FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"There's little suspense in a novel that's most notable for its heavy-handed treatment of race."
There are murders in this Mississippi melodrama, but pay them no mind; its core is the brief friendship of two boys, one black, one white.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Readers will rock with laughter. (Fiction. 8-12)"
A seventh-grade history project to "find a mystery, and solve it" transforms a creative preteen and her classmates when she unlocks the secret life of their Music Fundamentals teacher, Ms. Finkleman, who's "so totally unremarkable as to be essentially invisible."
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"Less shocking than it should be, but will make plenty of fans uncomfortable on fall Saturdays."
Two
Seattle Times reporters meticulously recount the legal and moral misadventures of the University of Washington's 2000 Rose Bowl–winning football team.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2010
"Multilayered, provocative and highly accessible, this will appeal to Chan fans, scholars and general readers."
China-born poet and critic Huang (English/Univ. of California, Santa Barbara/
Transpacific Imaginations: History, Literature, Counterpoetics, 2008, etc.) recounts the making of an American folk hero.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 17, 2010
"Hallinan's unlikely hero shines in this sometimes funny, always engrossing and undeniably authentic story that explores a dark and fascinating side of Thailand."
Hallinan (
Breathing Water, 2009, etc.) takes his Poke Rafferty series to the next level with this taut, offbeat and fast-moving thriller that focuses on Bangkok's red-light district and sex trade.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 17, 2010
"Top notch. (Thriller. YA)"
Suspense and mystery dominate this exciting double-layered story of a misfit high-school boy giving evidence to the police after a multiple shooting.
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