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KAREN THOMPSON WALKER explains why her dystopian novel reaches all readers

TONY DANZA shares his year teaching in the trenches

✔ New Books in Language Arts, Social Studies & Science ✔ CCSS Exemplar & Suggested Titles ✔ New & favorite poetry collections by Billy Collins ✔ Kids & Bullying: Audiobooks CD offer

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Editor’s Note Dear Educator, It was yet another award-winning year for Random House, but this one was like no other: in addition to winning a number of school, library, and foundation awards, Random House, Inc. authors won an impressive four Pulitzer Prizes! One of the Pulitzer Prize winners, Tom Reiss (The Black Count, pg. 12), has contributed an original essay to this catalog that talks about his writing of the untold biography of Alexandre Dumas, the “real” Count of Monte Cristo— it’s quite fascinating! Other award highlights of the year include Carol Rifka Brunt’s Tell the Wolves I’m Home (pg. 24), which won the Alex Award. Brunt’s book is a coming-of-age novel set in 1980s New York City that tackles a sensitive social issue with great heart and compelling storytelling. And there’s Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers (pg. 6), a powerful work of narrative nonfiction about a Mumbai slum, which won the National Book Award, among many other honors.

Speaking of awards, Random House announced the recipients of its first annual Random House Teacher Awards for Literacy at a special event held during the 2012 NCTE meeting in Las Vegas. The winners are: • First Place ($10,000 Grant Recipient): Mary Andrews, Early Literacy Specialist, Estes Hill Elementary School (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) • Second Place ($5,000 Grant Recipient): Margo Nauert, Sixth Grade Teacher, Jay Stream Middle School (Carol Stream, Illinois) • Third Place ($2,500 Grant Recipient): Lisa Muller, English Teacher, Castle High School (Newburgh, Indiana)

Fifth Annual Author Event for NYC Educators, June 28th, 2013

Photos from the event, which included an address from National Council of Teachers of English President-Elect Sandy Hayes, may be found at http://tinyurl.com/nca4oa5.

The Second Annual Teacher Awards will be presented at the 2013 NCTE Conference in Boston by Tony Danza, actor and author of I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had (pg. 18). For more information, go to www.randomhouse.com/teacherawards.

From events on the road to events in our publishing headquarters, this past summer we hosted our Fifth Annual Author Event for NYC Educators, a fun day of author presentations, books, and lunch. Check out photos from the day’s event at http://tinyurl.com/obydqdw and visit our new Common Reads YouTube channel at http://tinyurl.com/nl5xcl6 to watch clips of the authors who presented.

And last, but certainly not least, enjoy our must-have classroom resources featured in this catalog: a pull-out classroom poster featuring the poem “Last Meal” from Award winners Mary Andrews and Lisa Muller (holding sign) at the 2012 NCTE the new poetry collection Aimless Love by Billy Collins; a meeting in Las Vegas special Kids & Bullying: Audiobooks for Conversation CD offer, and our recommendations for teaching the Common Core State Standards, including Exemplar titles and Web resources (pg. 2).

Here’s to another winning year together!

Sincerely,

KAIULANI C. KANETA Manager, Academic Marketing Random House, Inc., 1745 Broadway 3-1, New York, NY 10019 Tel. (212) 829-6929 | Fax (212) 940-7381 e-mail: kkaneta@ randomhouse.com To order examination copies online, go to www.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy

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Contents Common Core State Standards: Books for Your Classroom. . . . . . 2 Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Nonfiction Feature Titles . . . . . . . . . 6 Professional Reading Feature Titles 16 Fiction Feature Titles . . . . . . . . . . 24 Series Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Graphic Novels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Language Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 College Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Billy Collins Poetry Poster . . . INSERT

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High Quality Nonfiction for Teaching the Common Core State Standards

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ith an increasing emphasis on narrative nonfiction to address the standards in teaching critical-thinking skills, many teachers are seeking out quality trade nonfiction for classroom use.

For instance, journalist Katherine Boo’s National Book Award–winning Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is an ideal text for teaching deeper research skills and a global perspective. Boo spent three years preparing to write the book, living among the residents of a Mumbai slum. The book not only profiles these residents, but it also sets their story within a larger global framework.

Tracy Kidder, also an award-winning journalist, has penned several books that can help expand students’ horizons.

Kidder followed Partners in Health founder Dr. Paul Farmer to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia, profiling his story in Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, a book that has been on freshman reading lists at over 100 colleges. Strength in What Remains similarly profiles an extraordinary individual: Deo, who survived a civil war and genocide in his native Burundi and overcame new obstacles after arriving in America. Both profiles tell one man’s story within their larger socio-political and historical contexts.

Teach European history? Have students create a time line of major world events upon a close reading of awardwinning Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, a New York Times Notable Book which lends a stunning eyewitness perspective on a relatively unknown story during Hitler’s rise to power in 1933.

Challenge students to debate moral and ethical issues by assigning Pulitzer Prize–winning author Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey Mother which tells the true story of a to Reunite with His Mother, Honduran boy’s quest to find his mother in the United States and is certain to jump-start conversations about immigration.

Ask students to examine the events happening in the communities around them by reading books with multicultural and coming-of-age themes, such as Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, a memoir about growing up in the inner city and the choices we make that shape our identities, or Warren St. John’s Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference, a story about a refugee soccer team in Clarkston, Georgia, which became a resettlement area in the 1990s.

Lastly, get all of your departments—Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Science—on board for a multidisciplinary reading of Rebecca

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Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which blends history, journalism, and biography to provide an insightful account of the life of Henrietta Lacks whose “HeLa” cells led researchers to make scientific and medical breakthroughs and has raised questions about patient ethics.

TITLES MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE: BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS

Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6755-8 288pp. ★ $27.00/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50 Do not order paperback before 1/28/2014.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7932-9 288pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-93405-5 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-93406-2 ★ $17.50/$20.50 Can.

Reading Level: 8

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IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS

Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin

by Erik Larson

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Broadway Books ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-40885-3 480pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-91457-6 ★ $45.00/$51.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-91458-3 ★ $22.50/$25.50 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-307-91459-0 ★ $45.00/$51.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-91460-6 ★ $95.00/$108.00 Can. EB: 978-0-307-88795-5 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

Reading Level: 7 www.eriklarsonbooks.com

MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

by Tracy Kidder Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7301-3 352pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-7393-0765-6 ★ $27.50/$34.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-7393-0766-3 ★ $13.95/$16.95 Can. BOT CD: 978-1-4159-4692-3 ★ $90.00/$106.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-7393-4998-4 ★ $60.80/$65.00 Can.

Reading Level: 9

EB: 978-1-58836-334-3 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can. ALSO BY THE AUTHOR:

STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7761-5 304pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-7393-8337-7 ★ $35.00/$43.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-7393-8338-4 ★ $20.00/$23.00 Can. BOT CD: 978-1-4159-6344-9 ★ $80.00/$94.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-1-4159-6346-3 ★ $76.00/$83.50 Can. EB: 978-1-58836-851-5 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can. www.tracykidder.com

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THE OTHER WES MOORE

One Name, Two Fates

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Random House Common Core Resources

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e invite you to download extended lists of Random House titles that appear in Appendix B, as well as a selection of non-Appendix B suggested titles. In addition to providing the ISBN, pagination, Common Core exemplar category, and corresponding Common Core selection for all available retail formats, the Random House Common Core title list also includes available library editions.

To download a PDF of the Random House Common Core title list, go to: http://tinyurl.com/o2rfqzw

Delacorte BFYR ★ HC ★ 978-0-385-74167-5 176pp. ★ $15.99/$18.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.00

SELECT APPENDIX B TITLES

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DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA : The Complete

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-52820-7 272pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-87713-0 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-73602-4 ★ $15.00/$17.50 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-307-73603-1 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-73604-8 ★ $57.00/$61.00 Can. EB: 978-1-58836-969-7 ★ $11.99/$12.99 Can. YOUNG READER’S EDITION AVAILABLE:

Reading Level: 7 www.theotherwesmoore.com

DISCOVERING WES MOORE

and Unabridged Volumes I and II

by Alexis de Tocqueville

BOT CD: 978-0-8041-2193-4 ★ $30.00/$35.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-8041-2194-1 ★ $38.00/$45.00 Can.

Bantam ★ MM ★ 978-0-553-21464-2 ★ 976pp. $7.99/$9.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-0-375-98670-3 ★ $10.99/$11.99 Can.

ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY

DREAMING IN CUBAN: A Novel

The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother

by Sonia Nazario

by Cristina García Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-38143-9 272pp. ★ $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7178-1 336pp. ★ $16.00/$19.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-0-307-79800-8 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

EB: 978-1-58836-602-3 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

THE STORY OF SCIENCE YOUNG READER’S EDITION AVAILABLE:

Delacorte BFYR ★ HC ★ 978-0-385-74327-3 Reading Level: 7 288pp. ★ $16.99/$18.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.50 www.enriquesjourney.com

Newton at the Center

by Joy Hakim Smithsonian Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-58834-161-7 480pp. ★ $27.95/$33.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $14.00

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

by Rebecca Skloot

HAMLET

Broadway Books ★ TR ★ 978-1-4000-5218-9 ★ 400pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

by William Shakespeare Bantam ★ MM ★ 978-0-553-21292-1 384pp. ★ $4.99/$6.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Modern Library ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-6909-2 272pp. ★ $8.00/$9.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Audio CD: 978-0-307-71250-9 ★ $35.00/$43.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-71251-6 ★ $20.00/$24.95 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-307-71252-3 ★ $100.00/$118.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-71253-0 ★ $95.00/$104.00 Can.

EB: 978-0-307-80754-0 ★ $4.99/$6.99 Can.

EB: 978-0-307-58938-5 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can. Reading Level: 9 www.rebeccaskloot.com

OUTCASTS UNITED : An American Town, a

by Ivan Turgenev Translated by Constance Garnett Modern Library ★ TR ★ 978-0-375-75839-3 256pp. ★ $11.95/$14.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference

by Warren St. John

EB: 978-0-307-43095-3 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-52204-5 336pp. ★ $15.00/$18.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

LEAVES OF GRASS

by Walt Whitman

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FATHERS AND SONS

Reading Level: 8 www.outcastsunited.com

YOUNG READER’S EDITION AVAILABLE:

Delacorte BFYR ★ HC ★ 978-0-385-74194-1 ★ 240pp. $16.99/$19.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.50

Bantam ★ MM ★ 978-0-553-21116-0 ★ 528pp. $5.95/$7.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Modern Library ★ TR ★ 978-0-679-78342-8 800pp. ★ $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Prometheus ★ TR ★ 978-1-57392-040-7 ★ 427pp. $15.99/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-553-90076-7 ★ $1.99/$6.99 Can.

EB: 978-0-375-98880-6 ★ $10.99/$10.99 Can.

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POETRY

AImLESS LovE

New and Selected Poems

by Billy Collins

ALSO BY/EDITED BY THE AUTHOR:

BALLISTICS : Poems Random House ★ TR 978-0-8129-7561-1 ★ 128pp. $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-58836-763-1 $13.99/$13.99 Can.

HOROSCOPES FOR THE DEAD : Poems Random House ★ TR 978-0-8129-7562-8 ★ 128pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-679-60450-1 $13.99/$13.99 Can.

NINE HORSES : Poems

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-0-679-64405-7 288pp. ★ $26.00/$30.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00

Random House ★ TR 978-0-375-75520-0 ★ 144pp. $14.95/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

Audio CD: 978-0-385-36639-7 ★ $20.00/$23.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-385-36640-3 ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can.

EB: 978-1-58836-278-0 $13.99/$13.99 Can.

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POETRY 180 : A Turning

EB: 978-0-8129-8465-1 ★ $13.99/$15.99 Can.

The poetry of Billy Collins has appeared in many respected periodicals and notable anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize anthology, Best American Poetry, and The Poets Laureate Anthology published by the Library of Congress. With this new collection of engaging, surprising, sometimes humorous, and remarkably accessible poems written over the last decade, the 2001–2003 U. S. poet laureate and New York Public Library Literary Lion, often referred to as the most popular poet in America, uses poetry as a vehicle to activate his readers’ imaginations and transport them to an inspiring new place.

Back to Poetry Random House ★ TR 978-0-8129-6887-3 ★ 352pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

180 MORE : Extraordinary Poems for Every Day Random House ★ TR 978-0-8129-7296-2 ★ 400pp. $15.95/$20.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM : New and Selected

Poems

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Universal Themes: Poetry, Love, Loss Companion Titles: Leaves of Grass, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man, Blindness

Random House ★ TR 978-0-375-75519-4 ★ 192pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-43174-5 $13.99/$13.99 Can.

About the author BILLY COLLINS is the author of ten collections of poetry, including Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: © Suzannah Gilman Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. A Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, and Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Winter Park Institute of Rollins College, he was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and Poet Laureate of New York State from 2004 to 2006.

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THE TROUBLE WITH POETRY:

And Other Poems Random House ★ TR 978-0-375-75521-7 ★ 112pp. $13.95/$17.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-43271-1 $11.99/$13.99 Can.

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each long enough and you will hear it all, they say. And one thing you will quickly tire of hearing is the student complaint that they don’t like poetry because it’s too difficult. Of course, it’s easy to find plenty of poems to support their case. One reason poems can be difficult is that some poets design their poems that way. And there’s nothing we can do about that. But a more common reason is that poems are difficult because the reader has not read enough poems to know how a poem should be read. There are a number of things we can do about that. One of them is to teach poetry chronologically backwards. (Let’s face it, Beowulf is not a place to start.) Hook students on contemporary poems, especially ones that favor clear, direct language, then lead them gently into the works of earlier poets. Cure their poetry-phobia with new poems, then expose them to the voices of the past.

Aimless Love is just one of many contemporary collections that would serve as a starting place for a student’s longer journey into the depth and historic breadth of poetry. But it’s my book, and why would I not take advantage of this opportunity to encourage teachers to delight their students first and instruct them later.

This is one way to turn poetry from a school chore into a personal, and perhaps long-lasting, pleasure. And it’s based on a simple premise: the more poetry a student reads, the less “difficult” poetry will become. room Class r Poste ed in Includ of Back g Catalo

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NONFICTION A Top Common Reading Title at Schools & Colleges

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FoREvERS

Life, Death, and Hope in a mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

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Winner of the National Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6755-8 288pp. ★ $27.00/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50 Do not order paperback before 1/28/2014.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7932-9 288pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-93405-5 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-93406-2 ★ $17.50/$20.50 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-307-93407-9 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-93408-6 ★ $66.50/$75.50 Can. EB: 978-0-679-64550-4 ★ $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize

In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human.

Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. With a little luck, her sensitive, beautiful daughter—Annawadi’s “most-everything girl”—will soon become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to the good lives and good times they call “the full enjoy.”

But then Abdul the garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal.

As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. And so, too, are the imaginations and courage of the people of Annawadi.

With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects human beings to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds, and into the lives of people impossible to forget.

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Universal Themes: Social Inequality, Self-Determination, Economic Injustice Companion Titles: The God of Small Things, Great Expectations

Reading Level: 8

“[An] exquisitely accomplished first book.

Novelists dream of defining characters this swiftly and beautifully, but Ms. Boo is not a novelist. She is one of those rare, deep-digging journalists who can make truth surpass fiction, a documentarian with a superb sense of human drama. She makes it very easy to forget that this book is the work of a reporter. . . . Comparison to Dickens is not unwarranted.”

—JANET M ASLIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“This book belongs on reading lists as a work that allows high schoolers to see the incredible hardships of life in a developing country.”

—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

About the author KATHERINE BOO is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Her reporting has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a © Heleen Welvaart MacArthur “Genius” grant, and a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. For the last decade, she has divided her time between the United States and India.

This is her first book. www.behindthebeautifulforevers.com

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s jobs and capital whip around the planet, college students will graduate into a world where economic instability and social inequality are increasing and geographic boundaries matter less and less. Unfortunately, globalization and social inequality remain two of the most over-theorized, under-reported issues of our age. My book is an intimate investigative account of how this volatile new reality affects the young people of an Indian slum called Annawadi. Like young people elsewhere, the Annawadians are trying to figure out their place in a world where temp jobs are becoming the norm, adaptability is everything, and bewildering change is the one abiding constant.

