series Title :  The 8th Island Trilogy by Alexis Marie Chute Category :  Young Adult Fiction (13 to 17 yrs) (368 to 448 pages) Genre :  fantasy, adventure, coming of age, ya, adult Publisher :  SparkPress. Release dates:    Jun 2018; Oct 2019; Apr 2020 Content Rating : PG: Battle scenes and death depicted. Series Description: The 8th Island Trilogy includes Above the Star , Below the Moon , and Inside the Sun . Over the three books, we follow the adventures of a quirky family, the Wellsleys. The main characters are f...

  Join Us for this Book Series Tour from Jul 7 to Aug 10, 2020! “ A Wrinkle in Time meets The Princess Brid e.” - Review by Lee Lee Thompson, The Perpetual You Magazine “Chute’s novel weaves STAR WARS -like characters with a WONDER -like message to form an enrapturing read for booklovers of all ages.” - US Review of Books “ Fast and bizarre… Never a dull moment. “ - Foreward Reviews SERIES DETAILS: Series Title :  The 8th Island Trilogy by Alexis Marie Chute Category :  Young Adult Fiction (13 to 17 yrs) (368 to 448 pages) Genre :  fantasy, adventure, coming of age, ya, adult Publisher :  SparkPress. Release dates:    Jun 2018; Oct 2019; Apr 2020 Content Rating : PG: Battle scenes and death depicted. Series Description: The 8th Island Trilogy includes Above the Star , Below the Moon , and Inside the Sun . Over the three books, we follow the adventures of a quirky family, the Wellsleys. The main characters are f...

Anyone who has experienced—or knows someone who has experienced—miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or other forms of pregnancy and baby loss should read Expecting Sunshine , including those considering or already pregnant again. After her son, Zachary, dies in her arms at birth, visual artist and author Alexis Marie Chute disappears into her “Year of Distraction.” She cannot paint or write or tap into the heart of who she used to be, mourning not only for Zachary, but also for the future they might have had together. It is only when Chute learns she is pregnant again that she sets out to find healing and rediscover her identity—just in time, she hopes, to welcome her next child. In the forty weeks of her pregnancy, Chute grapples with her strained marriage, shaken faith, and medical diagnosis, with profound results. Glowing with riveting and gorgeous prose, Expecting Sunshine chronicles the anticipation and anxiety of expecting a baby while still grieving for the child t...