CHILDREN'S
Released: June 25, 2013
"A middling chapter book for mermaid lovers who don't want big conflicts. (Fantasy. 6-9)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 25, 2013
"This vivid, character-driven historical novel captivates. (map, bibliography, glossary, author's note) (Historical fiction. 9-12)"
Five years after her mother and baby sister die in the 1918 flu pandemic, Pearl's father is lost in the last Makah whale hunt.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 25, 2013
"Bland characters and plot gimmicks make this an empty-calories book. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
FICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"Harrison pens a good, basic story stretched thin by unnecessary and distracting detail."
Harrison's first novel tells the story of a couple splitting apart, with alternating chapters featuring the viewpoints of the main characters.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"An interesting tale of how curiosity and entrepreneurship merged to transform TV and education."
A memoir from Hendricks, the founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, the world's leading educational communications and TV company, which boasts more than 400 million subscribers living in 215 countries.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 25, 2013
"When gods other than Baldur finally appear, things get interesting; maybe future installments will begin there. (Fantasy. 12 & up)"
When the god Baldur the Beautiful vanishes, can two teens rescue him and win their hearts' desires?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 25, 2013
"Kids may not pick up on much practical advice for their own escapes, but at least they'll be able to enjoy this boy's truncated journey. (Picture book. 4-8)"
It's always good to have a guide when trying something new, even if that means writing it yourself.
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FICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"A tense look at dark secrets and the redemptive power of truth; not perfect, but compelling."
After nearly 20 years, Janelle Decker returns to her grandmother's house, facing secrets long buried, a complicated, interrupted love affair, and an opportunity for the kind of truth that breaks down barriers and opens up hope for the future.
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FICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"Simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking, handled with sublime assurance, astonishingly inventive, funny and totally fascinating."
The first appearance in English translation for Gafla's first novel (2004), and it's a weird and effective blend of adventure/fantasy, whodunit and romance.
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FICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"Too many beatings and too much philosophical brooding bog down an overextended story straining for elegiac and epic heights."
The quest for a long-absent father drives a three-generation, profoundly masculine story of wounded souls set in the Canadian hinterland.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"Dennison provides a capable series of portraits, but those searching for a richer analysis of Roman culture and government during this era should read Adrian Goldsworthy or Michael Grant."
Roman historian Suetonius wrote
The Twelve Caesars in the second century, and many subsequent writers have appropriated the title. In this latest example, British journalist Dennison (
Livia, Empress of Rome, 2011, etc.) summarizes Suetonius and other ancients (Pliny, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Josephus) as well as scholars today, who often quarrel with their interpretations.
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FICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"A smart fish-out-of-water conceit, but it's a little ungainly, never quite settling on a tone with which to crack wise about its wiseguys."
Neither the witness protection program nor rural France can tame a Mafioso in this seriocomic romp.
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