Behind the Beautiful Forevers took me three hard years to report, and one thought that sustained me was that I had a unique opportunity to show American readers that the distance between themselves and, say, a teenaged boy in Mumbai who finds an entrepreneurial niche in other people’s garbage, is not nearly as great as they might think. In the two decades I’ve spent writing about poverty and how people get out of it, I’ve come to believe, viscerally, that there are deep connections among individuals that transcend specificities of geography, culture, religion or class. The problem is that, in a time of high walls and security gates, it’s getting harder for people of means to grasp the struggles of less privileged people.

Behind one such high wall, near the increasingly glamorous Mumbai airport, a sensitive girl is studying Othello in a makeshift hut by a vast sewage lake, and dreading an arranged marriage that might send her to a rural village. A convention-defying disabled woman is longing to be acknowledged as a valid human being. A smart teenaged boy named Mirchi is resisting the garbage-recycling work that is his family trade. Instead he dreams of being a waiter at a fancy hotel, sticking toothpicks into cubes of cheese. “Watch me,” he snaps at his mother one day. “I’ll have a bathroom as big as this hut!” Over the course of time, as Mirchi and the other residents of the slum apply their imaginations to overcoming corruption and injustice and making better lives for themselves, the broader contours of the market-global age are gradually revealed.

Although I’m elated when readers join me in thinking about how to build a fairer world for people, I don’t consider didactic lectures an effective way to engage people—particularly young people—in questions about fairness and justice. Nor do I think young people want mawkishly sentimental or sensationalized nonfiction. Stereotypes put them off, and they know when they’re being manipulated. What they want, in my experience, is good, concrete information from which they can work out what they think for themselves.

With a combination of extensive observation and documents-based reporting, I try to pull the reader in close to the lives and dilemmas of the poor, while unfolding a story that is powerful and honest enough to keep readers turning the pages. By the last page, I’d like to believe that some young readers will also find themselves wrestling with essential questions of our time: about how opportunity is distributed across the world; about what an individual should be willing to give up to get ahead; about the interconnections between, say, the collapse of investment banks in Manhattan and the price Mumbai waste-pickers receive for their empty plastic water bottles; about whether it is possible to be good and moral in a society that is not good and moral; and about the ultimate value of a human life.

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LIvING AND DYING IN BRICk CITY

Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R.

by Sampson Davis, M.D. with Lisa Frazier Page

Paper back publi shes 2/4/ 2014

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Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from innercity Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and their work through the Three Doctors Foundation have inspired countless young men and women to strive for goals they otherwise would not have dreamed they could attain. In this book, Dr. Davis looks at the health care crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: as a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up, and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, stroke, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic.

Dr. Davis’s sister, a drug addict, died of AIDS; his brother is now paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of a bar fight; and he himself did time in juvenile detention—a wake-up call that changed his life. He recounts recognizing a young man who is brought to the E.R. with critical gunshot wounds as someone who was arrested with him when he was a teenager during a robbery gone bad; describes a patient whose case of sickle-cell anemia rouses an ethical dilemma; and explains the difficulty he has convincing his landlord and friend, an older woman, to go to the hospital for much-needed treatment.

With empathy and hard-earned wisdom, Living and Dying in Brick City presents an urgent picture of medical care in our cities. It is an important resource guide for anyone at risk, anyone close to those at risk, and anyone who cares about the fate of our cities.

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Universal Themes: overcoming Adversity, Social Justice Companion Titles: The Pact, mountains Beyond mountains, my own Country

Spiegel & Grau ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6994-1 256pp. ★ $25.00/$29.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 Do not order paperback before 2/4/2014.

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8234-3 256pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-679-60518-8 ★ $12.99/$14.99 Can. Reading Level: 9

“This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Sampson Davis’s personal story is powerful, and his experiences in the ER room underscore the lack of effective health care in our underserved communities. . . . His is an important voice in the conversation on health care in this country.”

—WES MOORE, AUTHOR OF THE OTHER WES MOORE

About the author SAMPSON DAVIS was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and co-author of the New York Times bestsellers The Pact, We Beat the Street, and The Bond. He is the youngest physician to receive the National Medical Association’s highest honor, the Scroll of Merit. He is a recipient of Essence and BET humanitarian awards and was named by Essence as one of the forty most inspirational African Americans. He is a founder of the Three Doctors Foundation and practices medicine in New Jersey. www.drsampsondavis.com

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t was my fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Speights, who made education fun, exciting, and, most importantly, helped me to feel that I was one of the smartest kids in her class. Maybe she inspired all the kids to feel the same way, but nonetheless it was her grace, witty remarks, and dynamic teaching style that managed to penetrate my young impressionable mind and divert me from the stark reality of poverty, crime, and drug infestation in my hometown of Newark, New Jersey, where the high school graduation rate falls well below 50 percent.

Just like my mother, Mrs. Speights often echoed, “Education will save your life”—and it certainly did. To Mrs. Speights and all educators, I humbly thank you for being heroes to so many students, including a kid who once didn’t believe he could become a board-certified emergency medicine doctor, a philanthropist, and an author.

My latest book, Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R., is my way of giving back to the many educators who helped me escape the thought that education wasn’t for me and the belief that I wasn’t good enough. You have both championed and inspired me—and I thank you.

My book encompasses the philosophy of reaching each student with a level of creativity and a touch of reality. It is part memoir, medical, self-help, and entertainment with solutions and strategies following each chapter. Brick City captures the imagination of students in any number of disciplines, including science, medicine, African American studies, sociology, history, philosophy, law, creative writing, sports, business, management, and politics.

As a doctor who practices medicine in his hometown, I always look to share stories that tie into students’ lives and learning experiences, both in and out of the classroom, which will help them to navigate the world better prepared and equipped to understand and handle the multilayered complexities of life’s scenarios. Educators and readers alike tell me Brick City does just that, bringing together health, community, science, history, religion, business, friendship, family, hope, and ultimately humanity.

My goal is to inspire each and every student to reach the highest level possible. I have talked about my life journey and books at hundreds of schools nationwide and have appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs. I understand the importance of being an engaging, motivational speaker, and students listen and are inspired because they know I have lived through the obstacles and challenges they are facing. They know that if I was able to overcome and overpower, then so can they.

I look forward to visiting more schools and feel confident in saying, Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R. delivers an incredible read for any common reading experience.

As a misguided, often rebellious youth, I never imagined my life journey would lead me to becoming an author and, through writing this book, I am stepping outside of the hospital walls, still practicing medicine in the way of prevention and inspiration, and reaching thousands of students and educators. I can’t wait to see the effect Brick City has on students nationwide. I’m excited!

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A TImE To BREAk SILENCE

The Essential Works of martin Luther king, Jr., for Students

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Introduction by Walter Dean Myers

For more books in the King Legacy series T and the online curriculum, go to: www.thekinglegacy.org/teachers Watch an educator discuss how to use this book in the classroom: http://tinyurl.com/pqbqk57

Beacon Press ★ HC ★ 978-0-8070-3318-0 ★ 272pp. ★ $24.95/$27.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-3305-0 272pp. ★ $14.00/$16.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8070-3306-7 ★ $14.00/$17.00 Can. Reading Level: 9

A Time to Break Silence presents the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible and user-friendly volume. Now, for the first time, teachers and students will be able to access Dr. King’s writings not only electronically but also in stand-alone book form.

Arranged thematically in five parts, the collection contains nineteen selections and is introduced by award-winning author Walter Dean Myers.

Included are some of Dr. King’s most well-known and frequently taught classic works, such as “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream,” as well as lesser-known pieces such as “The Sword that Heals” and “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” that speak to issues young people face today.

In addition, instructors and readers may freely access a corresponding online curriculum, aligned with the Common Core, made available by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. This comprehensive curriculum includes full teaching units and extensive supplemental resources that serve as a companion to the book and provide schools with a productive model for teaching Dr. King within the context of one of our nation’s most important eras: the civil rights movement.

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About the authors DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929–1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, Dr. King’s speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

WALTER DEAN MYERS is the critically acclaimed bestselling author of more than eighty books for children and young adults.

In 2012, Myers was named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

Universal Themes: Civil Rights, Social Justice Companion Titles: A Raisin in the Sun, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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he debt we owe to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is one that will live forever.

He told a country that had tried to settle its racial problems with a devastating civil war, with bombings and lynching, with bloody riots in the cities that there was another way. Where those who argued for violence and retribution had specific methods in mind to overcome injustice, Dr. King had a vision for all of America that the entire nation could embrace. Today, his message resonates with as much clarity as it did more than fifty years ago as we continue to grapple with issues of racism and prejudice, poverty and war. What Dr. King preached, what he taught, was nonviolence to a nation seemingly intoxicated with violence. He taught inclusion to a nation that had incorporated separatism in its laws. He believed that most people had a sense of fairness and wanted justice. He felt that if he could reach these people, bring them out of their roles as spectators and enlist them in what he saw as the American dream, he would be more effective. He saw himself as leading a parade of Americans with good hearts and fair minds. His faith in the power of young people also continued to grow.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., changed the world in which I lived. Today when I go to places like Little Rock, Montgomery, or New Orleans, I go without worrying about if I will be accepted or where I can sit. I see children getting on buses and running for the first seat they see. I believe that if Dr. King were alive today, he would enlist an army of young people to help each other and America in the education process. He would trust them to bring their energy and sense of justice to end gang violence and to reverse the feeling of helplessness that hurts so many of our young people. He would keep marching against unjust laws, racism, war, and poverty. Dr. King made America a better place for all people to live during the turbulent years of the civil rights struggle. Using his insights, his courage in tackling difficult problems, and his loyalty to nonviolence both in action and in the language we use with each other, perhaps we can continue building the America he once thought possible. What do you think?

OTHER BOOKS IN THE KING LEGACY SERIES

STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM

The Montgomery Story

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY?

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-0069-4 ★ 272pp. ★ $14.00/$14.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-0067-0 256pp. ★ $14.00/$16.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-0-8070-0070-0 ★ $14.00/$14.00 Can.

EB: 978-0-8070-0068-7 ★ $14.00/$16.00 Can.

A Global Vision of Justice

THE TRUMPET OF CONSCIENCE

WHY WE CAN’T WAIT

Beacon Press ★ HC ★ 978-0-8070-8605-6 ★ 272pp. $26.95/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50 Do not order paperback before 1/14/2014.

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-8607-0 256pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-0170-7 ★ 96pp. $12.00/$13.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-0112-7 ★ 256pp. $14.00/$16.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-0-8070-0072-4 ★ $22.00/$25.00 Can.

EB: 978-0-8070-0113-4 ★ $14.00/$16.00 Can.

“ALL LABOR HAS DIGNITY” Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-8602-5 264pp. ★ $17.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8070-8601-8 ★ $26.95/$31.00 Can.

“IN A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY”

EB: 978-0-8070-8606-3 ★ $26.95/$32.00 Can.

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THE BLACk CoUNT

Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of monte Cristo

by Tom Reiss

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

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General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

But hidden behind General Dumas’s swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a black slave—who rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time.

Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Alex Dumas made his way to Paris where he rose to command armies at the height of the Revolution— until he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat.

Time Magazine called The Black Count “one of those quintessentially human stories of strength and courage that sheds light on the historical moment that made it possible.” It is also a heartbreaking story of the enduring bonds of love between a father and son.

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Universal Themes: Fathers and Sons, Heroism, Civil Rights Companion Titles: The Count of monte Cristo, Black Boy

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THE ORIENTALIST: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7276-4 496pp. ★ $17.00/$21.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-58836-444-9 ★ $13.99/$13.99 Can.

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“Fascinating . . . a richly imaginative biography.”

—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK R EVIEW

“The Black Count is a dazzling achievement. I learned something new virtually on every page. No one who reads this magnificent biography will be able to read The Count of Monte Cristo or any history of slavery in the New World in the same way again.”

—HENRY LOUIS GATES JR ., DIRECTOR OF THE W.E.B. DU BOIS INSTITUTE, H ARVARD UNIVERSITY

“Teens interested in military history, particularly of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, will enjoy this book; the discussion of differences in slavery and the treatment of blacks in France and America is particularly enlightening.”

—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

About the author TOM REISS is the author of the celebrated international bestseller The Orientalist.

His biographical pieces have appeared The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other publications. He lives with his wife and daughters in New York City. www.tomreiss.com

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’ve always loved exploring history. It’s like an uncharted hemisphere, and when you look at it closely, it has a tendency to change everything about your own time. I’m also drawn to outsiders, people who have swum against the tide. I often feel like a kind of detective hired to go find people who have been lost to history, and discover why they were lost. Whodunnit?

In this case, I found solid evidence that, of all people, Napoleon did it: he buried the memory of this great man—Gen. Alexandre Dumas, the son of a black slave who led more than 50,000 men at the height of the French Revolution and then stood up to the megalomaniacal Corsican in the deserts of Egypt. (The “famous” Alexandre Dumas is the general’s son—the author of The Three Musketeers.)

Letters and eyewitness accounts show that Napoleon came to hate Dumas not only for his stubborn defense of principle but also for his swagger and stature—over six feet tall and handsome as a matinee idol—and for the fact that he was a black man idolized by the white French army. (I found that Napoleon’s destruction of Dumas coincided with his destruction of one of the greatest accomplishments of the French Revolution—racial equality—a legacy he also did his best to bury.)

I first came across Gen. Dumas’s life in the memoir of his son Alexandre, the novelist. And what a life! Alex Dumas, as he preferred to be known, was born in Saint Domingue, later Haiti, the son of a black slave and a good-for-nothing French aristocrat who came to the islands to make a quick killing and instead barely survived. In fact, to get back to France in order to claim an inheritance, he actually “pawned” his black son into slavery, but then he bought him out, brought him to Paris, and enrolled him in the royal fencing academy, and then the story begins to get interesting.

What really stuck with me from reading the memoir was the love that shows through from the son, the writer, for his father, the soldier. I could never forget the novelist describing the day his father died. His mother met him on the stairs in their house, lugging his father’s gun over his shoulders, and asked him what he was doing. Little Alexandre replied: “I’m going to heaven to kill God—for killing daddy.” When he grew up, he took a greater sort of revenge, infusing his father’s life and spirit into fictional characters like Edmond Dantes and D’Artagnan, with shades of Porthos, too. But the image of the angry child stuck with me and drove me onward to discover every scrap of evidence I could about his forgotten father.

And recovering the life of the real man behind these stories was the ultimate historical prospecting journey for me: I learned about Maltese knights and Mameluke warriors, the tricks of 18th-century spycraft and glacier warfare, torchlight duels in the trenches and portable guillotines on the front; I got to know about how Commedia del Arte influenced Voodoo and how a Jacobin sultan influenced “The Star-Spangled Banner,” about chocolate cures for poisoning and the still brisk trade in Napoleonic hair clippings. I discovered the amazing forgotten civil rights movement of the 18th century—and its unraveling—though the most amazing thing about this story of a black man in a white world was how little race stood in his way: how Alex Dumas’s future father-in-law never once questioned his daughter marrying a man of color but only asked that he get promoted to sergeant first (later he lovingly referred to his son-in-law simply as “the General”).

Finally, the memoir set me not only on a historical adventure but also on an adventure in the present day that was straight out of a Dumas novel. I began by visiting the gray town in northeast France where the general died—where I found a dead museum secretary, a locked safe, and a host of unlikely, inspiring characters to make my journey a far from lonely one.

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Revised and Updated Edition

THANk YoU FoR ARGUING

What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

by Jay Heinrichs

Author Jay Heinrichs offers phone-ins to any class that adopts the book. Interested?

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Sharp, erudite, and informative, Thank You for Arguing is your student’s master class in the art of persuasion. Editor, magazine writer, and executive Jay Heinrichs not only teaches students how to recognize a paralipsis and a chiasmus, but also how to use practical and convincing arguments. The expanded and revised edition includes new chapters on leadership, President Barack Obama’s oratorical mastery, the pitfalls of apologies—and an “Argument Lab” section to put your students’ new skills to the test. For exercises, online quizzes, contests for arguments and orations, and other teacher resources, visit the author’s website at www.arguelab.com.

Three Rivers Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34775-4 400pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-385-34778-5 ★ $10.99/$12.99 Can. Reading Level: 7

“Not only will I buy your book, I am recommending it to my students. I used several of the dailies from your website with my AP Language and Composition class this fall. We especially enjoyed the Bushisms and Homerisms. Keep up the good fight, and the pen IS mightier than the sword, and all that!”

