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It’s been nearly 10 years since Hosseini’s dark horse debut hit, The Kite Runner, was published. He returns with (in his own words), “a multi-generational-family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other.”
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- 28 May 2013
'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
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This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
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Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
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Tag Archives: Underground
2012 Youth Media Awards!
Fans of kid lit look forward to the Youth Media Awards every year, in which the American Library Association announces the year’s best children’s book authors and illustrators in a variety of categories. This morning, the awards were announced in … Continue reading
Posted in awards, Children's books, News
Tagged A Ball for Daisy, American Library Association, Blackout, Breaking Stalin's Nose, Caldecott Medal, Chris Raschka, Christine Hinwood, Coretta Scott King Book Award, Craig Silvey, Daniel Handler, Dead End in Norvelt, Eloise Greenfield, Eugene Yelchin, Grandpa Green, Heart and Soul, Inside Out & Back Again, Jack Gantos, Jasper Jones, John Corey Whaley, John Rocco, Kadir Nelson, Lane Smith, Maggie Stiefvater, Me...Jane, Never Forgotten, Newbery Medal, Patricia C. McKissack, Patrick McDonnell, Printz Award, Shane W. Evans, Thanhha Lai, The Great Mimgration, The Returning, The Scorpio Races, Underground, Where Things Come Back, Why We Broke Up, Youth Media Awards
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7 questions with . . . Shane W. Evans
Shane W. Evans, author and illustrator of a gorgeous new book about the Underground Railroad, answered a few questions for our latest edition of Reading Corner. In BookPage’s picture book roundup in celebration of Black History Month, contributor Robin Smith … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 questions, Black History Month, Harlem is Nowhere, Picture books, Shane W. Evans, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Underground
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