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THE UNDERTOW

by Jo Baker

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HARD COUNTRY

by Michael McGarrity

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THE BLOOD OF HEROES

by James Donovan

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GILT

by Katherine Longshore

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THE TEN

by Leland Myrick

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THE INVITATION

by Anne Cherian

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THE ROAD TO GRACE

by Richard Paul Evans

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NOTES ON A CENTURY

by Bernard Lewis

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COPPERNICKEL GOES MONDRIAN

by Wouter van Reek

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THE TEN

by Leland Myrick

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MURDER ON FIFTH AVENUE

by Victoria Thompson

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VANDAL LOVE

by Deni Y. Béchard

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PRIVATE EMPIRE

by Steve Coll

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DINOSAUR THUNDER

by Marion Dane Bauer

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THE YELLOW UMBRELLA

by Bruce Dunn

Kirkus Indie: Angie Bennett's 'Narcissistic Praise-Junkies'

By Emily Thompson on May 5th, 2012 | Fiction

In Angie Bennett’s gritty new book, Narcissistic Praise-Junkies, teacher Ellie Warden struggles with troubled teens, school shootings and her own complicated love life. read more

Catch ‘Fenway Fever’

By Andi Diehn on May 5th, 2012 | Children's

Season tickets have belonged to Stats' family for a couple of generations, so Stats gets to see a lot of baseball games. But inFenway Fever, the 2012 season is gearing up to be a rough one—the Red Sox are playing badly, and the Fenway crowds are treating them even worse. read more

Chinese Lessons in Board Books

By Julie Danielson on May 5th, 2012 | Children's

I don’t write often enough about board books for the youngest of children at Seven Impossible Things or here at Kirkus—I’m usually running my mouth about picture books—but sometimes you see such an outstanding one that you gotta speak up. read more

Top 10 Fantasy Novels by Female Authors (list inspired by 'The Killing Moon')

By Thea James on May 5th, 2012 | Science Fiction and Fantasy

On May 1, Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin released The Killing Moon, the first book in her highly anticipated new fantasy series, the Dreamblood duology. read more

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THE GIRL WHO THREW BUTTERFLIES

by Mick Cochrane

SUMMERLAND

by Michael Chabon

FREE BASEBALL

by Sue Corbett

FARM TEAM

by Will Weaver

OUT STANDING IN MY FIELD

by Patrick Jennings

OUT IN LEFT FIELD

by Don Lemna

SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP

by Ron Koertge

MY MOST EXCELLENT YEAR

by Steve Kluger

THE BROOKLYN NINE

by Alan Gratz

GOLD DUST

by Chris Lynch

STRIKE TWO

by Amy Goldman Koss

BECOMING JOE DIMAGGIO

by Maria Testa

THE JOURNAL OF BIDDY OWENS

by Walter Dean Myers

AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES

by Gennifer Choldenko

KEEPING SCORE

by Linda Sue Park

UNDER THE BASEBALL MOON

by John H. Ritter

ALL THE BROKEN PIECES

by Ann E. Burg

A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT

by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

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ALL THE WAY

by Andy Behrens

THE BLACK BOOK [DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD]

by Jonah Black

DOING IT

by Melvin Burgess

SWIM THE FLY

by Don Calame

EVIL?

by Timothy Carter

NOTES FROM THE BLENDER

by Brendan Halpin

SEX: A BOOK FOR TEENS

by Nikol Hasler

THE DUFF

by Kody Keplinger

FLY ON THE WALL

by E. Lockhart

THE STRAIGHT ROAD TO KYLIE

by Nico Medina

GETTING IT

by Alex Sanchez

CASTRATION CELEBRATION

by Jake Wizner

TRAVEL & ADVENTURE (See full list

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TO THE LAST BREATH

by Francis Slakey

VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL

by Andrew Blackwell

PARIS, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN

by Rosecrans Baldwin

STRAPHANGER

by Taras Grescoe

BEFORE THEY'RE GONE

by Michael Lanza

HEART OF DANKNESS

by Mark Haskell Smith

by Patricia Ellis Herr

by Elizabeth Little

by Edward Hoagland

by Cheryl Strayed

by John Keahey

by Ken Budd

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EVERY COWGIRL LOVES A RODEO

Rebecca Janni

Pub Date 5/24/2012

Giddy-up, bicycle girl!
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FENWAY FEVER

John H. Ritter

Pub Date 5/24/2012

Beneath "all the festivity and hooplicity" for the 100th anniversary of Boston's Fenway Park looms a calamity no one ...
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THE OCEAN OF LIFE

Callum Roberts

Pub Date 5/24/2012

Roberts (Marine Conservation/Univ. of York; The Unnatural History of the Sea, 2009) warns that "the oceans have changed more ...
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MAN OF WAR

Charlie Schroeder

Pub Date 5/24/2012

An amusing and insightful memoir about the wacky world of historical reenactments.
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THE WAR AT THE SHORE

Richard D. Bronson

Pub Date 5/24/2012

Two powerful personalities clash in this first-hand account of Steve Wynn's bid to open a new casino on Donald ...
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THE HARM IN HATE SPEECH

Jeremy Waldron

Pub Date 5/23/2012

A vigorously argued, intelligent challenge to the "liberal bravado" of U.S. First Amendment scholars.
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PRAIRIE FEVER

Peter Pagnamenta

Pub Date 5/28/2012

London-based historian Pagnamenta (co-author: Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman, 2006) turns up ...
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STRINDBERG'S STAR

Rachel Willson-Broyles

Pub Date 5/28/2012

Evil Nazi schemes, Norse mythology, Pompeian legend and a balloon expedition to the North Pole are narrative bedfellows in this ...
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NO TIME TO LOSE

Peter Piot

Pub Date 5/28/2012

London School of Tropical Medicine director Piot gives a boots-on-the-ground account of the global struggle to contain two potentially devastating ...
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SNIPER

Nicolai Lilin

Pub Date 5/28/2012

Conscripted into the Russian army, a rebellious 18-year-old bent on fleeing military service has his attitude adjusted when he is ...
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EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR

Liesl Schillinger

Pub Date 5/28/2012

While no Romeo and Juliet, Luka and Dora turn out to be lovers almost as star-crossed as their Elizabethan counterparts.
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BY LOVE POSSESSED

Lorna Goodison

Pub Date 5/29/2012

Betrayal is the emotional cornerstone of this collection of Jamaican-set stories by poet and memoirist Goodison (English/Univ. of Michigan ...
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