FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"An up-all-night thriller for freaks and geeks who want to see their wizards all grown up in the real world and armed to the teeth in a bloody story."
Modern-day sorcerers fight a war of words in this intensely analytical yet bombastic thriller.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Thoft's first effort provides a competent storyline that, while it fails to break new ground, promises to improve over time."
Thoft's debut novel introduces a new female private investigator operating out of Boston who often rebels against her wealthy, overbearing and successful family.
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"This beautifully handled drama of Appalachian music and magic once again comes complete with fascinating characters, a persuasive setting and intriguing complications. Bledsoe's on a roll."
Another tale of Cloud County, Tenn., and its eldritch inhabitants: the dark-haired, dark-skinned Tufa (
The Hum and the Shiver, 2011).
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FICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Poignant and heartbreaking, eloquent and frightening, impeccably rendered, it's a fable that reminds us how our lives are shaped by childhood experiences, what we gain from them and the price we pay."
From one of the great masters of modern speculative fiction: Gaiman's first novel for adults since
Anansi Boys (2005).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Reminiscent of the ever-compelling film Rear Window, this appealing and often spine-tingling tale will leave its audience wishing for more. (Mystery. 11-13)"
Mayhem ensues when 12-year-olds Grace and Sophie spot the school counselor in the act of bloody murder.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"Masterfully conveys the grim absurdity of the Nazi mentality and the utter dejection of the concentration-camp prisoner."
An eloquent, deeply intimate account of a Polish teenager's endurance of successive deathly challenges unimagined in a lifetime.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"An ambitious and unusual take on teens and eating disorders--but not an entirely satisfactory one. (Fiction. 12-18)"
A young stop-motion-film enthusiast's encounter with anorexia, as narrated by...his eating disorder?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
" A well-meaning tale is overwhelmed by an over-the-top attempt at inspiration. (Picture book. 4-7)"
A potentially charming tale about a perfect pearl that takes form from a simple grain of sand is laden with heavy-handed life lessons.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Youngsters will clamor for more as they climb into a lap and ask to also be called their mommy's little mouse. (Picture book. 3-6)"
Murray captures a young girl's changing moods—from feeling big and bold to little and cuddly—in this playful, empathetic story.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Diverting and comical. (Picture book. 4-7)"
This story of an unlikely animal friendship is an unnecessary send-up of the plethora of videotaped accounts of interspecies pals but still has its charms.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"By highlighting Lady Day's affectionate relationship with Mister, Novesky and Newton invite readers to admire the illustrious singer in a sparkling new light. (author's note, website, adult bibliography) (Picture book/biography. 4-8)"
Using simple, reductive prose, this appreciation of jazz great Holiday focuses on the dogs in the singer's life.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"This thick volume should conjure the heebie-jeebies for even the most experienced of supernatural connoisseurs. (Supernatural/short stories. 14 & up)"
Sixteen darkly alluring stories relate horrid and extraordinary events that can occur only in the absence of light.
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