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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 14, 2010
Kirkus Star THE THINGS A BROTHER KNOWS
by Dana Reinhardt
"Powerful. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
Levi's older brother Boaz enlisted in the Marines after graduating from high school rather than attend an elite university as expected. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 28, 2010
Kirkus Star I SHALL WEAR MIDNIGHT
by Terry Pratchett
"A passionately wise, spectacularly hilarious and surpassingly humane outing from a master."
Ask Tiffany Aching, and she'll tell you: It's not easy being a witch, especially when you're only almost 16 years old. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BARBIE: A DOLL'S HISTORY AND HER IMPACT ON US
by Tanya Lee Stone

Sibert Medalist Stone tantalizes with her brief and intriguing survey of Barbie. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star FACTOTUM
by D.M. Cornish
"Readers new to the series should start with the first volume; fans will be more than satisfied. (Fantasy. 12-15, adult)"
Cornish finishes off his Foundling's Tale trilogy (originally dubbed Monster Blood Tattoo) while repeatedly coming perilously close to finishing off his central characters in a riveting string of brangles with bogles and even more vicious human foes. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star THE ODYSSEY
adapted by Gareth Hinds, illustrated by Gareth Hinds
"Big, bold, beautiful. (notes) (Graphic classic. YA)"
Hinds adds another magnificent adaptation to his oeuvre (King Lear, 2009, etc.) with this stunning graphic retelling of Homer's epic. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD: A STORY OF MAGIC, SPICE, SLAVERY, FREEDOM, AND SCIENCE
by Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

From 1600 to the 1800s, sugar drove the economies of Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa and did more "to reshape the world than any ruler, empire, or war had ever done." Read full book review >