—ZILICIA HOWARD, TEACHER , DAVID PROUTY HIGH SCHOOL , SPENCER , MA

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WORD HERO: A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever Three Rivers Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-71636-1 352pp. ★ $14.00/$16.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-71637-8 ★ $9.99 Reading Level: 7

JAY HEINRICHS spent twenty-five years as a journalist and publishing executive before becoming a full-time advocate for the lost art of rhetoric. Since then he’s taught persuasion to Fortune 500 companies, Ivy League universities, NASA, and the Pentagon. He is also the author of Word Hero: A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever. www.arguelab.com

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dding rhetoric to a literature syllabus can spark something surprising in students.

Few people can say that John Quincy Adams changed their lives. Those who can are wise to keep it to themselves. Friends tell me I should also stop prating about my passion for rhetoric, the 3,000-year-old art of persuasion.

John Quincy Adams changed my life by introducing me to rhetoric.

Sorry.

Years ago, I was wandering through Dartmouth College’s library for no particular reason, browsing through books at random, and in a dim corner of the stacks I found a large section on rhetoric. A dusty, maroon-red volume attributed to Adams sat at eye level. I flipped it open and felt like an indoor Coronado. Here lay treasure.

The book contained a set of rhetorical lectures that Adams taught to undergraduates at Harvard College in the early nineteenth century, when he was a paunchy, balding, 38-year-old United States senator. Adams urged his goggling adolescents to “catch from the relics of ancient oratory those unresisted powers” that, he assured them, “yield the guidance of the nation to the dominion of the voice.”

Unresisted powers. They sounded more like hypnosis than politics, which was sort of cool in a Manchurian Candidate kind of way. And yet, I felt as if I were about to fill a vast gap in my life.

As it turns out, rhetoric is filling an even bigger gap. Little did I know that Common Core State Standards would increase the need for rhetorical skills. These days, the core requires teachers and students to employ literacy standards beyond Language Arts. But we’re talking about more than the common core here. We’re talking about the critical need to nurture articulate, sophisticated citizens.

Like you, most probably, I was a bookish child, absorbing everything I could from works on the Bobbsey Twins to those by Ursula K. Le Guin. I wanted to be a writer, and when a teacher told me that a real writer kept a daily journal, I did that. (Having little to write about, I kept careful notes of what I ate for lunch each day; I still keep a journal—one that covers far more than my midday meal—and I still call it “Lunch.”)

But I wondered whether words did more than tell me things, whether there was something to them besides art. Don’t get me wrong, I loved words, and still do. But I felt like a young Dylan Thomas receiving books “that told everything about the wasp, except why.” Could words get up and make a living for themselves? Could they be useful somehow? Could they change people, maybe the world? I’d heard that the pen was mightier than the sword, and yet the self-expression I was taught in school and witnessed in literature was not of the worldchanging sort.

And then I found rhetoric. The ancients considered it the essential skill of leadership, knowledge so important that they placed it at the center of higher education. It taught them how to speak and write persuasively, produce something to say on every occasion, and make people like them when they spoke. After the ancient Greeks invented it, rhetoric helped create the world’s first democracies. It trained Roman orators such as Julius Caesar and Marcus Tullius Cicero, and it gave the Bible its finest language. It even inspired William Shakespeare. Every one of America’s founders studied rhetoric, and they used its principles in writing the Constitution.

In short, I found the why of words. I’m now convinced that I couldn’t truly understand the literature I love without my study in rhetoric. It gives a real purpose to a liberal education, pulling together all of a student’s knowledge while giving her the tools to inspire others. It inoculates her against the kind of manipulation and tribalism that poison our politics. It creates a good citizen. A truly educated one.

You might say that while I was standing in those library stacks, rhetoric talked me into itself. I will never read or write the same again, and that is a very good thing.

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PROFESSIONAL READING

STICkS AND SToNES

Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy

by Emily Bazelon

Paper back publi shes 2/11 /201 4

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-0-8129-9280-9 400pp. ★ $27.00/$30.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50 Do not order paperback before 2/11/2014.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8263-3 400pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-385-36279-5 ★ $40.00/$46.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-385-36280-1 ★ $20.00/$24.00 Can.

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Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging.

No writer is better poised to explore this territory than Emily Bazelon, who has established herself as a leading voice on the social and legal aspects of teenage drama. In Sticks and Stones, she brings readers on a deeply researched, clear-eyed journey into the ever-shifting landscape of teenage meanness and its sometimes devastating consequences. The result is an indispensable book that takes us from school cafeterias to courtrooms to the offices of Facebook, the website where so much teenage life, good and bad, now unfolds.

Along the way, Bazelon defines what bullying is and, just as important, what it is not. She explores when intervention is essential and when kids should be given the freedom to fend for themselves. She also dispels persistent myths: that girls bully more than boys, that online and in-person bullying are entirely distinct, that bullying is a common cause of suicide, and that harsh criminal penalties are an effective deterrent. Above all, she believes that to deal with the problem, we must first understand it.

Bazelon explores different facets of bullying through the stories of three young people who found themselves caught in the thick of it. With grace and authority, Bazelon chronicles how these kids’ predicaments escalated, to no one’s benefit, into community-wide wars. Cutting through the noise, misinformation, and sensationalism, she takes us into schools that have succeeded in reducing bullying and examines their successful strategies.

The result is a groundbreaking book that will help parents, educators, and teens themselves better understand what kids are going through today and what can be done to help them through it.

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“Thoughtful and moving, incisive and provocative, Sticks and Stones is essential reading for any educator trying to negotiate the minefield of bullying.

Packed with valuable advice, the book brings a welcome dose of sanity to an often overheated national discussion.”

—PAUL TOUGH, AUTHOR OF HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED

About the author EMILY BAZELON is a senior editor at Slate, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, and the Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School. Before joining Slate, she worked as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, and lives in New Haven with her husband and two sons.

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hen I was in eighth grade, my friends fired me. Two and a half decades later, I can say that wryly: it happened to plenty of people, and we survived—look at us now, right? But at the time, in that moment, it was impossible to have that kind of perspective. Being rejected by the girls I loved left me crawling with insecurity and self-doubt—what had I done wrong? I disappeared from the lunchroom and hid during free periods. I dreaded the words “choose a partner” in class, especially gym, where you could either pair up and scamper away or stand there alone. At home I cried. On some level, I guess, I knew that I wasn’t the only lonely 13-year-old in the world, but how did that help, really? Instead of finding some inner source of comfort, I picked myself apart—was I too bossy? Irritating? Selfabsorbed? What was it that had driven them away? What was wrong with me?

I can’t claim to have been bullied, at least not like the teenagers I write about in my book, Sticks and Stones, but I know the feeling of watching powerful kids rip a vulnerable one apart and not knowing how to diminish their power. Many of us have had a similarly indelible experience of bullying—of being predator or prey, of taking or failing to take a side, or being humiliated or ostracized or worse. We’re deeply affected by these encounters. They helped make us who we are, and the visceral memories and feelings stay with us, giving us a window we can actually see through, one that takes us right back to our childhood selves. We’re still trying to understand what happened to us and why, and what lessons we should draw from it all, about ourselves and about other people. And so a central question in my book is: Why does this particular aspect of growing up affect us so deeply?

This problem has particular urgency right now because it isn’t just confined to schools anymore—it’s on our computer screens and cell phones for all to see. With the constant connectivity of these devices, bullying has started to feel omnipresent, inescapable. This makes it more lasting, more visible, more viral. The consequences have infinitely expanded. Understandably, parents are more concerned.

Luckily, the heightened awareness of bullying has shined a spotlight on kids who are in need of protection from cruelty—because they’re gay, for example, or Muslim, or overweight. It has prompted a growing number of parents to talk to kids about the online risks posed not only by adult strangers but also by their classmates as well.

At some schools, the push to prevent bullying has intersected with the recognition that kids need to be taught how to treat each other right, and even how to empathize, and that taking this on is a community-wide project with academic as well as social benefits. It used to be that “safe schools” meant schools without guns and knives.

Today parents, and school officials, too, equate safety with their children’s emotional well-being.

All of this has the potential to fuel the kind of sustained and transformative effort to reduce bullying that has previously fallen short in the United States—if, that is, we do it wisely and well. In hopes of helping to make that happen, I lay out some of the smartest ideas in Sticks and Stones. I hope it proves useful to you.

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I’D LIkE To APoLoGIzE To EvERY TEACHER I EvER HAD

my Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

by Tony Danza

Tony Danza will present the Random House Teacher Awards for Literacy at the 2013 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Meeting on November 22nd. For more information, go to: www.randomhouse.com/teacherawards

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen, and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenthgrade English at Northeast High—Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3,600 students. Entering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2010, Danza found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. They cared nothing about “Mr. Danza’s” showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the hot seat.

Featuring indelible portraits of students and teachers alike, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had reveals just how hard it is to keep today’s technologically savvy—and often alienated—students engaged, how impressively committed most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher’s day, given the psychological burdens many students carry. The book also makes vivid how a modern high school works, showing Danza in a myriad of roles—from lecturing on To Kill a Mockingbird to “coaching” the football team to organizing a talent show to leading farflung field trips to hosting teacher gripe sessions.

A surprisingly poignant account, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hardwon wisdom and feel-good tears.

About the author TONY DANZA, before he grew up and starred on Broadway and in such classic TV series as Taxi and Who’s the Boss?, was a “discipline problem” at Long Island’s Malverne High School, for which he is deeply apologetic. These days, he divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles. © Deborah Wald

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“It takes a lot of courage to stand in front of a group of teens and proclaim yourself their teacher. It takes even more to be a good one—someone who sees each student as an individual with a unique life story. Tony Danza put himself forward to teach children and learn from them, knowing that the more he really understood these kids the better teacher he could be for them. We easily forget how truly difficult it is to be a transformational teacher and in these pages you can see that’s what he became.”

—ROSALIND WISEMAN, AUTHOR OF QUEEN BEES WANNABEES AND MASTERMINDS AND WINGMEN

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“A witty, self-deprecating, and charming account of how being a teacher extends far beyond the four walls of a classroom.

From sweating through his shirt to harboring adoption fantasies, Tony Danza depicts his brutally and beautifully real experience as a first-year high-school teacher. With humor and honesty, he highlights the emotional toll of teaching and describes how one of the most important careers in America is still one of the most unappreciated.”

—ERIN GRUWELL , AUTHOR OF THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY

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Dear Teachers, ere is my little note of encouragement as you are either returning to yet another school year or beginning your teaching career. I wish you all the best year of your students’ lives—I know that’s what you all wish for. The truth is, though, that this is a tough time for teachers and it’s gotten tougher since I taught for one year at Northeast High in Philadelphia in 2010. I’m back there often and I was just there for commencement where six hundred kids graduated. The day was electric! That’s the good news. The bad news is that, the night before, there was a retirement party for thirty-four of the school’s teachers. Their overriding reason for leaving was the contract they’d been offered by the district. Being a teacher was never about getting rich, but the continuing pay cuts and further givebacks proved to be a tipping point for them. It’s too bad that teachers, after years of service, are forced to decide when to leave based on any issue other than that they are ready to stop doing what they love. No reflection on a job and career done well, just a pragmatic decision about money. To many teachers, this is the final indignity.

There were tears.

But this is supposed to be an uplifting message to coincide with your return to school and the release of the paperback version of my book, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had, and I want to be as encouraging as possible. However, I also want people to know about the obstacles teachers face—and attempt to overcome—every day in schools all over the country. Teachers today have to be so many things to their students—not only an instructor, but also sometimes mother, father, sister, brother, best friend, social worker, and therapist. They have to teach morals, values, self-control, and the curriculum, all in forty-five minutes. They have to try to counteract a culture that undermines not only education, but also childhood itself. I would tell my tenth graders that hard work and good behavior would pay off. Then they would go home and watch Jersey Shore, come back to class, and tell me, “No, Mr. Danza. There’s another way.”

In spite of all that and more, teachers will continue to do their best with their students, and we all should be grateful for their commitment. I know I am. There is no more important job than the one you have, shaping our youth and insuring the continuation of our society. So, teachers, have that great year! Have many moments when your lessons sing and you see your children’s eyes light up. When something you teach resonates with them, congratulate yourself every time one of your students references that lesson. May the unmotivated student become a hard worker and parents show up for your conferences. May professional development be interesting and fun, and administrators be understanding and have a little extra money for special projects. May the country wake up and realize that we need to educate all of our children and how important our teachers are to the future of our country.

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mASTERmINDS & WINGmEN

Helping our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World

by Rosalind Wiseman

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In this essential book by the acclaimed author of Queen Bees & Wannabes, Rosalind Wiseman explains the way boys think to show parents, educators, and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges.

Queen Bees & Wannabes, the groundbreaking book and the basis of the film Mean Girls, upended assumptions about how teenage girls relate to one another. But lost in the attention was an equally important and vulnerable group: boys. Less prone to talk about their feelings, stereotyped as settling every dispute with a fistfight, boys face social issues that have long been ignored as an important key to understanding their behavior. Hence, Wiseman worked collaboratively for two years with middle-school and highschool boys to show the emotional terrain they inhabit. What she learned is critically important for any parent to know. Boys feel pain and need support, just as much as girls—but they’re far more likely to hide their feelings, claim everything is “fine” and believe that adult involvement will only make their lives worse. Their cliques and social hierarchies, dominated by mastermind ringleaders and adjutant wingmen, exert as powerful an influence as “queen-bee factions,” but they can be even more difficult for parents to see, let alone decipher.

This book explains how parents can recognize what their son is dealing with and break through communication barriers to provide the critical support a boy needs to succeed and to develop a positive, authentic, and strong sense of self.

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“This book is a gem. Rosalind Wiseman offers readers deep, nuanced, up-tothe-minute insight into today’s boy. She explains how and why boys, in so many areas, make it easy for parents and educators to miss out on their suffering and their strength. Most important, she shows how to reach out and lift boys up without getting on their nerves.”

—WENDY MOGEL , PH.D., AUTHOR OF THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED K NEE

About the author ROSALIND WISEMAN is an internationally recognized expert on children, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership, and the New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees & Wannabes and Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads. www.rosalindwiseman.com

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Boys are so much easier than girls. There’s no drama.

Boys just punch it out and it’s over.

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leven years ago when I published Queen Bees & Wannabes, a huge amount of attention was placed on girls and their social dynamics. But in all the years I’ve worked with boys and girls, I knew that boys struggled with many of the same challenges girls did—we were just having a really hard time seeing it. As the years passed I grew increasingly concerned, as I saw many boys adopt an appearance of detachment from their most meaningful relationships, their future academic or professional success, and any desire to make the world a better place. In the words of Will, age 20: In my AP classes, I was always one of five guys. The same five guys in a classroom of girls. I had plenty of guy friends who could have taken those classes but they didn’t want to do it. They’d rather be the best among the mediocre. Really my friends would rather look stupid.

Two years ago, I decided to pull back the curtain on Boy World—a place I knew was much more complex than most people believe.

The first step was to recruit hundreds of boys to serve as editors. Together, we created a new language and analytical framework to understand the power of boys’ social hierarchies and how they influence their decision-making and emotional well-being.

The result of our work is Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World. In sharp contrast to the stereotype of boys not liking to read or share their personal lives, boys diligently worked with me to show you what’s behind the Boy World curtain and to give you the insight you need to have the best relationship possible with the boys in your life.

No longer can we assume boys are easy because they keep quiet. As a mom of two boys, I know how hard it can be to break through the wall of a boy’s silence. I know how easy it is to misunderstand what’s going on in their lives, draw the wrong conclusions, and push boys away. We owe it to our boys to do better. We owe it to the girls who are growing up with our boys to do better. Masterminds & Wingmen is a call to action to change the way we talk to and about boys so that we can help them navigate adolescence to become the men they want to be, and men we can be proud of.

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QUEEN BEES & WANNABES : Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World

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QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with the indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Drawing on cutting-edge research on the biology and psychology of temperament, Susan Cain charts the rise of “the extrovert ideal” over the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects—how it helps to determine everything from how parishioners worship to who excels at Harvard Business School. This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

About the author SUSAN CAIN is a writer whose articles on introversion and shyness have appeared in the New York Times; The Atlantic; on Time.com; and on PsychologyToday.com. Her 2012 Ted Talk has been viewed more than 5 million times. Cain graduated with honors from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. For Cain’s TED Talk go to: http://tinyurl.com/75fgpyt

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—ROSABETH MOSS K ANTER , H ARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSOR ; AUTHOR OF CONFIDENCE AND SUPERCORP

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THE SPARk: A mother’s ther’s Story of Nurturing Genius

by Kristine Barnett

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Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. But the story of Kristine’s journey with Jake is all the more remarkable because his extraordinary mind was almost lost to autism. At age 2, when Jake was diagnosed, Kristine was told he might never be able to tie his own shoes.

