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American Fujiby Sara Backer, Sara BacjerISBN 042518336X (0-425-18336-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Fuji'Book summary:Since the late 1970s, young Americans have made their way to Japan to teach English, pay off student loans, and generally have a good time. A happy byproduct of this exodus has been the American-in-Japan novel. The comic possibilities of the form are obvious: bumbling foreigner tries to learn the customs of the inscrutable East. In American Fuji, first-time novelist Sara Backer hits all the comic notes, but takes the time to examine the very real allure of living in another culture.
Gaby Stanton, fired from her job as a university professor in provincial Shizuoka, has a gig selling fantasy funerals to the dying Japanese rich. Her job puts her in the path of Alexander Thorn, a middle-aged American who has just arrived in Japan determined to decipher the mystery surrounding the death of his son, an exchange student. The perspective of the novel shifts back and forth between these two characters as Gaby and Alexander stumble on a yakuza ring, unearth medical secrets, and sprout romantic feelings for each other. The two gradually develop a Hepburn-Tracy-style combative relationship. Still, Backer's sympathies clearly lie with Gaby, a thirtysomething woman with health problems who relishes her automatic outsider status in Japan. If everything she does is strange to her host culture, then her illness doesn't matter. But the introduction of Alexander is a wise move, allowing Backer to show us Japan through the perpetually startled eyes of a newcomer.
While the writing sometimes falls short of grace, Backer has an infallible sense of the kind of detail that brings Japan alive. She has no qualms about taking a page to explain how, say, Japanese banking works, and her confidence in her material makes the novel fly. The book is given surprising depth by the two main characters. Both are discontented with their lot, and neither is at all traditionally appealing. (Of Alexander, Backer writes, "He had the face of a man who could win the election, but not this year.") By giving us such warty characters in such an oddball setting, Backer has fashioned a novel with some real staying power. --Claire Dederer [via]
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And Both Were Youngby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440002648 (0-440-00264-8)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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And Ladies of the Clubby Helen Hoover SantmyerISBN 0425174409 (0-425-17440-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: '...And Ladies of the Club'Book summary:Glowing with romance, alive with passion, here is the phenomenal novel that topped bestseller lists from coast to coast... a magnificent saga of love and life, war and peace, set in America's warmest and richest decades...filled with people you will never forget and stories you will always remember. If you read only one novel this year, let it be ."...AND LADIES OF THE CLUB." [via]
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Anne of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0439436494 (0-439-43649-4)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Avonlea'Book summary:One of the most beloved books of all time, with an introduction by Jennifer L. Holm.[via]
Anne of Green Gables is all grown up--almost. At sixteen, Anne has transformed from student to teacher, and she's the new big sister to seven-year-old twins, quiet Dora and mischievous Davy. A grumpy new neighbor has moved next door, and Anne's best friend, Diana, is falling in love.
Despite all these changes, she's still the same fun, impulsive Anne--a romantic dreamer with a redheaded temper.More editions of Anne of Avonlea:
Around the World in 80 Datesby Jennifer CoxISBN 0434013358 (0-434-01335-8)
Hardcover, William Heinemann
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The Beastby Walter Dean MyersISBN 0439368421 (0-439-36842-1)
Softcover, Scholastic Prof Book Div
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The Black Pearlby Cynthia Harrod-EaglesISBN 0440107288 (0-440-10728-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Blow Flyby Patricia CornwellISBN 0425198731 (0-425-19873-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blow Fly'Book summary:Readers are in for the shock of Kay Scarpetta's life.
