The Ballad of Cactus Joe SFF_Gift_Guide The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly

The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly Rimmer’s most anticipated novel since her bestselling sensation

An ELLE Best Book of Summer 2025

connection and belonging

twenty years later Belano and Lima are still on the run

and 61 minutes

The Ballad of Cactus Joe SFF_Gift_Guide The Warsaw Orphan is KellyThis delightful, read aloud picture book follows one prickly saguaro named Cactus Joe who prefers a lonesome life until one day he faces one visitor after another, after another. Cactus Joe just wants to be alone or does he? Winner of the 35th Annual Reading the West Book Award for the Picture Books Category "The repeated refrain lends itself well to a readaloud in classrooms and libraries. The plot leaves plenty of room for discussion about behavior