Surrounded by specialists who tried to focus on Jake’s most basic skills and curtail his distracting interests, Jake made no progress, becoming withdrawn. Kristine decided to pull Jake out of special ed, and began preparing him for mainstream kindergarten on her own. This memoir is ultimately about the power of love and courage in the face of overwhelming obstacles, and is sure to add to the national conversation about autism.

About the author KRISTINE BARNETT runs a daycare that includes both typical and special-needs children. She is also the founder of Jacob’s Place, a nonprofit organization designed to help children with autism, as well as an awardwinning sports league for autistic children.

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“This eloquent memoir about an extraordinary boy and a resilient and remarkable mother will be of interest to every parent and/or educator hoping to nurture a child’s authentic ‘spark.’”

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SCHOOLS THAT LEARN (Updated and Revised): A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education

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COMBAT FAT FOR KIDS: The Complete Plan for Family Fitness, Nutrition, and Health

by James Villepigue and Jo Brielyn Foreword by Stuart Fischer, M.D. Hatherleigh Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-57826-396-7 208pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-57826-458-2 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

THE HEAVY: A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, A DIET: A Memoir

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TELL THE WoLvES I’m HomE A Novel

by Carol Rifka Brunt

Dial Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8285-5 ★ 384pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Winner of the Alex Award

An emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again.

1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood 14-yearold June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life. At the funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail containing a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and that this unexpected friend just might be the one she needs the most.

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“[A] striking first outing . . . Brunt weaves a terrific coming-of-age story, painting a vibrant picture of June’s dreams and insecurities as she teeters on the border between childhood and maturity.”

—THE ONION A.V. CLUB

“[A] beautiful novel of love and loss . . . accessible, sensitively told, and heartbreaking.”

—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

“Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a charming, sure-handed, and deeply sympathetic debut. Brunt writes about family, adolescence, and the human heart with great candor, insight, and pathos.”

—JONATHAN EVISON, AUTHOR OF WEST OF HERE

Universal Themes: Coming of Age Companion Titles: Great Expectations, To kill a mockingbird

About the author CAROL RIFKA BRUNT’s, work has appeared in several literary journals, including North American Review and The Sun. In 2006, she was one of three fiction writers who received the New Writing Ventures Award and, in 2007, she received a generous Arts Council grant to write Tell the Wolves I’m Home, her first novel. Originally from New York, she currently lives in England with her husband and three children.

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ere’s a secret: When I first started Tell the Wolves I’m Home I had no idea whether it would turn out to be an adult or a YA book.

“Tell the story you need to tell and worry about the rest later.” That was the advice everyone gave me.

Good, I thought. I like worrying about things later.

So I forged ahead and pounded out a solid first draft. I told a story of a shy, socially-awkward, teenager in 1987 and her love for her dying uncle and her secret friendship with the man he loved. I told a story of AIDS and shame and things we hide from other people. Mostly, though, I told a story about love. Looking back, I think that first draft could have made a pretty decent YA novel. It was half the length of the published version and it was a more streamlined unlikely friendship story. Still, it seemed like there was more to say. I kept working and reworking and by the time I’d redrafted several more times I found that I’d added 60,000 more words and several extra layers to the story. At that point I was sure it was no longer really YA, but rather an adult novel with a teen narrator. My agent agreed and Random House published it as adult literary fiction.

That was the end of it. Genre questions put to rest. So I thought, anyway. Until the day someone told me I’d written a historical novel. I’d pondered YA or adult, but historical? No way.

“Um, I don’t think so,” I said. June, my narrator, is 14 in 1987, three years younger than I would have been. The book is set during my teenage years. I am not historical!

The someone in question gave a slow, but certain nod. “1987 was 26 years ago. History.”

I felt myself blushing. Could I really have been so unaware of my own and my book’s status? Was it time for me to start wearing slacks and a nice practical blazer? What did this mean?

I didn’t really know and so I just told myself it wasn’t true. I hadn’t written a historical novel at all. It was still in the realms of the contemporary and that was that. That’s what I was going to believe.

Then I started getting letters from readers. Letters from people my age who shared their memories of fear and confusion during that time, of losing fathers and uncles. There were letters from people older than me, men and women who lost many good friends in the ’80s and ’90s. Those letters broke my heart, but it was the ones from younger readers, readers in their teens and early 20s that finally made me understand what historical meant. It was those readers who wrote to tell me that they couldn’t believe that there was a time when AIDS was perceived with so much panic and misunderstanding. That they couldn’t believe people could have been so inhumane. Really? You really don’t know about that? Until those letters came to me I really thought everybody remembered.

But they didn’t. Their memories—the stuff that will be their history in the future—is made of strides forward in gay rights. 2012 was a landmark year in gay rights history. The leaps forward have been astounding. Gay marriage wasn’t even in the universe of things worth dreaming about in the ’80s. It just didn’t seem possible. But now here we are. All of us.

Many amazing and wonderful things have happened for Tell the Wolves I’m Home. It’s become a New York Times bestseller and was on many “best of the year” lists. I’m thrilled about all of that, but the most exciting thing of all was having my novel honored with an ALA Alex Award for adult books with special appeal to teens. YA. Adult. In the end it didn’t matter after all. It’s a story that can be shared across the generations.

A bridge between what is now and what we still need to remember. A marker of how far we’ve come.

The most common thing that readers tell me when they take the time to get in touch is this: After reading your book I felt like I wanted to be kinder to the people I love. And that’s the best reason I can think of for why Tell the Wolves I’m Home would make a terrific common read for your students.

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THE AGE oF mIRACLES A Novel

by Karen Thompson Walker

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8294-7 304pp. ★ $15.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-97069-5 ★ $35.00/NCR Audio DL: 978-0-307-97070-1 ★ $20.00/NCR BOT CD: 978-0-307-97071-8 ★ $35.00/NCR BOT DL: 978-0-307-97072-5 ★ $76.00/NCR EB: 978-0-679-64438-5 ★ $11.99/NCR Reading Level: 6

Spellbinding, haunting, The Age of Miracles is a beautiful novel of catastrophe and survival, growth and change, the story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in an extraordinary time. On an ordinary Saturday, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer, gravity is affected, the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world of danger and loss, Julia faces surprising developments in herself, and her personal world—divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the vulnerability of first love, a sense of isolation, and a rebellious new strength.

With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world.

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Universal Themes: Coming of Age, Survival Companion Titles: The Diary of Anne Frank, Alas, Babylon

About the author KAREN THOMPSON WALKER is the author of The Age of Miracles, which was a New York Times bestseller and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. She was born and raised in San Diego and is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she wrote The Age of Miracles in the mornings before work—sometimes while riding the subway.

She currently lives in Iowa with her husband.

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“A genuinely moving tale that mixes the real and surreal, the ordinary and the extraordinary, with impressive fluency and flair.”

—MICHIKO K AKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Walker creates lovely, low-key scenes to dramatize her premise. . . . The spirit of Ray Bradbury hovers in the mixture of the portentous and quotidian.”

—THE NEW YORKER

“Beautiful and frightening. . . . Against an apocalyptic backdrop, Karen Thompson Walker sets the coming-of-age story of brave, bewildered Julia, who wonders at the ‘malleable rhythms’ of the increasingly erratic adults around her. Like master fabulists Steven Millhauser and Kevin Brockmeier, Karen Thompson Walker takes a fantastic premise and makes it feel thrillingly real. In precise, poetic language, she floods the California suburbs with shadows and a doomsday glow, and in this altered light shows us amazing things about how one family responds to a stunningly imagined global crisis.”

—K AREN RUSSELL , AUTHOR OF SWAMPLANDIA !

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he Age of Miracles, my first novel, is the story of a young girl and her family who wake one morning to some astonishing news: the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow.

In the year since it was published, I’ve had the good fortune to travel all over the country— and the world—to meet with readers of all ages at libraries, bookstores, book festivals, and, best of all, schools.

People have asked me all kinds of questions, but certain ones come up again and again, no matter the age of the audience. Some are easy to answer, like these: • How did I get the idea? (Back in 2004, the speed of the rotation of the earth really did change by a slight margin following the earthquake that caused the tsunami in Indonesia, and I began to wonder right away what would happen if a much larger shift occurred.)

• How much scientific research did I do? (A lot, some on my own and some with the help of a very generous astrophysicist, who worked with me to make the science seem as real as possible.)

• Is there going to be a movie? (Yes! Film rights have been optioned, and Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke has been hired to direct it.)

Other questions are harder to answer, like this one: Did I write this book for adults or for young adults?

I’ve been asked this question almost everywhere I’ve been, from Australia to Poland to Kansas. Although she narrates the story from adulthood, the main character, Julia, is an 11-year-old girl, and the book is tightly focused on the highs and lows of adolescence—all that love and sadness—and many readers feel it appeals to both audiences. (In France, my publisher even produced two editions with identical texts but different covers, one marketed to adults, the other to teenagers.)

As for me, I just wrote this book for a reader like me. Ever since I was a teenager, my favorite books have been the ones that combine gripping stories with stylish and insightful writing. That’s the kind of book I aspired to write, and it has been hugely satisfying to learn that teenagers as well as adults are responding to it. The Age of Miracles is a story about growing up in a time of profound uncertainty, something that can apply to all readers.

One thing readers of all ages have mentioned is that the book makes them think. I didn’t really set out to write a book about climate change, but I wrote it during a time when we could no longer afford to ignore the very real damage we’re doing to our planet, and the book is partly a love letter to our natural world, in all its beauty and fragility. I’m proud that The Age of Miracles has been chosen as a common read for incoming freshman at several colleges, one of which was specifically searching for a book that addressed environmental issues.

Lastly, please know that I love visiting schools and am always more than happy to speak to students, whether in person or via Skype.

Thank you so much for considering the book for your students.

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HoLLoW CITY

The Second Novel of miss Peregrine’s Children

by Ransom Riggs

Quirk Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-59474-612-3 ★ 352pp. $17.99/$19.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00 EB: 978-1-59474-620-8 ★ $17.99/$19.99 Can. Reading Level: 10

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was a surprise bestseller—an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it “an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.”

This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of strange animals, and other unexpected surprises.

Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.

PRAISE FOR MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN :

“A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story.”

—JOHN GREEN, AUTHOR OF LOOKING FOR ALASKA AND THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

“Readers searching for the next Harry Potter may want to visit Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”

—CNN

“Readers will find this book unique and intriguing.”

—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

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About the author ALSO BY THE AUTHOR:

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Reading Level: 10

RANSOM RIGGS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. He is also the author of Talking Pictures and The Sherlock Holmes Handbook. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and lives in Los Angeles. www.ransomriggs.com

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torytelling began with pictures. We find ancient ones painted on cave walls and carved into rocks. The most treasured books of yesteryear were “illuminated” with illustrated designs throughout their text and margins. Since childhood, my imagination has been fired by photography, so when it came to writing my first novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, it only seemed natural that I would include photographs along with my words. They weren’t photos I took or created in Photoshop, but real snapshots that I found, in flea markets and in the attics of collectors—most of them old family photos that had been abandoned and orphaned, much like the children in my story. I felt like I was in some sense rescuing the photos and giving them a new life through the story I was telling—even if that story was fiction, and had little to do with who the people in the photos might’ve actually been. (I’m sure, for instance, that my photo of a skinny boy lifting a giant boulder wasn’t actually a photo of a supernaturally strong kid, but that the rock was made of foam, or something—but there’s no way of knowing for sure!)

Because I didn’t know the real stories behind my photos, I had to make up new, fantastical ones. Fantastical because the story of Miss Peregrine is partly fantasy, about a boy who stumbles upon a Welsh home for children who can do very peculiar things, like make fire with their bare hands and levitate. And yet, despite these elements, Miss Peregrine has one foot planted in reality, too. The photographs help reinforce that.

Whenever the story seems about to veer into pure fantasy, a photograph comes along, and the reader sees some of the bizarre things they’ve just been reading about with their own eyes. (You believe your eyes, don’t you?) So the pictures do double-duty: they make it easier to suspend your natural disbelief in the more fantastical parts of the story, and they help to root the story in history. Because Miss Peregrine is part historical fiction, too. My protagonist’s grandfather was a Holocaust survivor, something that’s very much at the heart of the story (though that subplot doesn’t take up many pages).

World War II looms around every corner in the book. The children live in a time loop that keeps them locked in September 3rd, 1940, and outside that loop is a war-torn world of enemy bombers and submarines and the looming menace of Nazi Germany.

Real photos from that period, of warplanes haunting the sky or soldiers posing with unexploded bombs, are peppered throughout the book.

In Hollow City, my follow-up to Miss Peregrine, the children are cast out into that war-torn world. In order to save Miss Peregrine, they must make their way to London, where the infamous Blitz is turning the city into a smoking ruin. (A hollowed city, as it were.) Along the way the children are hounded by monsters, discover more loops, meet strange new peculiar children, and fall in with a menagerie of peculiar animals, but all this fantasy—and the disintegration of their peculiar world—are connected to the disintegration of the real world, as it played out in history. I’m not interested in fantasy for fantasy’s sake—I like my fantasy to ask questions about the real world, the world you and I live in. If I’ve been successful, Hollow City not only engages with some of the most fascinating chapters of twentieth-century history, but it also asks important questions about what it means to be good, about the nature of family, and about the difficult choices we face when our dreams don’t quite measure up to reality. But above all, I hope you and your students have as much fun reading it as I had writing it.

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SERIES FICTION

The Flavia de Luce series

by Alan Bradley

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octor Who is a time-traveling, planet-hopping alien who explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Together with his companions, the Doctor works to save civilizations, help the innocent, and right wrongs across the galaxies. Tying in to the smash-hit BBC show now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary—featuring Matt Smith in his role as the Eleventh Doctor—this new series is a good fit for reluctant and YA readers.

Reading Level for all: 7

DOCTOR WHO: PLAGUE OF THE CYBERMEN

by Justin Richards

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hen the Doctor arrives in the nineteenthcentury village of Klimtenburg, he discovers the residents suffering from a plague that forces its victims to leave their graves.

The Doctor is confident he knows what’s really happening—until some of his oldest and most terrible enemies start to awaken.

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34676-4 ★ 256pp. $9.99/$11.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-385-34677-1 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

DOCTOR WHO: SHROUD OF SORROW

by Tommy Donbavand

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t is the day after John F. Kennedy’s assassination—and the faces of the dead are everywhere. Then the faces begin to talk, and scream . . . and push through into our world.

As the alien Shroud begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning, can the Doctor dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind?

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34678-8 ★ 256pp. $9.99/$11.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-385-34679-5 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

DOCTOR WHO: THE DALEK GENERATION

by Nicholas Briggs

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hen the Doctor arrives at a planet where apparently the Daleks are a force for good, he’s immediately convinced that his old enemies have a sinister plan. But how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation?

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34674-0 ★ 256pp. $9.99/$11.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-385-34675-7 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

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charming mystery series about an eleven-year-old girl with a passion for poison.

Reading Level for all: 7

THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE FIRST IN THE SERIES Bantam ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34349-7 ★ 416pp. $15.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-91420-0 ★ $19.99/$22.99 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-7393-8431-2 ★ $17.50/$21.00 Can. BOT CD: 978-1-4159-6448-4 ★ $50.00/$57.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-1-4159-6449-1 ★ $76.00/$89.00 Can. EB: 978-0-440-33846-8 ★ $7.99/NCR

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THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES Do not order before 1/14/2014.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS

by Ian Doescher “Doescher’s pseudo-Shakespearean language is absolutely dead-on; this is one of the best-written Shakespeare parodies created for this audience and it is absolutely laugh-out-loud funny for those familiar with both The Bard and Star Wars.”

—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

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his new YA mystery weaves bittersweet first love into Cold War espionage, the burgeoning Russian mafia, and the lives of immigrants who are always under suspicion.