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Breathing Lessonsby Anne TylerISBN 042511774X (0-425-11774-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breathing Lessons'Book summary:Maggie Moran's mission is to connect and unite people, whether they want to be united or not. Maggie is a meddler and as she and her husband, Ira, drive 90 miles to the funeral of an old friend, Ira contemplates his wasted life and the traffic, while Maggie hatches a plant to reunite her son Jesse with his long-estranged wife and baby. As Ira explains, "She thinks the people she loves are better than they really are, and so then she starts changing things around to suit her view of them." Though everyone criticizes her for being "ordinary," Maggie's ability to see the beauty and potential in others ultimately proves that she is the only one fighting the resignation they all fear. The book captured the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1989. [via]
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Cat's Cradleby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440111498 (0-440-11149-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Cradle'Book summary:Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature. At one time, this novel could probably be found on the bookshelf of every college kid in America; it's still a fabulous read and a great place to start if you're young enough to have missed the first Vonnegut craze. [via]
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Chances Areby Barbara BrettonISBN 0425197964 (0-425-19796-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Changing Babies: And Other Storiesby Deborah MoggachISBN 0434002437 (0-434-00243-7)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Class Reunionby Rona JaffeISBN 0440112885 (0-440-11288-5)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas, Patricia C. WredeISBN 0439574293 (0-439-57429-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:Alexandre Dumas' thrilling classic, now with an introduction by Patricia C. Wrede.[via]
Edmond Dantès has a perfect life. He is engaged to a beautiful woman and has just been named captain of a ship. But when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him, Dantès is locked away for life in the infamous Chateau d'If.
In prison, Dantès learns of an island where vast treasure is hidden. He plots a daring escape, then uses the treasure to transform himself into the Count of Monte Cristo. Equipped with power, wealth, and disguise, he seeks out his enemies. Nothing can stand between the count and his obsession...revenge.More editions of Count of Monte Cristo:
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Fat Is a Feminist Issueby Susie OrbachISBN 0425099202 (0-425-09920-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fat Is a Feminist Issue'Book summary:Orbach's non-dieting approach to weight loss shows women how to get off the diet/binge merry-go-round and lose weight through self acceptance. "It is more essential than ever that (it) be read by every American woman".--Susan Faludi, bestselling author of Backlash. [via]
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Fat Is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-Diet Guide to Permanent Weight Lossby Susie OrbachISBN 0425141454 (0-425-14145-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fat Is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-Diet Guide to Permanent Weight Loss'Book summary:Orbach's non-dieting approach to weight loss shows women how to get off the diet/binge merry-go-round and lose weight through self acceptance. "It is more essential than ever that (it) be read by every American woman".--Susan Faludi, bestselling author of Backlash. [via]
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Getting the Girlby Markus ZusakISBN 043938950X (0-439-38950-X)
Softcover, Arthur a Levine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting the Girl'Book summary:Cameron Wolfe's life gets very complicated when he falls for his brother's girlfriend in this winning, wise novel from the dynamic author of FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE.[via]
Cameron Wolfe is the quiet one in his family, not a soccer star like his brother Steve or a charming fighter with a new girl every week like his brother Rube. Cam would give anything to be near one of those girls, to love her and treat her right. He especially likes Rube's latest, Octavia, with her brilliant ideas and bright green eyes. But what woman like that would want a loser like him?
Maybe Octavia would, Cam discovers. Maybe he'd even have something to say. And those maybes change everything: winning, loving, losing, the Wolfe brothers, and Cameron himself. -
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Rick GearyISBN 042512021X (0-425-12021-X)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:Fortune. Misfortune. Dickens' classic tale, with an introduction by National Book Award nominee Michael Cadnum[via]
Pip is an orphan, alone in the world. Then his path crosses with that of an escaped convict, and his life is never the same again. From the decaying mansion of Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward, Estella, to a new world of unexpected wealth, Pip must struggle to find his way. Mysterious forces are at work, shaping his life in a conspiracy of love, fear, fate, and chance. Pip knows the kind of life he was meant to lead. What he doesn't know is whether life will lead him in an altogether different - and startling -- direction. -
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439064872 (0-439-06487-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:A fantastic mass market edition of the phenomenonally best-selling second Harry Potter novel, to tie in to the second Harry Potter filmHarry's second year at Hogwarts. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby Joe VauxISBN 0439451930 (0-439-45193-0)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:Harry Potter fans will love this Chamber of Secrets pop-up book with pull tabs and hinged flaps featuring full color art on every spread![via]More editions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439785960 (0-439-78596-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'Book summary:The long-awaited, eagerly anticipated, arguably over-hyped Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has arrived, and the question on the minds of kids, adults, fans, and skeptics alike is, "Is it worth the hype?" The answer, luckily, is simple: yep. A magnificent spectacle more than worth the price of admission, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will blow you away. However, given that so much has gone into protecting the secrets of the book (including armored trucks and injunctions), don't expect any spoilers in this review. It's much more fun not knowing what's coming--and in the case of Rowling's delicious sixth book, you don't want to know. Just sit tight, despite the earth-shattering revelations that will have your head in your hands as you hope the words will rearrange themselves into a different story. But take one warning to heart: do not open Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince until you have first found a secluded spot, safe from curious eyes, where you can tuck in for a good long read. Because once you start, you won't stop until you reach the very last page.
