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WEBOK, how about some. Featuring 341 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special mysteries & thrillers issue: Attica Locke, Ron Stallworth, Sara Varon, Maureen Johnson; and much more. One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit.
DEMON COPPERHEAD - Kirkus Reviews
WEBOct 18, 2022 · DEMON COPPERHEAD. An angry, powerful book seething with love and outrage for a community too often stereotyped or ignored. Inspired by David Copperfield, Kingsolver crafts a 21st-century coming-of-age story set in America’s hard-pressed rural South. It’s not necessary to have read Dickens’ famous novel to appreciate Kingsolver’s ...
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WEBCHILDREN'S. THE LONG WAY AROUND by Anne Nesbet. Quickview. CHILDREN'S. MYSTERIES OF TRASH AND TREASURE by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Quickview. September 10, 2024. CHILDREN'S. ONE FOGGY CHRISTMAS EVE by Kerilynn Wilson ; illustrated by Kerilynn Wilson.
Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2022 | Kirkus Reviews
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · Episode 389: Devika Rege. Episode 388: Best September Books With Danzy Senna. Episode 387: Gayle Forman. Episode 386: Chris La Tray. The Magazine: Kirkus Reviews. Featuring 341 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special mysteries & thrillers issue: Attica Locke, Ron Stallworth, Sara …
IT ENDS WITH US - Kirkus Reviews
WEBAug 2, 2016 · Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of the survivors. 922. Pub Date: Aug. 2, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-5011-1036-8. Page Count: 320. Publisher: Atria. Review Posted Online: May 30, 2016. Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 2016.
JAMES - Kirkus Reviews
WEBMar 19, 2024 · With and without Huck, Jim undergoes dangerous tribulations and hairbreadth escapes in an antebellum wilderness that’s much grimmer and bloodier than Twain’s. There’s also a revelation toward the end that, however stunning to devoted readers of the original, makes perfect sense. One of the noblest characters in American literature …
GO AS A RIVER - Kirkus Reviews
WEBMar 7, 2023 · GO AS A RIVER. An auspicious debut. A stranger comes to town. Colorado native Read sets her graceful debut novel in the small community of Iola, a town along the Gunnison River in the western part of the state. Iola, readers learn in the first pages, no longer exists: It was flooded when the Gunnison was dammed to create the Blue Mesa …
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE - Kirkus Reviews
WEBNov 30, 2021 · A stunning feat of storytelling and moral clarity. An Irishman uncovers abuse at a Magdalen laundry in this compact and gripping novel. As Christmas approaches in the winter of 1985, Bill Furlong finds himself increasingly troubled by a sense of dissatisfaction. A coal and timber merchant living in New Ross, Ireland, he should be happy with his ...
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES - Kirkus Reviews
WEBMay 3, 2022 · REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES. A debut novel about a woman who befriends an octopus is a charming, warmhearted read. A lonely woman discovers that sometimes humans don’t have all the answers. Tova Sullivan’s best friend is an octopus. A giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, to be precise, and he is that—the novel opens …
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