Soho Teen ★ HC ★ 978-1-61695-263-1 ★ 288pp. $17.99/$17.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00

Audio DL: 978-0-8041-9179-1 ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-8041-9180-7 ★ $38.00/$45.00 Can. Reading Level: 8

EB: 978-1-61695-264-8 ★ $17.99/$17.99 Can. Reading Level: 10

TALES FROM LOVECRAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL #4: SUBSTITUTE CREATURE

WHAT WE LOST IN THE DARK

by Charles Gilman

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

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uring a snowstorm, Robert Arthur and his friends find themselves marooned inside Lovecraft Middle School. The kids have no choice but to spend the night— and end up facing off against a mysterious substitute teacher who may have a sinister secret.

Quirk Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-59474-640-6 ★ 176pp. $13.99/$14.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $7.00

OHO TEEN publishes a select list of YA mysteries and thrillers by international bestsellers, award winners, and debut novelists. Their titles include the paranormal and dystopian, the humorous and realistic, the tragic and uplifting—whatever serves a great story best.

DANCER, DAUGHTER, TRAITOR, SPY

Quirk Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-59474-637-6 ★ 176pp. $14.95/$15.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $7.50

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eventeen-year-old Allie Kim finds herself framed for an attack on the very predator responsible for her best friend’s death. Allie is innocent. But who did attack him? And how can she ever be safe while he is still free?

Reading Level: 5

EB: 978-1-59474-659-8 ★ $13.99/$14.99 Can.

Do not order before 12/17/2013.

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Reading Level: 9

WHO DONE IT?

NICK AND TESLA’S HIGH-VOLTAGE DANGER LAB : A Novel with

by Jon Scieszka

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ho Done It? is a star-studded anthology with a devilish hook, whose proceeds benefit 826nyc, the literacy nonprofit founded

by Dave Eggers.

“Filled with in-jokes and carried to ridiculous extremes by a mammoth stable of YA and children’s authors. . . . Clever.” —K IRKUS R EVIEWS

Electromagnets, Burglar Alarms, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself

by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

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ick and Tesla are bright eleven-yearold siblings with a knack for science, electronics, and getting into trouble. When their parents mysteriously vanish, they’re sent to live with their Uncle Newt, a brilliant inventor, and it’s not long before they are embarking on adventures of their own.

Reading Level: 4

Quirk Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-59474-648-2 ★ 240pp. $12.95/$13.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $6.50

Soho Teen ★ HC ★ 978-1-61695-152-8 ★ 373pp. $17.99/$17.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00 EB: 978-1-61695-153-5 ★ $17.99/$17.99 Can.

Reading Level: 7

RELIC : The Books of Eva 1

by Heather Terrell Illustrated by Ricardo Cortés

EB: 978-1-5947-4662-8 ★ $12.95/$13.95 Can.

NICK AND TESLA’S ROBOT ARMY RAMPAGE : A Mystery with Hoverbots,

“Adult author Terrell, in her first book for teens, weaves fresh complexity into vampire and angel lore . . . with a smart, thoughtful, and resourceful heroine. —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Bristle Bots, and Other Robots You Can Build Yourself

by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

Soho Teen ★ HC ★ 978-1-61695-196-2 ★ 288pp. $17.99/$17.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00

Do not order before 2/4/2014.

Quirk Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-59474-649-9 ★ 240pp. $12.95/$13.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $6.50

EB: 978-1-61695-197-9 ★ $17.99/$17.99 Can. Reading Level: 9

EB: 978-1-59474-663-5 ★ $12.95/$13.95 Can. Reading Level: 4

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SERIES FICTION

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TRANGE CHEMISTRY is a global imprint dedicated to the best in modern YA science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, and everything in between.

Reading Level for all: 9

THE WOKEN GODS

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YR® is a science fiction and fantasy imprint from PROMETHEUS BOOKS, a leader in publishing books for the scientific, professional, library, educational, popular, and consumer markets.

EARTH GIRL

by Gwenda Bond

by Janet Edwards

hen 17-year-old Kyra Locke discovers her father has disappeared along with a powerful relic, she has to match wits with gods, politicians, and her paranoid exboyfriend to get the relic back before the impending summer solstice.

Pyr ★ HC ★ 978-1-61614-765-5 ★ 350pp. $17.95/$19.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00

Strange Chemistry ★ TR ★ 978-1-908844-25-5 320pp. ★ $9.99/$10.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-1-61614-766-2 ★ $11.99/$11.99 Can. Reading Level: 9

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“Action, rich archaeological detail and respectfully levelheaded disability portrayal, refreshingly free from symbolism and magical cures, make this stand out.” —K IRKUS R EVIEWS (STARRED)

EB: 978-1-908844-26-2 ★ $6.99/$6.99 Can.

INTO THE WILDERNESS PLAYING TYLER

by T L Costa “Costa updates War Games for the 21st century, asking teens to consider the ethics of private contractors, drone warfare, and collateral damage.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Strange Chemistry ★ TR ★ 978-1-908844-61-3 304pp. ★ $9.99/$10.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-908844-62-0 ★ $6.99/$6.99 Can.

by Mandy Hager

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ward-caliber social science fiction with a strong message about race and the abuse of religious faith by those in power.

“Like 1984 for teenagers—direct, passionate, and powerful.” —M ARGARET M AHY, AUTHOR OF A LION IN THE MEADOW Do not order before 1/7/2014.

Pyr ★ HC ★ 978-1-61614-863-8 ★ 300pp. $17.99/$19.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00 EB: 978-1-61614-864-5 ★ $11.99/$11.99 Can.

BROKEN

by A.E. Rought “A true Gothic romance, deliciously written in a modern setting. Death, kissing, and a smoking hot mystery boy: what more could you ask for?”

—A MY PLUM, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING DIE FOR ME AND UNTIL I DIE

CONTAGION

by Tim Lebbon

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ack and his friends are in a race against time to save the remaining inhabitants of a postapocalyptic London from a nuclear bomb.

Strange Chemistry ★ TR ★ 978-1-908844-31-6 320pp. ★ $9.99/$10.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Pyr ★ HC ★ 978-1-61614-821-8 ★ 210pp. $17.99/$19.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00

EB: 978-1-908844-32-3 ★ $6.99/$6.99 Can.

EB: 978-1-61614-822-5 ★ $11.99/$11.99 Can. Reading Level: 9

EMILIE AND THE HOLLOW WORLD

by Martha Wells

LOST COVENANT

hile running away from home, Emilie’s plans to stow away on the steamship Merry Bell and reach her cousin in the big city go awry, landing her on the wrong ship and at the beginning of a fantastic adventure.

A Widdershins Adventure

by Ari Marmell

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Strange Chemistry ★ TR ★ 978-1-908844-49-1 304pp. ★ $9.99/$10.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-908844-50-7 ★ $6.99/$6.99 Can.

“One of the freshest, darkest, funniest, and best sword and sorcery series being written today and should appeal to readers of all ages.”

—ADVENTURES FANTASTIC Pyr ★ HC ★ 978-1-61614-811-9 ★ 250pp. $17.99/$19.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $9.00 EB: 978-1-61614-812-6 ★ $11.99/$11.99 Can. Reading Level: 10

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Reading Level: 9

GRAPHIC NOVELS

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RCHIE COMICS is one of the most popular, longest running brands in the history of the comic book industry and has created characters whose popularity has branched out into other media and who have become part of popular culture.

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stablished in 1938, DC COMICS is home to the “World’s Greatest Super Heroes”—Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and other internationally recognized icons that continue to thrill generation after generation.

JOE THE BARBARIAN

ARCHIE MEETS GLEE

by Grant Morrison Illustrated by Sean Murphy

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Illustrated by Dan Parent

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n ordinary story about families and about the house where a family lives, transformed into myth and a source of redemption by the imagination of a troubled kid.

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rchie and his friends are transported to McKinley High School, where they meet the lead characters of Fox’s hit TV show Glee.

When Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of the Riverdale gang meet Rachel, Finn, Artie, Kurt, and the whole New Directions Glee Club, that’s when all the fun starts.

Archie Comics ★ TR ★ 978-1-936975-45-7 ★ 112pp. $12.99/$14.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Vertigo ★ TR ★ 978-1-4012-3747-9 ★ 224pp. $19.99/$23.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 10

Reading Level: 5

WE3

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH:

by Grant Morrison Illustrated by Frank Quitely

The Magic Within Written and illustrated by Tania del Rio

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riter Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely deliver the emotional journey of WE3—three house pets weaponized for lethal combat by the government—as they search for “home” and ward off the shadowy agency who created them.

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abrina Spellman is your average teenager by day, attending Greendale High where her major crush, Harvey, plays for the school basketball team. But by night, Sabrina enters the Magical Realm, where she hones her witchcraft and attends Charm School with the handsome and mysterious Shinji.

Archie Comics ★ TR ★ 978-1-936975-39-6 ★ 256pp. $10.99/$11.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Vertigo ★ TR ★ 978-1-4012-4302-9 ★ 144pp. $14.99/$17.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 5

KEVIN KELLER: Drive Me Crazy

SUPERMAN: Earth One

by J. Michael Straczynski Illustrated by Shane Davis

Written and illustrated by Dan Parent

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evin has gone from the new kid in town to one of the most well-known and popular students in the school! Struggling to stay on top of his new duties while trying to find time for a social life, Kevin deals with the mishaps and mayhem that have always been a staple of high school life in Riverdale.

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. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5, joins forces with rising star artist Shane Davis to create this original graphic novel that gives new insight into Clark Kent’s transformation into Superman and his first year as The Man of Steel.

DC Comics ★ TR ★ 978-1-4012-2469-1 ★ 136pp. $12.99/$12.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Archie Comics ★ TR ★ 978-1-936975-58-7 ★ 104pp. $11.99/$12.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 9

Reading Level: 7

JINX: Little Miss Steps

SUPERMAN: Earth One, Volume 2

by J. Torres Illustrated by Rick Burchett and Terry Austin

by J. Michael Straczynski Illustrated by Shane Davis

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pring in high school brings a whole new set of challenges for feisty freshman Jinx—more tests, new sports, and anticipation for summer. But more frightening to Jinx than anything else is the dreaded school dance!

oung Clark Kent continues his journey toward becoming the World’s Greatest Super Hero, but finds dealing with humanity to be a bigger challenge than he ever imagined!

DC Comics ★ HC ★ 978-1-4012-3196-5 ★ 136pp. $22.99/$26.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $11.50

Archie Comics ★ TR ★ 978-1-936975-41-9 112pp. $9.99/$10.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 9

Reading Level: 5

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Reading Level: 10

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GRAPHIC NOVELS CHI’S SWEET HOME, VOLUME 10

THE FLOWERS OF EVIL, VOLUME 5

by Konami Kanata

by Shuzo Oshimi

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t has been a long time coming, particularly in the life of a kitten, but Chi is now painfully close to finally being reunited with her feline family. But there are things that still stand in her way. The most complicated of which is whether the Yamadas will be able to part with their youngest family member.

Vertical ★ TR ★ 978-1-935654-69-8 ★ 160pp. $13.95/$16.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

“Oshimi uses surreal imagery . . . to suggest that Kasuga’s normal teenage discomfort with sexual feelings has become something more powerful and destructive: shame. . . . That said, The Flowers of Evil is a shockingly readable story that . . . evokes the fear and confusion of discovering one’s own sexuality. Recommended.” —THE MANGA CRITIC Reading Level: 5

by Osamu Tezuka

A Graphic Novel

by Louis L’Amour, Beau L’Amour, and Kathy Nolan Adapted by Charles Santino Illustrated by Thomas Yeates

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he first graphic novel adaptation of the work of master storyteller Louis L’Amour is a dynamic tale of the Old West that explores the borderlands of loyalty and betrayal with the emotional grittiness of a noir thriller.

Reading Level: 7 Bantam ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-52812-4 ★ 160pp. $25.00/$28.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50

rince Daisy and Princess Violetta are the twin son and daughter of Queen and King Sapphire and Frantz. After Prince Daisy is kidnapped, Princess Violetta must pretend to be not only herself, but her brother as well, and at the same time attempt to find the whereabouts of her missing brother.

Vertical ★ TR ★ 978-1-939130-01-3 ★ 320pp. $13.95/$15.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

UGLIES: CUTTERS

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xperience the riveting, dystopian Uglies series seen as never before—through the eyes of Shay, Tally Youngblood’s closest and bravest friend, who refuses to take anything about society at face value.

REGULAR EDITION AVAILABLE:

Bantam ★ MM ★ 978-0-553-24133-4 ★ 256pp. $5.99/$6.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio DL: 978-0-7393-6536-6 ★ $7.50/$8.95 Can. BOT DL: 978-1-4159-5645-8 ★ $17.10/$17.30 Can.

Del Rey ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52723-3 ★ 176pp. $10.99/$12.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-0-553-89937-5 ★ $5.99/$6.99 Can.

EB: 978-0-345-53530-6 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can. www.louislamour.com

GREEK MYTHOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS

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his book presents the pantheon—that immortal collection of rogues and heroes, misfits and tyrants—and the stories about these deities and their dealings with the mortals.

It delves into their undying influence on our thought and culture, and how every age has been enlightened, informed, and inspired by these tales.

For Beginners ★ TR ★ 978-1-934389-83-6 ★ 208pp. $16.99/$19.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-934389-84-3 ★ $16.99/$19.99 Can.

Reading Level: 8

BEN FRANKLIN FOR BEGINNERS

FIGHT THE POWER! A Visual History of

“Throughout human history, social change has never been doled out by those very few that hold power, but taken by the collective with a common need for justice. . . . Fight the Power harnesses a chunk of this history and graphically illuminates it with humor and eloquence.” —PETER KUPER, Reading Level: 11 CO - FOUNDER , WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED AND ARTIST, WRITER FOR MAD MAGAZINE’S SPY VS SPY Seven Stories Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-60980-492-3 192pp. ★ $19.95/$19.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Written and illustrated by Tim E. Ogline

EB: 978-1-60980-493-0 ★ $19.95/$19.95 Can.

enjamin Franklin narrated, and lived, the Great American Success Story. Here, writer and illustrator Tim E. Ogline tells the story of Franklin’s life and times with wry wit and whimsical drawings.

THE 47 RONIN: A Graphic Novel

by Sean Michael Wilson Illustrated by Akiko Shimojima

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For Beginners ★ TR ★ 978-1-934389-48-5 ★ 176pp. $16.99/$19.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-934389-72-0 ★ $16.99/$19.99 Can. go to: www.forbeginnersbooks.com

Reading Level: 8

graphic novel version of the most dramatic example of bushido—the samurai code— in Japanese history.

“A masterful retelling of one of the greatest stories in Japanese culture. An engrossing, engaging, emotional and unforgettable epic.”—JONATHAN ROSS, BBC TELEVISION PRESENTER

Shambhala ★ TR ★ 978-1-61180-137-8 ★ 160pp. $14.95/$16.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-84908-864-0 ★ $14.95/$16.95 Can.

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Reading Level: 7

Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples

by Sean Michael Wilson & Benjamin Dickson Illustrated by Hunt Emerson, John Spelling & Adam Pasion

Written and illustrated by Joe Lee

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Reading Level: 7

by Scott Westerfeld and Devin Grayson Illustrated by Steven Cummings

EB: 978-0-345-53856-7 ★ $12.99/$14.99 Can.

go to: http://tinyurl.com/mbxvqlp

Reading Level: 9

THE TWIN KNIGHTS

LAW OF THE DESERT BORN

T For more books by Louis L’Amour,

Vertical ★ TR ★ 978-1-935654-70-4 ★ 192pp. $10.95/$11.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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Reading Level: 11

Language Arts FICTION

WORLD WAR Z

An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks

THE SWEETEST DARK

by Shana Abé

“This infectious and compelling book will have nervous readers watching the streets for zombies.

Recommended.” —LIBRARY JOURNAL “Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast. . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.” —DALLAS MORNING NEWS

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aised in a London orphanage, Lora Jones has always known that she’s different: She hears songs that no one else can hear, dreams vividly of smoke and flight, and lives with a mysterious voice inside her that insists she’s far more than what she seems.

Bantam ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-53170-4 ★ 352pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.00

Reading Level: 6

EB: 978-0-345-53171-1 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

www.shanaabe.com

JAWS : A Novel

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-34661-2 ★ 352pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-8041-6573-0 ★ $25.95/$29.95 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-449-80696-8 ★ $20.00/$24.00 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-449-80789-7 ★ 40.00/$46.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-449-80790-3 ★ $85.00/$97.50 Can.

by Peter Benchley

EB: 978-0-307-35193-7 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

First Time in Trade Paperback

MOVIE TIE-IN EDITIONS:

ere is Peter Benchley’s classic suspense novel of shark versus man, which was made into the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie. The Jaws phenomenon changed popular culture and continues to inspire a growing interest in sharks and the oceans today.