A darker book than any in the series thus far with a level of sophistication belying its genre, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince moves the series into murkier waters and marks the arrival of Rowling onto the adult literary scene. While she has long been praised for her cleverness and wit, the strength of Book 6 lies in her subtle development of key characters, as well as her carefully nuanced depiction of a community at war. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, no one and nothing is safe, including preconceived notions of good and evil and of right and wrong. With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of chocolate. A series that began as a colorful lark full of magic and discovery has become a dark and deadly war zone. But this should not come as a shock to loyal readers. Rowling readied fans with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by killing off popular characters and engaging the young students in battle. Still, there is an unexpected bleakness from the start of Book 6 that casts a mean shadow over Quidditch games, silly flirtations, and mountains of homework. Ready or not, the tremendous ending of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will leave stunned fans wondering what great and terrible events await in Book 7 if this sinister darkness is meant to light the way. --Daphne Durham
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Why We Love Harry
Favorite Moments from the Series
There are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
* Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him.
* When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists.
* Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards.
* Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius.
* Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother.
* The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children.
* The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it.
* Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge.
* Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
* Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming.
* Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone.
* Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager.
* Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape.
* Dumbledore's confession to Harry.Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: A Conversation with J.K. Rowling
"I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. Im sure that I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers." --J.K. Rowling Find out more about Harry's creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Did You Know?
The Little White Horse was J.K. Rowling's favorite book as a child. 
Jane Austen is Rowling's favorite author. 
Roddy Doyle is Rowling's favorite living writer. A Few Words from Mary GrandPré
"When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing--she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision." Check out more Harry Potter art from illustrator Mary GrandPré.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439136369 (0-439-13636-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:Harry Potter has to sneak back to Hogwarts, after accidentally inflating his horrible Aunt Petunia. But once there everyone is whispering about a prizoner who has escaped from the famous wizard prizon, Azkaban. His name is Sirius Black, and as a follower of Lord Voldemort he is determined to track Harry Potter down -- even if it means laying siege to the very walls of Hogwarts! [via]
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Healing Anxiety And Depressionby Daniel G. Amen, Lisa C. RouthISBN 0425198448 (0-425-19844-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Heavy Metal And Youby Chris KrovatinISBN 0439743990 (0-439-74399-0)
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Heavy Metal And Youby Christopher KrovatinISBN 043973648X (0-439-73648-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Heidiby Sarah StephenISBN 043922506X (0-439-22506-X)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heidi'Book summary:A beautiful retelling of this timeless classic. Heidi is the perfect introduction to classic stories for younger readers.[via]
Heidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her cranky grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps. Soon she is happy and healthy, leading a carefree life with her grandfather, her new friend, Peter, and the goats on the Alm.
But Heidi's happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for a sick girl, Clara. Although she grows fond of the older girl, Heidi is terribly homesick. She eventually returns to the Alps and finds happiness once again in the clean, pure natural mountain setting.More editions of Heidi:
Illumination Nightby Alice HoffmanISBN 0425183262 (0-425-18326-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Inkheartby Anthea Bell, Cornelia FunkeISBN 0439531640 (0-439-53164-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inkheart'Book summary:Meggies father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the books wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen out of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggies mother in.
Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo will refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!
Cornelia Funkes imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, The Thief Lord, and young readers who enjoyed the similarly themed The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Inkheartby Cornelia Funke, Anthea BellISBN 0439709105 (0-439-70910-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inkheart'Book summary:Some books are destined to be lifelong treasured possessions. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, the bestselling German author of The Thief Lord, could easily lay claim to being such a book. It is a meaty, magical adventure that oozes a passion for books and the awesome power of words on a page, written by an author who clearly adores stories. Every chapter is introduced by tempting quotations from classic novels that whet your appetite for more and help underline the terrific heritage of children's literature that Inkheart is added to.
