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Sara Pennypacker’s ‘Meet the Dullards,’ and More [08 May 2015|03:07pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/sara-pennypackers-meet-the-dullards-and-more.html

In four new picture books, a dog, a skunk, an elephant and an extremely dull family subvert readerly suppositions.
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‘I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives’ [08 May 2015|03:08pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/i-will-always-write-back-how-one-letter-changed-two-lives.html

A correspondence between an American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe transforms them both in this young adult memoir.
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‘Ben Draws Trouble,’ ‘How to Draw a Dragon’ and ‘My Pen’ [08 May 2015|03:09pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/ben-draws-trouble-how-to-draw-a-dragon-and-my-pen.html

Three books celebrate the pleasures of drawing — bicycles, boats, classmates, dragons: pretty much anything.
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‘Black Dove White Raven,’ by Elizabeth Wein [08 May 2015|03:09pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/black-dove-white-raven-by-elizabeth-wein.html

Faced with discrimination, a pilot and her children move to Ethiopia on the eve of Mussolini’s invasion.
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‘Bone Gap,’ by Laura Ruby [08 May 2015|03:10pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/bone-gap-by-laura-ruby.html

The myth of Demeter and Persephone colors a young adult novel of abduction and captivity in small-town America.
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‘Lost in the Sun,’ by Lisa Graff [08 May 2015|03:10pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/lost-in-the-sun-by-lisa-graff.html

In this middle-grade novel, a boy must break free from a cycle of guilt and recrimination after an accidental death.
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Gordon Korman’s ‘Masterminds,’ and More [08 May 2015|03:10pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/gordon-kormans-masterminds-and-more.html

Four new series of speculative fiction, filled with perilous journeys, long-held secrets and bands of tenacious children and teenagers.
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Inside the List [08 May 2015|03:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/inside-the-list.html

Jane Smiley, whose novel “Early Warning” is No. 10 on the hardcover fiction list, said of the creative life: “What we do as writers is voluntary, so don’t complain.”
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‘An Ember in the Ashes,’ by Sabaa Tahir [08 May 2015|03:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/an-ember-in-the-ashes-by-sabaa-tahir.html

When a cruel regime imprisons her brother, a young woman goes undercover in a bid to free him.
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‘Listen, Slowly,’ by Thanhha Lai [08 May 2015|03:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/listen-slowly-by-thanhha-lai.html

A trip to Vietnam brings a girl in touch with her family history in this middle-grade novel.
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‘Ms. Rapscott’s Girls’ and ‘The Girl With the Glass Bird’ [08 May 2015|03:11pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/ms-rapscotts-girls-and-the-girl-with-the-glass-bird.html

Children learn much more than the three R’s at the unconventional institutions in these novels.
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Editors’ Choice [08 May 2015|03:29pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Paperback Row [08 May 2015|03:51pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ [08 May 2015|06:35pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/08/book-review-podcast-kate-atkinsons-a-god-in-ruins/

This week, Tom Perrotta discusses “A God in Ruins,” and Ruth Franklin talks about Shirley Jackson.
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