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-7704-3741-1 ★ 352pp. $14.95/$17.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-54414-8 ★ 352pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 6

Broadway ★ MM ★ 978-0-7704-3740-4 ★ 432pp. $9.99/$11.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 6 www.maxbrooks.com

Reading Level: 6

RED RISING

EB: 978-0-307-82866-8 ★ $7.99/$7.99 Can.

by Pierce Brown

by George Bishop

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or his fourteenth birthday, Alan receives a telescope from his father, a science teacher awaiting the century’s largest astronomical event: Comet Kohoutek’s arrival. But as Kohoutek nears, the family begins to fall apart. This book relates to the complexities of adolescence and the unfulfilled dreams that divide a family.

Do not order before 1/28/2014.

Del Rey ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-53978-6 ★ 400pp. ★ $25.00/$25.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50

ed Rising is the story of a society in a desolate future, driven by class conflict and shaken by the tremors of an impending revolution. But more than that, it’s the story of Darrow—a secret revolutionary who is inspired not only by a longing for social justice, but also by lost love.

THE NIGHT OF THE COMET: A Novel

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EB: 978-0-345-53979-3 ★ $12.99/$12.99 Can.

Ballantine ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-51600-8 ★ 336pp. ★ $25.00/$28.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 EB: 978-0-345-53879-6 ★ $12.99/$13.99 Can. Read the author’s message to educators at: http://tinyurl.com/nj6u9rm

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www.pierce-brown.com

Reading Level: 6 www.georgebishopjr.com

THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID : A Novel

A HIGHLY UNLIKELY SCENARIO, OR A NEETSA PIZZA EMPLOYEE’S GUIDE TO SAVING THE WORLD : A Novel

by Rachel Cantor

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eonard works for the ruling fast food company Neetsa Pizza, answering calls on the complaint line. It’s a boring job—he’s been told what to say in every possible scenario. Except when someone who says he’s Marco Polo starts calling . . . and what would you say to Marco Polo?

by Shani Boianjiu

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uthor Shani Boianjiu tells the story of three girls who grow up in a small Israeli village, join the Israeli Defense Forces at eighteen, and mature into women as they prepare for the everpresent threat of war.

Do not order before 1/14/2014.

Melville House ★ TR ★ 978-1-61219-264-2 ★ 256pp. $16.95/$16.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Hogarth ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-95597-5 ★ 368pp. ★ $14.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-95596-8 ★ $9.99/NCR

Reading Level: 6

Reading Level: 8

Reading Level: 12

EB: 978-1-61219-265-9 ★ $16.95/$16.95 Can.

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Language Arts READY PLAYER ONE : A Novel

THE FIVE ACTS OF DIEGO LÉON: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

by Alex Espinoza

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Winner of the Alex Award

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eady Player One is a spectacularly genrebusting, ambitious, and charming debut— part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera.

hen Diego is sent to the city to live with his aristocratic grandparents, they insist that he forget his roots and join the family business.

Under pressure to enter a life he cares nothing for, Diego leaves Mexico—and everything he’s ever known—to follow his dreams.

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-88744-3 ★ 384pp. $14.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-91314-2 ★ $40.00/$45.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-91315-9 ★ $22.50/$25.50 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-307-97006-0 ★ $40.00/$45.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-91316-6 ★ $95.00/$108.00 Can. EB: 978-0-307-88745-0 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

Reading Level: 7 www.ernestcline.com

To watch a video of the author speaking to educators,

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6540-0 ★ 320pp. $26.00/$31.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00 EB: 978-0-8129-8463-7 ★ $12.99/$13.99 Can.

A Top Common Reading Title at Schools & Colleges HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET: A Novel

go to: http://tinyurl.com/bs9d989

THE TWELVE (Book Two of

by Jamie Ford

The Passage Trilogy): A Novel

by Justin Cronin

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n the present day, Lila, April, and Kittridge struggle to navigate the man-made apocalypse.

One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on, unaware that the rules have changed.

“Jamie Ford’s first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.” —LISA SEE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN

Ballantine ★ MM ★ 978-0-345-50499-9 624pp. ★ $9.99/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-50534-7 ★ 320pp. $15.00/$18.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Audio CD: 978-0-7393-6652-3 ★ $60.00/$68.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-70204-3 ★ $32.50/$38.50 Can.

Reading Level: 9

BOT DL: 978-0-307-70205-0 ★ $95.00/$108.00 Can. www.enterthepassage.com

Audio CD: 978-0-7393-8283-7 ★ $39.95/$45.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-7393-8284-4 ★ $20.00/$23.00 Can.

EB: 978-0-345-51250-5 ★ $9.99/$9.99 Can.

SONGS OF WILLOW FROST: A Novel

THE FARMING OF BONES

by Jamie Ford

by Edwidge Danticat

“Ford weaves another rich tapestry of history and family drama in this cliff-hanging tale of an abandoned boy and the Chinese American singer he is convinced is his missing mother. Hope and fate, laughs and tears: Songs of Willow Frost has it all.”

—IVAN DOIG, AUTHOR OF THE BARTENDER’S TALE

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t is 1937 and Amabelle, a young Haitian woman, has built herself a life as the servant of a wealthy colonel’s wife. But Amabelle’s world collapses when genocidal violence leads to the slaughter of Haitian workers. Danticat’s memorial to the victims of the Parsley Massacre is a testimony to the power of human memory.

Soho Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-61695-349-2 ★ 328pp. $16.00/$16.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 7 www.jamieford.com

BOT CD: 978-1-4159-6209-1 ★ $80.00/$94.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-1-4159-6210-7 ★ $76.00/$78.00 Can.

BOT CD: 978-0-307-70203-6 ★ $60.00/$68.00 Can. EB: 978-0-345-53489-7 ★ $14.99/NCR

Reading Level: 9

Ballantine ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-52202-3 ★ 352pp. $26.00/$28.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00 Reading Level: 10

EB: 978-1-56947-929-2 ★ $16.00/$16.00 Can.

Audio CD: 978-0-307-87621-8 ★ $40.00/$46.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-87622-5 ★ $22.50/$25.50 Can.

T For more books by Edwidge Danticat, go to: http://tinyurl.com/lcqo8fu

BOT CD: 978-0-307-87623-2 ★ $40.00/$46.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-87624-9 ★ $95.00/$108.00 Can.

ANDREW’S BRAIN: A NOVEL

EB: 978-0-345-52204-7 ★ $12.99/$13.99 Can.

Reading Level: 7

by E.L. Doctorow

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his brilliant new novel by an American master, the author of Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, Billy Bathgate, and The March, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man as he tries to make sense of his past.

SMITH: THE STORY OF A PICKPOCKET

by Leon Garfield

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Do not order before 1/14/2014.

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econds after 12-year-old Smith steals a package from an old gentleman, the old man is murdered and violently searched, making Smith wonder what exactly he has stolen. Within the package is a document that may contain all the answers, but there is one problem: Smith cannot read.

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Reading Level: 8

Language Arts OSTRICH : A Novel

by Matt Greene

A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA : A Novel

n the tradition of Wonder by R. J. Palacio and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, Ostrich is a novel about love and trust, fate and time, friendship and courage, and a hamster named Jaws 2.

by Anthony Marra

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“[This] novel reaches tenderly, unflinchingly, into the center of the Chechnyan conflict of the late 1990s. . . .

Whimsies of circumstance, fate, and the ties of family and faith serve to guide the reader and the characters through a richly layered and deeply beautiful journey.” —VINCENT L AM, AUTHOR OF THE HEADMASTER’S WAGER

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-54521-3 ★ 336pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio DL: 978-0-8041-2749-3 ★ $17.50/$20.50 Can. BOT CD: 978-0-8041-2750-9 ★ $40.00/$46.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-8041-2751-6 ★ $76.00/$86.00 Can.

Reading Level: 9

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CONFESSIONS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE : A Novel

Hogarth ★ HC ★ 978-0-7704-3640-7 ★ 400pp. $26.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $13.00 Do not order paperback before 2/11/2014.

Hogarth ★ TR ★ 978-0-7704-3642-1 ★ 400pp. $15.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 10

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by Juliet Grey

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onfessions of Marie Antoinette blends rich historical detail with drama, bringing students into the first years of the French Revolution and the final days of the legendary French queen.

LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN: A Novel

by Colum McCann

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52390-7 ★ 464pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Winner of the National Book Award

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Reading Level: 8

UNHOOKING THE MOON

by Gregory Hughes

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7399-0 400pp. ★ $15.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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nhook the Moon tells the story of Rat, a dancing, soccer-loving, fearless 10-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Bob, her brother, protector, and faithful follower. When Rat and Bob become orphans, a funny and heartbreaking road trip to New York ensues, as the pair searches for their long-lost uncle.

Quercus ★ HC ★ 978-1-62365-020-9 ★ 352pp. $16.95/$16.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.50

“Mesmerizing. . . . A Joycean look at the lives of New Yorkers changed by a single act on a single day. . . .

Colum McCann’s marvelously rich novel . . . weaves a portrait of a city and a moment, dizzyingly satisfying to read and difficult to put down.” —SEATTLE TIMES

EB: 978-1-58836-873-7 ★ $9.99/NCR To learn about one high school’s experience reading this book, go to: http://tinyurl.com/pxt93jj

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SILVER : Return to Treasure Island

by Andrew Motion

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rip-roaring sequel to Treasure Island—Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved classic—about two young friends and their high-seas adventure with dangerous pirates and long-lost treasure.

TREVOR : A Novella

by James Lecesne

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Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-88488-6 ★ 416pp. $16.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

revor mixes humor and realism in an urgent look at what it is like to feel alienated as an LGBT student. More importantly, it shows what critical ties can step in at the most unlikely moment, to save someone from despair, and give them a reason to go on living.

EB: 978-0-307-88489-3 ★ $11.99/NCR Reading Level: 9

THE TIGER’S WIFE : A Novel

Triangle Square ★ TR ★ 978-1-60980-487-9 112pp. ★ $9.95/$9.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

by Téa Obreht

EB: 978-1-60980-421-3 ★ $14.95/$14.95 Can.

Reading Level: 8 www.thetrevorproject.org

THE STORY OF THE BLUE PLANET

by Andri Snaer Magnason Translated by Julian Meldon D’Arcy Illustrated by Aslaug Jonsdottir

Finalist for the National Book Award

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n a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34384-8 368pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-87700-0 ★ $40.00/$45.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-87701-7 ★ $22.50/$25.50 Can.

“Lean, swift and often lyrical . . . immensely satisfying — a major contribution to the sparsely populated eco-lit genre, and one that could entice other authors to contribute.” —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK R EVIEW Triangle Square ★ TR ★ 978-1-60980-506-7 136pp. ★ $9.95/$9.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 10

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EB: 978-1-60980-429-9 ★ $12.99/$12.99 Can.

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Language Arts THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET

GRAPHIC NOVEL EDITION:

Del Rey ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-44560-5 ★ 144pp. $20.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $10.00

by Edgar Allan Poe

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fter reading an 1836 newspaper account of a shipwreck and its two survivors, Edgar Allan Poe penned his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, the story of a whaleship stowaway who finds himself enmeshed in the dark side of life at sea: mutiny, cannibalism, and savagery.

Melville House ★ TR ★ 978-1-61219-222-2 ★ 192pp. $12.00/$12.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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NOTES OF A NATIVE SON

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: A Novel

by James Baldwin Foreword by Edward P. Jones

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ince its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written.

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by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

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his is the classic anti-war novel about young German soldiers during World War I. 20-year-old Paul Baumer’s world of work, duty, culture, and progress is shattered under the first bombardment in the trenches, and he vows to fight against the principle of hate that pits young men of the same generation against each other.

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-0623-8 ★ 192pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 9

SOUL OF THE AGE : A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare

by Jonathan Bate “It is almost impossible to write something fresh about William Shakespeare. Yet Jonathan Bate has succeeded, with a sparkling and arresting portrait of the Bard and his world as discovered in his writings.”

—THE ECONOMIST

EB: 978-0-8129-8553-5 ★ $6.99/$6.99 Can.

THE SNOWMELT RIVER

The Three Powers, Book I

by Frank P. Ryan

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-7181-1 $18.00/$20.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

our orphans drawn together by fate pass through a fabled portal. What they find beyond is the enchanted but war-ravaged world of Tír, a strange land peopled by beings of magic.

Here death is eminent, and the four new arrivals must learn to fight if they are to survive.

EB: 978-1-58836-781-5 ★ $14.99/$13.99 Can.

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Jo Fletcher Books ★ HC ★ 978-1-62365-048-3 576pp. ★ $15.95/$15.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $8.00

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens in theaters on December 13, 2013

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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he epic prelude to The Lord of the Rings trilogy—a story complete in itself—that recounts the tale of the creatures who inhabit Middle-earth and the onset of the War of the Rings.

A favorite of readers for decades, this novel has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of fantasy.

Del Rey ★ MM ★ 978-0-345-53483-5 320pp. ★ $8.99/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 REGULAR MASS MARKET EDITION:

Del Rey ★ MM ★ 978-0-345-33968-3 320pp. ★ $8.99/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 6 www.theonering.net

Reading Level: 12

JOSEPH ANTON: A Memoir

by Salman Rushdie

EB: 978-1-62365-049-0 ★ $15.95/$15.95 Can.

THE HOBBIT (Movie Tie-in Edition)

Reading Level: 10

EB: 978-0-8070-0624-5 ★ $27.95/$33.00 Can.

Random House ★ MM ★ 978-0-449-21394-0 ★ 304pp. $6.99/$8.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-449-91149-5 ★ 304pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

Reading Level: 10

ow do a writer and his family live with the threat of murder for more than nine years?

In this memoir, author Salman Rushdie tells that story for the first time: the story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8260-2 656pp. ★ $18.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-449-80781-1 ★ $60.00/$68.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-449-80782-8 ★ $25.00/$29.95 Can.

Reading Level: 11

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www.salman-rushdie.com

J. D. SALINGER: A LIFE

by Kenneth Slawenski

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ne of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. This fascinating biography sheds new light on the life and times of the reclusive, brilliant author.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8259-6 464pp. ★ $17.00/$20.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-679-60479-2 ★ $13.99/$13.99 Can.

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Reading Level: 9

Language Arts HALF A LIFE: A MEMOIR

WIRED FOR STORY: The Writer’s Guide to

by Darin Strauss

Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Selected for summer reading at Joliet Township High School (Joliet, IL)

“We all love a good story but most of us struggle to write them. Lisa Cron enlightens us as to how to get the job done in a savvy and engaging way.”

—MICHAEL GAZZANIGA, NEUROSCIENTIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE SAGE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF MIND, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

“Darin Strauss has spent a good part of his adult life reliving, regretting and reflecting on a single, split-second incident. Half a Life is a starkly honest account of that fateful moment and his life thereafter . . . penetrating, thought-provoking.”

—THE WASHINGTON POST Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8253-4 ★ 224pp. $13.00/$15.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio DL: 978-0-307-98860-7 ★ $12.00/$13.00 Can.

Reading Level: 9

Ten Speed Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-60774-245-6 272pp. ★ $14.99/$17.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-60774-246-3 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

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SCRIPT & SCRIBBLE

EB: 978-0-679-64382-1 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

The Rise and Fall of Handwriting

by Kitty Burns Florey

To watch a video of the author speaking to educators,

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go to: http://tinyurl.com/d5kqgw9

eaving together the evolution of writing implements and scripts to the golden age of American penmanship, Kitty Burns Florey tackles the importance of writing by hand and its place in our increasingly electronic society.

UNSTUCK IN TIME : A Journey Through

Kurt Vonnegut’s Life and Novels

by Gregory D. Sumner

Melville House ★ TR ★ 978-1-61219-304-5 ★ 208pp. $16.95/$16.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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uthor Gregory D. Sumner guides us, with insight and passion, through a biography of fifteen of Kurt Vonnegut’s best-known works to illustrate the quintessential American writer’s profound engagement with the “American Dream” in its various forms.

Seven Stories Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-60980-430-5 368pp. ★ $18.95/$18.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-60980-360-5 ★ $24.95/$27.95 Can.