Meggie is the daughter of a revered bookbinder called Mo whose peaceful existence is one night shattered by the arrival of Dustfinger--a shadowy man with a mysterious link to Mo's past. Mo and Meggie are soon on the move, running from something that threatens everything they hold dear. But the past inevitably catches up with them and Mo is forced to reveal to his daughter for the first time his terrible secret. He has the ability, or curse, to breathe life into any story he reads and make the characters come alive. Just such a character, the sinister Capricorn, is after Mo to ensure that he stays alive and is never returned to the pages from which he was sprung. And, of course, he'll stop at nothing to guarantee success.
Inkheart is a treat and echoes of its many colourful characters, nail-biting drama and unrelenting invention will stay with the reader for a long time. It's also a novel for people who really love books. (Recommended for ages 10 and over.) --John McLay [via]
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Inkspellby Cornelia FunkeISBN 0439554012 (0-439-55401-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inkspell'Book summary:Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.
Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." (Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Inkspellby Anthea Bell, Cornelia FunkeISBN 0439554004 (0-439-55400-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inkspell'Book summary:Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.
Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." (Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Isle of Palmsby Dorothea Benton FrankISBN 042519549X (0-425-19549-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Isle of Palms'Book summary:Anna Lutz Abbot thinks she has her independence, and therefore her happiness, intact. She is a capable woman, a sensible woman, not someone given to risky living.
This all seems to be true enough until her lovely daughter returns from college for the summer a very different person, her wild and wonderful ex-husband arrives, and her flamboyant new best friend takes up with her daddy, turning a hot summer into a steaming one--only to be cranked up another ten degrees by Anna's own fling with Arthur, who is, heaven help us, a Yankee. All the action unfolds under the watchful eyes of Miss Mavis and Miss Angel, her next-door neighbors of a certain age, who have plenty to say about Anna's past, present, and future. [via]
Kiss Me Tomorrowby Susan ShreveISBN 0439680476 (0-439-68047-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Legends of the Fallby Jim HarrisonISBN 0440054613 (0-440-05461-3)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence
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Local Anaestheticby Gunter GrassISBN 0436187884 (0-436-18788-4)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Local Anaesthetic'Book summary:Starusch, a 40-year-old teacher of German and history, undergoes protracted dental treatment in an office where TV is used to distract the patients. Under local anesthesia, the patient projects onto the screen his past and present with the fluidity and visual quality of the movies. A satirical portrait of social confusions. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of Local Anaesthetic:
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Lost and Foundby Anne SchraffISBN 0439898390 (0-439-89839-0)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost and Found'Book summary:Welcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines.[via]
Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late.More editions of Lost and Found:
A Matter of Trustby Anne SchraffISBN 0439865476 (0-439-86547-6)
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Men Who Can't Love : How to Recognize a Commitmentphobic Man Before He Breaks Your Heartby Steven Carter, Julia SokolISBN 042517445X (0-425-17445-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Murder of Bindy Mackenzieby Jaclyn MoriartyISBN 0439740517 (0-439-74051-7)
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My Brother Sam Is Deadby Christopher Collier, James Lincoln CollierISBN 0439783607 (0-439-78360-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Brother Sam Is Dead'Book summary:The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary War -- now with special After Words bonus features![via]
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are supporters of the British -- including Tim and Sam's father.
