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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
Kirkus Star THE NIGHT CIRCUS
by Erin Morgenstern
"Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings."
Self-assured, entertaining debut novel that blends genres and crosses continents in quest of magic. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
Kirkus Star PEOPLE
by Blexbolex, illustrated by Blexbolex
"A memorable gallery of humanity (and its outliers). (Picture book. 6-9)"
In the wake of Seasons (2010), an equally beguiling barrage of simple images demonstrating this French illustrator's unusual technical command and sharp powers of observation. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
Kirkus Star MIGHTY BE THEIR POWERS: HOW SISTERHOOD, PRAYER, AND SEX CHANGED A NATION AT WAR
by Leymah Gbowee

Searing war-torn memories from a visionary African peacekeeper and women's-rights activist. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
Kirkus Star THE BODY POLITIC: THE BATTLE OVER SCIENCE IN AMERICA
by Jonathan D. Moreno

An eminent bioethicist presents a nuanced survey of the fraught politics of science in 21st-century America. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
Kirkus Star MY NAME IS ELIZABETH!
by Annika Dunklee, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
"This debut picture-book offering from Dunklee and Forsythe is close enough to perfect in its tone, pacing and interplay between words and pictures: Wonderful. (Picture book. 3-7)"
Don't call her Betsy. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
Kirkus Star BINKY UNDER PRESSURE
by Ashley Spires, illustrated by Ashley Spires
"Fans will celebrate; aliens will quiver in fright. (Graphic fiction. 7-14)"
Binky the Space Cat returns for his third not-so-quite-out-of-this-world adventure. Read full book review >