WRITING & GUIDES LEAP WRITE IN! Adventures in Creative

Writing to Stretch and Surprise Your One-of-a-Kind Mind

by Karen Benke

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deal for the classroom, this book provides students with a chance to create imaginative poems, stories, fragments, and real-life on-thespot sketches. With a bounty of prompts to select from, students will be inspired to explore all the wanderings of their emerging lives.

Roost Books ★ TR ★ 978-1-61180-015-9 ★ 256pp. $14.95/$17.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

IT WAS THE BEST OF SENTENCES, IT WAS THE WORST OF SENTENCES

A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

by June Casagrande

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reat writing isn’t born, it’s built—sentence by sentence. In this accessible manual, language columnist June Casagrande uses grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great, and others not.

Ten Speed Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-58008-740-7 224pp. ★ $14.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-1-61219-305-2 ★ $16.95/$16.95 Can.

SIN AND SYNTAX: How to Craft Wicked Reading Level: 11

Good Prose, Revised and Updated

by Constance Hale

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veryone needs to know how to write stylish prose—students, professionals, and seasoned writers alike. Sin and Syntax covers grammar’s ground rules while revealing countless unconventional syntax secrets.

Three Rivers Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34689-4 320pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-385-34693-1 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, Fifth Edition

by Houghton Mifflin Company

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his thoroughly revised and updated dictionary contains more than 70,000 entries, including 2,500 new words and meanings, 400 photographs and illustrations, and expert guidance on correct usage.

Dell Books ★ MM ★ 978-0-553-58322-9 ★ 960pp. $7.99/$9.99 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

GOOD PROSE : The Art of Nonfiction

by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd

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n 1973, a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor who encouraged him. From that moment grew a lifelong connection. Good Prose—like Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style—is a succinct, authoritative, and entertaining story of contemporary writing standards.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8215-2 ★ 224pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-679-60472-3 ★ $13.99/$15.99 Can.

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Social Studies U.S. HISTORY

THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT: A History,

a Crisis, a Movement

by David Graeber

COTTON TENANTS : Three Families

by James Agee Photographed by Walker Evans

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ublished here for the first time, and accompanied by thirty of Walker Evans’s historic photos, Cotton Tenants is an eloquent report of three families struggling through desperate times.

Spiegel & Grau ★ HC ★ 978-0-8129-9356-1 ★ 352pp. $26.00/$31.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00

bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America.

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Audio DL: 978-0-385-36041-8 ★ $20.00/$24.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-385-36042-5 ★ $66.50/$75.50 Can.

Melville House ★ HC ★ 978-1-61219-212-3 ★ 224pp. $24.95/$24.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 EB: 978-1-61219-213-0 ★ $24.95/$24.95 Can.

EB: 978-0-679-64600-6 ★ $13.99/$15.99 Can. Reading Level: 10

“This thrilling narrative account of Shiloh from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, is a vivid portrayal of key players and epic moments that changed America’s understanding of the war.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by David L. Chappell

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avid L. Chappell, one of the country’s foremost civil rights scholars, gives us a sweeping history of the struggle by civil rights leaders to achieve Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy in the generation after his assassination.

National Geographic ★ TR ★ 978-1-4262-1171-3 448pp. ★ $17.95/$21.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-4262-0879-9 ★ $30.00/$34.00 Can. Reading Level: 11 Reading Level: 12

“IN A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY”

A Global Vision of Justice

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Lewis V. Baldwin Foreword by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

EB: 978-0-8129-9466-7 ★ $13.99/$15.99 Can.

CONFEDERATE CURRENCY

by Pierre Fricke

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his easy-to-read, fun and educational book offers an introduction to the often beautiful notes that financed the Confederacy.

n a Single Garment of Destiny” is the first book to treat King’s positions on global liberation struggles through the prism of his own words and activities.

Shire ★ TR ★ 978-0-7478-1080-3 ★ 64pp. $9.95/$11.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-7478-1265-4 ★ $7.75/$7.75 Can. Reading Level: 10

EIGHTY DAYS : Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World

by Matthew Goodman

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DIXIE

The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

by Bruce Levine Reading Level: 11

“Levine’s engrossing story chronicles the collapse of a doomed republic—the Confederate States of America—built on the unstable sands of delusion, cruelty, and folly.” —A DAM GOODHEART, AUTHOR OF 1861: THE CIVIL WAR AWAKENING Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6703-9 ★ 464pp. $30.00/$35.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $15.00 EB: 978-0-679-64535-1 ★ $15.99/$16.99 Can.

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n November 14, 1889, reporter Nellie Bly and journalist Elizabeth Bisland left New York City heading in opposite directions. Each woman was determined to outdo Jules Verne’s fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days. Their race captivated the nation, and changed their lives forever.

Audio DL: 978-0-385-35971-9 ★ $25.00/$29.95 Can.

Beacon Press ★ HC ★ 978-0-8070-8605-6 ★ 272pp. $26.95/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50 Do not order paperback before 1/14/2014.

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-8607-0 ★ 256pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8070-8606-3 ★ $26.95/$32.00 Can.

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Ballantine ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-52726-4 ★ 480pp. $28.00/$30.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $14.00 Do not order paperback before 3/11/2014.

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52727-1 ★ 496pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

SHILOH 1862

by Winston Groom

WAKING FROM THE DREAM

Do not order before 1/14/2014.

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6546-2 ★ 288pp. $27.00/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50

Reading Level: 12

To order examination copies online, go to www.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy

Reading Level: 12

Social Studies HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES TOO : The People Behind the Borderlines

DRIFT: The Unmooring of American

Military Power

by Rachel Maddow

by Mark Stein

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as Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained here.

“Crosses partisan lines and deals with issues that deserve a healthy debate. . . . A compelling, intelligent read filled with Maddow’s trademark wit.”

—M ARY HOULIHAN, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-46099-8 ★ 288pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-307-97038-1 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-307-97039-8 ★ $17.50/$20.50 Can.

Reading Level: 11

BOT CD: 978-0-307-97040-4 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. BOT DL: 978-0-307-97041-1 ★ $76.00/$86.00 Can.

Smithsonian Books ★ TR ★ 978-1-58834-350-5 352pp. ★ $16.95/$19.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 9

EB: 978-1-58834-315-4 ★ $16.95/$19.95 Can.

EB: 978-0-307-46100-1 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

A DIFFERENT MIRROR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE : A History of Multicultural America

OUT OF ORDER : Stories from the History of the Supreme Court

by Sandra Day O’Connor

by Ronald Takaki Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff “This 375-page book would be an excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework.”

—SKIPPING STONES

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rom Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court, comes this fascinating book about the history and evolution of the highest court in the land.

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-0-8129-9392-9 ★ 256pp. $26.00/$31.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00 Do not order paperback before 1/28/2014.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8432-3 ★ 256pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Seven Stories Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-60980-416-9 384pp. ★ $18.95/$18.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 12

A YOUNG PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES : Columbus to

Audio CD: 978-0-385-36079-1 ★ $35.00/$41.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-385-36080-7 ★ $17.50/$20.50 Can.

the War on Terror

by Howard Zinn Contribution by Rebecca Stefoff

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istorian Howard Zinn presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history by offering the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories are often unknown.

TO MOVE THE WORLD

JFK’s Quest for Peace

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Seven Stories Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-58322-869-2 464pp. ★ $19.95/$22.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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rom 1962 to 1963, John F. Kennedy gave a series of speeches to persuade the world that peace with the Soviets was possible. Featuring the full text of these speeches, To Move the World gives students a fresh perspective on Kennedy’s presidency and a model for strong leadership and problem solving.

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-0-8129-9492-6 ★ 272pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00

VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Reading Level: 12

THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

by Smithsonian Institution; edited by Amy Pastan

by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove

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ere in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s classic anthology.

Seven Stories Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-58322-916-3 672pp. ★ $22.95/$25.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $11.50

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hich president holds the record for the most vetoes? Which president had the largest shoe size? Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II? Who was the tallest president? These questions and many, many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia.

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Reading Level: 7

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TEACHING WITH VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Reading Level: 10

Secondd Edition

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Social Studies WORLD HISTORY

MOMENT OF BATTLE : The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World

by Jim Lacey and Williamson Murray

THE GREAT WAVE : Gilded Age Misfits,

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Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan

by Christopher Benfey

wo modern scholars of military history, James Lacey and Williamson Murray, examine the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, describing each campaign in its full historical, strategic, and tactical context.

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istorian and critic Christopher Benfey recounts the cross-pollination that came about during the Gilded Age, and argues that, as both the United States and Japan attempted to adjust to massive internal changes in the late nineteenth century, they engaged in a reciprocal historical and cultural relationship.

Bantam ★ HC ★ 978-0-345-52697-7 ★ 496pp. $30.00/$35.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $15.00 EB: 978-0-345-52699-1 ★ $14.99/$16.99 Can. Reading Level: 8

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-375-75455-5 ★ 352pp. $16.00/$19.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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argaret MacMillan provides a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I, bringing to life the military leaders, politicians, diplomats, bankers, and extended royal families across Europe who failed to stop the descent into war.

THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION: A History

by Tim Blanning

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superb, concise account of a cultural upheaval that still shapes sensibilities today.

Long overshadowed by the contemporaneous American, French, and Industrial revolutions, the Romantic Revolution finally receives its due in Tim Blanning’s bold and brilliant work.

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6855-5 800pp. ★ $35.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $17.50

Modern Library ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8014-1 ★ 272pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

BOT CD: 978-0-8041-2742-4 ★ $50.00/NCR BOT DL: 978-0-8041-2743-1 ★ $95.00/NCR Reading Level: 12

NOTHING TO ENVY: Ordinary Lives

by Algernon Methuen

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he dawn of the twentieth century was the height of the British Empire and this full-color map is a beautiful visual history of the 11 million square miles that were home to 400 million citizens of the crown.

“A fascinating and deeply personal look at the lives of six defectors from the repressive totalitarian regime of the Republic of North Korea.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

EB: 978-0-385-52961-7 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

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To read the author’s message to educators, go to: http://tinyurl.com/66a4fka

HISTORICAL MAP OF TUDOR LONDON, C.1520

by Historic Towns Trust

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his map depicts the capital city c.1520 during the reign of Henry VIII showing major streets, lanes, churches, great houses, monasteries, and public buildings. The map reveals medieval London at its most impressive, before the city was overwhelmed by a massive population explosion.

Old House ★ NT ★ 978-1-908402-51-6 $14.95/$17.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONCISE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: An Illustrated Time Line

Edited by Neil Kagan

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rom the dawn of humankind to today’s global complexities, this monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread.

National Geographic ★ HC ★ 978-1-4262-1178-2 416pp. ★ $40.00/$46.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $20.00

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MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1905

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize

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Reading Level: 12

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in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

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THE WAR THAT ENDED PEACE

The Road to 1914

by Margaret MacMillan

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Reading Level: 11

WE BAND OF ANGELS : The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan

by Elizabeth Norman

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ere is the powerful story, told through letters, diaries, and gripping firsthand accounts, of the ninety-nine American nurses known as the “Angels of Bataan” who survived three years as prisoners of war in World War II. Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8484-2 400pp. ★ $16.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-79957-9 ★ $9.99/$10.99 Can.

THE BOOK OF HAPPINESS: AFRICA

by Joseph Peter Foreword by Ndaba Mandela

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n 2009, photographer Joseph Peter traveled through fifty African nations in seventy-five days and shot 150,000 images—mostly portraits of happy, proud, glorious faces. Experience the joyful spirit of a place and its people in The Book of Happiness: Africa.

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-1-4000-6961-3 128pp. ★ $25.00/$29.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 EB: 978-0-679-64540-5 ★ $14.99/$16.99 Can.

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Social Studies CURRENT EVENTS & LIFE STORIES IMPERFECT: AN IMPROBABLE LIFE

in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

by Sheri Fink

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by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown

ulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark work of narrative nonfiction recreates the world of a hospital ravaged by post-Katrina floodwaters and examines the central question of what doctors and other caregivers owe their patients in the best, and worst, of circumstances.

Selected for common reading at Archbishop Ryan High School (Philadelphia, PA)

“Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered. . . .

Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”

—JONATHAN EIG, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LUCKIEST MAN Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52326-6 ★ 320pp. $14.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL : Life and Death

Crown ★ HC ★ 978-0-307-71896-9 ★ 576pp. $26.00/$32.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.00 Reading Level: 6

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RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS : Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

by Adharanand Finn

EB: 978-0-345-52327-3 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

MOM & ME & MOM

“Running with the Kenyans is far more than an inspirational story, but a guide toward running, humility, and life, from the amazing people of Kenya.”

—MICHAEL SANDLER, AUTHOR OF BAREFOOT RUNNING

by Maya Angelou “[Mom & Me & Mom] follows in the episodic style of Angelou’s earlier volumes of autobiography, pulling the reader along effortlessly. The lessons and the love presented here will speak to those trying to make their way in the world.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52880-3 304pp. ★ $16.00/NCR ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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Reading Level: 7

LEFTY: An American Odyssey

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THE LEADER’S CODE : Mission, Character, Service, and Getting the Job Done

by Donovan Campbell

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n The Leader’s Code, author Donovan Campbell identifies six key attributes of character: humility, excellence, kindness, discipline, courage, and wisdom. Then, drawing on lessons from his time in the Corps, he shows students how to develop those virtues to bring out the best in others.

by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone

orn into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees.

Lefty is at once a long-overdue reminder of a pitcher’s greatness and a moving celebration of a life well-lived.

Ballantine ★ TR ★ 978-0-345-52649-6 ★ 432pp. $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 11

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UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Reading Level: 9

Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand “Riveting . . . so haunting and so beautifully written, those who fall under its spell will never again feel the same way about World War II and one of its previously unsung heroes.” —COLUMBUS DISPATCH

EB: 978-0-679-64420-0 ★ $13.99/$15.99 Can.

THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE : A Father,

Random House ★ HC ★ 978-1-4000-6416-8 496pp. ★ $28.00/$33.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $14.00

Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Audio CD: 978-0-7393-1969-7 ★ $45.00/$53.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-7393-1970-3 ★ $22.50/$25.50 Can.

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et against the violent, chaotic world of Baltimore in the 1980s, The Beautiful Struggle is an evocative memoir that chronicles the relationship between the author and his father, a Vietnam vet and Black Panther affiliate.

Reading Level: 9

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Reading Level: 7

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Random House ★ HC ★ 978-0-8129-9293-9 256pp. ★ $27.00/$30.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $13.50

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Social Studies HEARTS ON FIRE : Stories of Today’s Visionaries Igniting Idealism into Action

by Jill Iscol and Peter W. Cookson Foreword by Bill Clinton

MUCK CITY: Winning and Losing

in Football’s Forgotten Town

by Bryan Mealer “Superbly reported and deftly told, Bryan Mealer’s Muck City is much more than a narrative about high school football. It’s . . . a richly evocative account of the people and the culture of Belle Glade, Florida, a place of silt and sorrow and a very special football field.”

—WAYNE COFFEY, CO -AUTHOR WHEREVER I WIND UP

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earts on Fire comprises the inspiring stories of fourteen visionaries who made a difference in the world—and is a bold call to action to motivate the next generation of leaders.

Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8430-9 176pp. ★ $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8129-9390-5 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

Reading Level: 10

EB: 978-0-307-88864-8 ★ $12.99/$14.99 Can.

FULL BODY BURDEN: Growing Up in the

Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

by Kristen Iversen

Reading Level: 6

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“The pleasures of this memoir are numerous. Marcus Samuelsson’s life, like his cooking, reflects splendidly multicultural influences and educations, and he writes about it all with an abundance of flavor and verve.

A delicious read.” —HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. Random House ★ TR ★ 978-0-385-34261-2 336pp. ★ $16.00/$19.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Audio CD: 978-0-449-00861-4 ★ $40.00/$60.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-449-00862-1 ★ $20.00/$24.00 Can.

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go to: http://tinyurl.com/d3szgfq

DECODED

THE STOP: How the Fight for

by Jay-Z

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Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement

by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8115-5 352pp. ★ $25.00/$28.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50

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ecoded is the story of legendary rapper and business icon Jay-Z, told through lyrics, images, and a powerful and surprising personal narrative.

This intimate, first-person portrait of the life and art of Jay-Z is organized around a “decoding” of his most famous and provocative lyrics.