With the war soon raging, Tim know he'll have to make a choice -- between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father.More editions of My Brother Sam Is Dead:
My Brother Sam Is Deadby James Lincoln CollierISBN 0439771307 (0-439-77130-7)
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Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affairby Elizabeth McNeillISBN 0425103846 (0-425-10384-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair'Book summary:"Powerful. Horrifying. Erotic!" -- from cover [via]
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Notes from the Midnight Driverby Jordan SonnenblickISBN 0439757797 (0-439-75779-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notes from the Midnight Driver'Book summary:From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens.[via]
16-year-old Alex decides to get even. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center where he is assigned to Solomon Lewis, a "difficult" senior with a lot of gusto, advice for Alex, and a puzzling (yet colorful) Yiddish vocabulary. Eventually, the pair learn to deal with their past and each other in ways that are humorous, entertaining, and life changing.More editions of Notes from the Midnight Driver:
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Haby Roddy DoyleISBN 0436201356 (0-436-20135-6)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'Book summary:In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys and Indians, etching their names in wet concrete, and setting fires. Roddy Doyle has captured the sensations and speech patterns of preadolescents with consummate skill, and managed to do so without resorting to sentimentality. Paddy Clarke and his friends are not bad boys; they're just a little bit restless. They're always taking sides, bullying each other, and secretly wishing they didn't have to. All they want is for something--anything--to happen.
Throughout the novel, Paddy teeters on the nervous verge of adolescence. In one scene, Paddy tries to make his little brother's hot water bottle explode, but gives up after stomping on it just one time: "I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Paddy Clarke senses that his world is about to change forever--and not necessarily for the better. When he realizes that his parents' marriage is falling apart, Paddy stays up all night listening, half-believing that his vigil will ward off further fighting. It doesn't work, but it is sweet and sad that he believes it might. Paddy's logic may be fuzzy, but his heart is in the right place. --Jill Marquis [via]
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Practical Magicby Alice HoffmanISBN 0425190374 (0-425-19037-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical Magic'Book summary:For most adults, fairy tales are among the childish things we've put away. Alice Hoffman, however, feels differently. Practical Magic starts out as a tale of Gillian and Sally Owens, two orphaned girls whose aunts are witches--of a mild sort. For the past two centuries, Owens women have been blamed for all that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town, ever since their ancestor arrived, rich, independent, and soon accused of theft: "And then one day, a farmer winged a crow in his cornfield, a creature who'd been stealing from him shamelessly for months. When Maria Owens appeared the very next morning with her arm in a sling and her white hand wound up in a white bandage, people felt certain they knew the reason why." The aunts are daily ostracized by the same upstanding citizens who sneak to their house at night for magical love cures. To the sisters they are for the most part benevolently absent, though their bell, book, and candle routine makes life a torment for Gillian, beautiful and blonde and lazy, and Sally, who's all too responsible. But when one of the aunts' cures works too well, ending as a curse, the dangers of real love become all too clear. In Hoffman's world being bewitched, bothered, and bewildered is no mere metaphor--and neither is desire. The elbows of one enamored man pucker a linoleum counter, another walks around with singed cuffs. It's difficult to catch the author's power in brief quotes. She needs space and increment to build her exquisite variations of vision and reality, her matter-of-fact announcements of the preternatural. Practical Magic again and again makes one recall the thrill of hearing at bedtime, "Now will I a tale unfold..." --Kerry Fried [via]
The Pull of the Moonby Elizabeth BergISBN 0425176487 (0-425-17648-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Range of Motionby Elizabeth BergISBN 042516876X (0-425-16876-X)
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The Rapture of Canaanby Sheri ReynoldsISBN 0425162443 (0-425-16244-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rapture of Canaan'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, April 1997: Members of the Church of Fire and Brimstone and God's Almighty Baptizing Wind spend their days and nights serving the Lord and waiting for the Rapture--that moment just before the Second Coming of Christ when the saved will be lifted bodily to heaven and the damned will be left behind to face the thousand years of tribulation on earth. The tribulation, according to Grandpa Herman, founder of Fire and Brimstone, will be an ugly time: "He said that we'd run out of food. That big bugs would chase us around and sting us with their tails . . . He said we'd turn on the faucet in the bathroom and find only blood running out . . . He said evil multitudes would come unto us and cut off our limbs, and that we wouldn't die . . . And then he'd say, 'But you don't have to be left behind. You can go straight to Heaven with all of God's special children if you'll only open your hearts to Jesus . . .'"
