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by John M. Nuckel
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by Deborah Henry
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Penny’s Tale Sings
“It should be said: Kevin Henkes is a genius,” wrote Bruce Handy in 2007 at the New York Times. I feel a bit like Handy in writing about Penny and Her Song, Henkes’ upcoming book, to be released by Greenwillow Books at the end of February. read more
Bram's History Lesson in Great Gay Lit
From an early age, esteemed prolific novelist Christopher Bram incrementally became aware of the lives and works of influential gay authors. He brings forth this wealth of knowledge in his latest book, Eminent Outlaws, which, decade by decade, charts the rise of gay writers, and how each of them contributed to the education, the enlightenment and the social culture of the American homosexual movement. read more
Not Just Another New-Sibling Story
Counting sheep takes on comical new meaning in Matthew Cordell’s over-the-top thematic twist on the arrival of not one but a dozen new siblings to young Davy’s family of sheep, qualifying this author/illustrator’s latest title, Another Brother, as a candidate for understatement of the year. read more
Turning Family History into Everybody's History
Coretta Scott King Award–winner Vaunda Micheaux Nelson didn't realize until she was an adult that the crowded Harlem bookstore her great uncle owned was one of the centers of the civil rights movement in New York City. Malcolm X., Muhammad Ali and Maya Angelou all visited it. read more
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by John Snyder
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by Anne Hambleton
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by Max Tomlinson
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by George A. Fox
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Corwyn Alvarez
Pub Date 2/1/2012
The life of a young, tormented dog-walker is changed by the people and pets he encounters.
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James Laabs
Pub Date 2/1/2012
A grim 2025 comes to life in Laabs's timely dystopian thriller.
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Rosemary Mild
Pub Date 2/1/2012
A mother memorializes her only daughter, who died in the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist attack over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Walter Carlin
Pub Date 1/31/2012
In a town where everybody is for sale, how is an agent of hell supposed to corrupt anyone?
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Harvey Shapiro
Pub Date 1/20/2012
Holding himself responsible for his son's death, Dr. Speak Singleton relocates to Park City, Utah, where his role as ...
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Peter Christian Hall
Pub Date 1/16/2012
A New York-based blogger chronicles a worldwide flu outbreak until the fallout from the pandemic—and his blogging—crashes through ...
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Jack Sussek
Pub Date 2/7/2012
A smart, thrilling medley of twisted relationships, unrequited love and closely guarded secrets.
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Chris Mendius
Pub Date 2/8/2012
Young drug dealers cope with love, loss and voracious smack habits in this scintillating saga of Chicago's lowlife demimonde.
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Deborah Henry
Pub Date 2/15/2012
Inspired by her heritage and research of the Irish Industrial School system, Henry's auspicious debut chronicles a couple's ...
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William L. Bouffard
Pub Date 3/1/2012
A broad indictment of the contemporary workplace as a miserable place, learned the old-fashioned way—by living through it (and ...
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William G. Thompson
Pub Date 3/1/2012
Thompson's mystery-thriller follows an ex-FBI agent on his torturous mission to discover his lover's killer.
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Paula J. Longhurst
Pub Date 3/13/2012
Longhurst's debut mystery-thriller revolves around a team that protects lottery winners in the United Kingdom.
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