“The Stop is an inspiring true story about how a low-income neighborhood used good food to take charge of its community—it’s a great lesson for all of us.” —JAMIE OLIVER

Reading Level: 11

DEAR MARCUS : A Letter to the Man

“Historian Theoharis offers a complex portrait of a forceful, determined woman who had long been active before the boycott she inspired and who had an even longer career in civil rights afterward.” —BOOKLIST

Spiegel & Grau ★ TR ★ 978-0-8129-8316-6 192pp. ★ $14.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 Reading Level: 6

Beacon Press ★ HC ★ 978-0-8070-5047-7 320pp. ★ $27.95/$33.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $14.00 Do not order paperback before 1/21/2014.

Beacon Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-8070-3332-6 ★ 320pp. $17.50/$20.50 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8070-5048-4 ★ $27.95/$33.00 Can.

go to: http://tinyurl.com/ctectjk

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Reading Level: 11

by Jeanne Theoharis

“Written with passion, honesty, humor, and a stubborn, rebellious optimism, Dear Marcus is like nothing I’ve ever read. When a bullet in the back told Jerry McGill not to go on, Jerry went on—smiling.”

—SHALOM AUSLANDER, AUTHOR OF HOPE: A TRAGEDY

To watch a video of the author speaking to educators,

EB: 978-1-61219-350-2 ★ $19.95/NCR

THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS

Who Shot Me

by Jerry McGill

EB: 978-0-679-64460-6 ★ $9.99/$11.99 Can.

Reading Level: 6

EB: 978-0-440-33881-9 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can.

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www.bryanmealer.com

Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book Award

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-95565-4 ★ 432pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

EB: 978-1-58836-959-8 ★ $14.99/$16.99 Can. To learn about one high school’s experience reading this book, go to: http://tinyurl.com/pcfboaf

Reading Level: 11

YES, CHEF: A Memoir

by Marcus Samuelsson with Veronica Chambers

“In this powerful work of research and personal testimony, Iversen chronicles the story of America’s willfully blinkered relationship to the nuclear weapons industry through the haunting experience of her own family in Colorado.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED)

Audio CD: 978-0-449-00966-6 ★ $45.00/$52.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-449-00967-3 ★ $24.00/$28.00 Can.

Three Rivers Press ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-88863-1 336pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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Reading Level: 11

Science SCIENCE: PARADOX

DARWIN: A Graphic Biography

The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics

by Jim Al-Khalili

by Eugene Byrne Illustrated by Simon Gurr

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“Readers who enjoy mental challenges and scientific mysteries will have fun with Al-Khalili’s lighthearted, accessible discussion.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

arwin: A Graphic Biography is an expedition into the physical and intellectual adventures of Charles Darwin. Presenting Darwin’s life in a smart and entertaining graphic novel, the book educates students not just about Darwin but also about the scientific world of the 1800s.

Broadway ★ TR ★ 978-0-307-98679-5 ★ 256pp. $15.00/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-98680-1 ★ $11.99/$13.99 Can. Reading Level: 12

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANGRY BIRDS: FURIOUS FORCES! The Physics at Play in

his fun, engaging paperback uses Angry Birds to explain the physics at work in the world and behind the popular game. Rhett Allain, physics professor and Wired blogger, explains basic scientific principles in clear and accessible ways.

Reading Level: 10

BIG IDEAS IN BRIEF: 200 World-Changing Concepts Explained in an Instant

by Ian Crofton

the World’s Most Popular Game

by Rhett Allain Foreword by Peter Vesterbacka

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Smithsonian Books ★ TR ★ 978-1-58834-352-9 100pp. ★ $9.95/$11.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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an Crofton’s series of short and lively articles comprising a maximum of 200 words, accompanied by 100 illustrations, introduces a host of diverse topics, from Existentialism to Expressionism; Consciousness to Constitutionalism; to Reincarnation to Relativity.

Reading Level: 10

Quercus ★ TR ★ 978-1-62365-010-0 ★ 416pp. $12.95/$12.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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GREEN TOWN USA : The Handbook for America’s Sustainable Future

by Thomas J. Fox

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANGRY BIRDS: SEASONS A Festive Flight into the World’s

Happiest Holidays and Celebrations

by Amy Briggs Foreword by Peter Vesterbacka

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tudents will learn, alongside the Angry Birds, about cultural traditions around the world and come to understand the rituals and customs that are used in celebrating the biggest events of the year.

Reading Level: 6

Hatherleigh Press ★ TR ★ 978-1-57826-312-7 240pp. ★ $15.00/$17.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

National Geographic ★ TR ★ 978-1-4262-1181-2 160pp. ★ $13.95/$14.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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A Guide to Exploring the Cosmos

by Kimberly K. Arcand and Megan Watzke Foreword by Mario Livio

MATH IN MINUTES : 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant

by Paul Glendinning

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Smithsonian Books ★ TR ★ 978-1-58834-375-8 240pp. ★ $24.95/$28.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $12.50 EB: 978-1-58834-376-5 ★ $24.95/$28.95 Can.

Reading Level: 10

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YOUR TICKET TO THE UNIVERSE

eginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe embarks on an entertaining trip through the most interesting stops known in the cosmos. Accompanied by brilliant photographs that bring the reading experience to vivid, immediate life, this book is designed to make space exploration accessible to everyone.

evastated by an EF-Scale level five tornado— the most destructive kind—in May 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, lost ninety-five percent of its infrastructure. Tragedy did not stop the people of Greensburg, however, and they rebuilt their town to reflect its name: Greensburg became America’s first Green Town.

B Reading Level: 11

oth simple and accessible, Math in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical ideas. Each concept is quick and easy to remember, described by means of an easy-to-understand picture and a maximum 200-word explanation.

Quercus ★ TR ★ 978-1-62365-008-7 ★ 416pp. $12.95/$12.95 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

Reading Level: 10

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Science THINK: Why You Should Question Everything

by Guy P. Harrison

SCIENCE IN SECONDS : 200 Key Concepts

Explained in an Instant

by Hazel Muir

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his introductory guide to critical thinking will help students think like a scientist, learn to question everything, and understand how our brains deceive us. Think is a witty approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking.

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imple and accessible, Science in Seconds is a visually led introduction to 200 key scientific ideas. Each concept is readily absorbed through an easy-to-understand picture and a concise explanation.

Prometheus ★ TR ★ 978-1-61614-807-2 ★ 300pp. $16.95/$18.00 Can. ★ Exam Copy: $3.00

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by Stephen Hawking

in Our World

by National Geographic Foreword by David Pogue

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tephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution.

S Reading Level: 12

Audio CD: 978-0-8041-6428-3 ★ $15.00/$18.00 Can. Audio DL: 978-0-8041-6429-0 ★ $15.00/$18.00 Can.

cience of Everything answers all the questions about how things work in an indispensable book that reveals the science behind virtually everything. It uses plain talk, colorful photography, instructive diagrams, and everyday examples to explain the science behind all the things we take for granted in our modern world.

EB: 978-0-345-53913-7 ★ $10.99/$12.99 Can.

COSMOS

by Carl Sagan Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson Introduction by Ann Druyan

THE GRAND DESIGN

by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

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s the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? The Grand Design presents the most recent scientific thinking about these and other mysteries of the universe.

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Index 10 THINGS EMPLOYERS WANT YOU TO LEARN IN COLLEGE, REVISED . . . . 47 180 MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 47 RONIN, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Abbott, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Abe, Shana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 AGE OF MIRACLES, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Agee, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 AIMLESS LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Al-Khalili, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 “ALL LABOR HAS DIGNITY”. . . . . . . . . 11, 40 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. . 38 Allain, Rhett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 AMERICAN TEACHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ANDREW’S BRAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Angelou, Maya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Arcand, Kimberly K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ARCHIE MEETS GLEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 AUTISM REVOLUTION, THE . . . . . . . . . . . 23 B+ GRADES, A+ COLLEGE APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Baldwin, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BALLISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Barnett, Kristine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Bate, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bazelon, Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE, THE . . . . . . . . . . 43 BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS . . 2, 6 BEN FRANKLIN FOR BEGINNERS . . . . . . . 34 Benchley, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Benfey, Christopher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Benke, Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 BEST 378 COLLEGES, 2014 Edition, The . . 48 BEST VALUE COLLEGES, 2014 Edition, The 47 BIG IDEAS IN BRIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Bishop, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 BLACK COUNT, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Blanning, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Boianjiu, Shani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bond, Gwenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Boo, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 6 BOOK OF HAPPINESS: AFRICA, THE . . . . 42 Bracken, Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Bradley, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Briggs, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Briggs, Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 BROKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Brooks, Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Brown, Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Brunt, Carol Rifka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Byrne, Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Cain, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Campbell, Donovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Cantor, Rachel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Casagrande, June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chappell, David L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CHASING PERFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CHI’S SWEET HOME, Volume 10 . . . . . . . . 34 Christen, Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cline, Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Coates, Ta-Nehisi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 COLLEGE ADMISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 COLLEGE ESSAYS THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE, 5th Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Collins, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 COMBAT FAT FOR KIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CONFESSIONS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE 37 CONQUERING THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY IN 10 STEPS, Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 CONTAGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Coplin, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cosmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Costa, T L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 COTTON TENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CRACKING THE ACT WITH 3 PRACTICE TESTS, 2014 Edition . . . . . . . 48 CRACKING THE SAT WITH 5 PRACTICE TESTS, 2014 Edition . . . . . . . 48 CREATIVE CONFIDENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Crofton, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Cron, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Cronin, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 DANCER, DAUGHTER, TRAITOR, SPY . . . 31 Danticat, Edwidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Danza, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 DARWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 DARWIN’S GHOSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Davis, Sampson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 De Tocqueville, Alexis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES, THE 30 DEAR MARCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 DECODED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Del Rio, Tania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Demick, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II . . . . . . . . 3 DEMOCRACY PROJECT, THE. . . . . . . . . . . 40 DIFFERENT MIRROR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 DISCOVERING WES MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DOCTOR WHO: PLAGUE OF THE CYBERMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DOCTOR WHO: SHROUD OF SORROW . . 30 DOCTOR WHO: THE DALEK GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DOCTOROW, E.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Doescher, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Donbavand, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DREAMING IN CUBAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DRIFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Duhigg, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Dweck, Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 DYSLEXIA EMPOWERMENT PLAN, THE 23 EARTH GIRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Edwards, Janet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 EIGHTY DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 EMILIE AND THE HOLLOW WORLD . . . . 32 ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Espinoza, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ESSENTIAL ACT (flashcards) . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ESSENTIAL SAT VOCABULARY (flashcards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 FALL OF HOUSE OF DIXIE, THE . . . . . . . . 40 FARMING OF BONES, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 FATHERS AND SONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 FIGHT THE POWER! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fink, Sheri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Finn, Adharanand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 FIRE IN THE ASHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FIVE ACTS OF DIEGO LEON, THE . . . . . . 36 FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Florey, Kitty Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 FLOWERS OF EVIL, Volume 5. . . . . . . . . . . 34 Ford, Jamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Foss, Ben. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Fox, Thomas J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Fricke, Pierre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fried, Katrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FULL BODY BURDEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Garcia, Cristina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Garfield, Leon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Gelb, Alan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Gilman, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Glendinning, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gomez, Vernona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 GOOD PROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Goodman, Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Graeber, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 GRAND DESIGN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 GREAT WAVE, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 GREEK MYTHOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS 34 GREEN TOWN USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Greene, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Grey, Juliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Groom, Winston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hager, Mandy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hakim, Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hale, Constance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 HALF A LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 HAMLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Harrison, Guy P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hawking, Stephen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 HEARTS ON FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 HEAVY, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Heinrichs, Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Herbert, Martha Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Higashida, Naoki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HIGHLY UNLIKELY SCENARIO, OR A NEETSA PIZZA EMPLOYEE’S GUIDE TO SAVING THE WORLD, A . . . 35 Hillenbrand, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 HISTORICAL MAP OF TUDOR LONDON, C.1520. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 HOBBIT, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hobert, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 HOLLOW CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 HOROSCOPES FOR THE DEAD . . . . . . . . . . 4 HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Houghton Mifflin Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES TOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN SHAKESPEARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hughes, Gregory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hurley, Bob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS. . . . . . . . . 30 I’D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERY TEACHER I EVER HAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 IMPERFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 INTO THE WILDERNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Iscol, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 IT WAS THE BEST OF SENTENCES, IT WAS THE WORST OF SENTENCES . . . . 39 Iversen, Kristen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 J. D. SALINGER: A LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Jager-Hyman, Joie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 JAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Jay-Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 JINX: LITTLE MISS STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 JOE THE BARBARIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 JOSEPH ANTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Kagan, Neil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Kanata, Konami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Kelley, Tom and David Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 KEVIN KELLER: DRIVE ME CRAZY . . . . . . 33 Kidder, Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 39 Kiem, Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 King, Martin Luther, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11, 40 Kozol, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lacey, Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Index L’Amour, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Larson, Erik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 LAW OF THE DESERT BORN . . . . . . . . . . . 34 LEADER’S CODE, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 LEAP WRITE IN! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 LEAVES OF GRASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lebbon, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Lecesne, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lee, Joe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 LEFTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN . . . . . . . . . 37 Levine, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 LIVING AND DYING IN BRICK CITY . . . . . 8 LOST COVENANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Ludwig, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 MacMillan, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Maddow, Rachel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Magnason, Andri Snaer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mamlet, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1905 . . . . 42 Marmell, Ari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Marra, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 MASTERMINDS & WINGMEN . . . . . . . . . . 20 MATH IN MINUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 McCann, Colum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 McGill, Jerry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mealer, Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Methuen, Algernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MINDSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mitchard, Jacquelyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MOM & ME & MOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MOMENT OF BATTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Moore, Wes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Morgan, George D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Morrison, Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Motion, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS . . . . . 2 MUCK CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Muir, Hazel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 MY BRIEF HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 MY ORANGE DUFFEL BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET, THE . . . . . . . . . . 38 National Geographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANGRY BIRDS FURIOUS FORCES . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANGRY BIRDS SEASONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONCISE HISTORY OF THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . 42 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCE OF EVERYTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Nazario, Sonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Nelsen, Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 NICK AND TESLA’S HIGH-VOLTAGE DANGER LAB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 NICK AND TESLA’S ROBOT ARMY RAMPAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 NIGHT OF COMET, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 NINE HORSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Norman, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 NOTES OF A NATIVE SON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 NOTHING TO ENVY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Obreht, Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 O’Connor, Sandra Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ogline, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Olson-Raymer, Gayle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ORIENTALIST, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Oshimi, Shuzo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 OSTRICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 OTHER WES MOORE, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OUT OF ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

OUTCASTS UNITED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PARADOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Parent, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PAYING FOR COLLEGE WITHOUT GOING BROKE, 2014 EDITION. . . . . . . . 48 PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Perry, Steve Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Peter, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pflugfelder, Bob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 PLAYING TYLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Poe, Edgar Allan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 POETRY 180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 POSITIVE DISCIPLINE IN THE CLASSROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Potter Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 POWER OF HABIT, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PRINCETON REVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48 PUSH HAS COME TO SHOVE. . . . . . . . . . . 23 Q&A A DAY FOR COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 QUEEN BEE MOMS & KINGPIN DADS . . . 21 QUEEN BEES & WANNABES. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 QUIET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 RAISING CUBBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 RAISING GLOBAL IQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 READY PLAYER ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 REASON I JUMP, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD, A . 30 RED RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Reiss, Tom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RELIC (The Books of Eva I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Remarque, Erich Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Richards, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Riggs, Ransom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Robison, John Elder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ROCKET GIRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ROMANTIC REVOLUTION, THE . . . . . . . . 42 Rought, A.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS . . . . . . . . 43 Rushdie, Salman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ryan, Frank P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH: THE MAGIC WITHIN 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sachs, Jeffrey D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sagan, Carl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM . . . 4 Samuelsson, Marcus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Saul, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 SCHOOLS THAT LEARN (Updated and Revised). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 SCIENCE IN SECONDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Scieszka, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SCRIPT & SCRIBBLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Senge, Peter M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Shakespeare, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SHILOH, 1862. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SILVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 SIN AND SYNTAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Skloot, Rebecca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Slawenski, Kenneth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SMITH: THE STORY OF A PICKPOCKET 36 SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA, THE . . . . . . . . . 41 Smithsonian Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SNOWMELT RIVER, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SONGS OF WILLOW FROST . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SOUL OF THE AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SPARK, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES. . 30 St. John, Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Stein, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 STICKS AND STONES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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