Such talk of damnation weighs heavy on the mind of Ninah Huff, the 15-year-old narrator of Sheri Reynolds's second novel, The Rapture of Canaan. To distract her from sinful thoughts about her prayer partner James, Ninah puts pecan shells in her shoes and nettles in her bed. But concentrating on the Passion of Jesus cannot, in the end, deter Ninah and James from their passion for each other, and the consequences prove both tragic and transforming for the entire community.
The Rapture of Canaan is a book about miracles, and in writing it, Reynolds has performed something of a miracle herself. Although the church's beliefs and practices may seem extreme (sleeping in an open grave, mortifying the flesh with barbed wire), its members are complex and profoundly sympathetic as they wrestle with the contradictions of Fire and Brimstone's theology, the temptations of the outside world, and the frailties of the human heart. [via]
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The Rector's Wifeby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0425170551 (0-425-17055-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rector's Wife'Book summary:Struggling to get by on the pittance salary that the church pays her husband, rector's wife Anna Bouverie becomes embittered when she sees her children going hungry and finds the inner strength to fix their situation. Reprint. NYT. [via]
Room for Improvementby Stacey BallisISBN 0425209822 (0-425-20982-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Roommatesby Whitney LylesISBN 0425202534 (0-425-20253-4)
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Secrets in the Shadowsby Anne Schraff, Paul LanganISBN 0439904854 (0-439-90485-4)
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Secrets of Sant'Angeloby Jeff ShapiroISBN 0425207498 (0-425-20749-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Smart Womenby Judy BlumeISBN 0425206556 (0-425-20655-6)
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Someone to Love Meby Paul LanganISBN 0439904862 (0-439-90486-2)
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ST. MICHAEL'S SCALESby Neil O. ConnellyISBN 0439491711 (0-439-49171-1)
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Successful Women, Angry Men : Backlash in the Two-Career Marriageby Bebe Moore CampbellISBN 0425176630 (0-425-17663-0)
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Therapyby David LodgeISBN 0436202557 (0-436-20255-7)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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Thief Lordby Cornelia FunkeISBN 043942089X (0-439-42089-X)
Softcover, Chicken House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thief Lord'Book summary:Imagine a Dickens story with a Venetian setting, and you'll have a good sense of Cornelia Funke's prizewinning novel The Thief Lord, first published in Germany in 2000. This suspenseful tale begins in a detective's office in Venice, as the entirely unpleasant Hartliebs request Victor Getz's services to search for two boys, Prosper and Bo, the sons of Esther Hartlieb's recently deceased sister. Twelve-year-old Prosper and 5-year-old Bo ran away when their aunt decided she wanted to adopt Bo, but not his brother. Refusing to split up, they escaped to Venice, a city their mother had always described reverently, in great detail. Right away they hook up with a long-haired runaway named Hornet and various other ruffians who hole up in an abandoned movie theater and worship the elusive Thief Lord, a young boy named Scipio who steals jewels from fancy Venetian homes so his new friends can get the warm clothes they need. Of course, the plot thickens when the owner of the pawn shop asks if the Thief Lord will carry out a special mission for a wealthy client: to steal a broken wooden wing that is the key to completing an age-old, magical merry-go-round. This winning cast of characters--especially the softhearted detective with his two pet turtles--will win the hearts of readers young and old, and the adventures are as labyrinthine and magical as the streets of Venice itself. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
Tied to the Tracksby Rosina LippiISBN 0425215326 (0-425-21532-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Tomorrow, When the War Beganby John MarsdenISBN 0439829100 (0-439-82910-0)
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Turtle Moonby Alice HoffmanISBN 042513699X (0-425-13699-X)
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Tyrellby Coe BoothISBN 0439838797 (0-439-83879-7)
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Verbena: A Novelby Nanci KincaidISBN 0425191710 (0-425-19171-0)
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What You Owe Meby Bebe Moore CampbellISBN 0425186318 (0-425-18631-8)
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While I Liveby John MarsdenISBN 0439783186 (0-439-78318-6)
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Why Men Are the Way They Areby Warren FarrellISBN 042511094X (0-425-11094-X)
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You Remind Me of Youby Eireann CorriganISBN 0439297710 (0-439-29771-0)
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Your Big Breakby Johanna EdwardsISBN 0425207846 (0-425-20784-6)
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