2011 Language Arts & Social Studies Catalog

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Books for Your Classroom and School Library New Fiction • Graphic Novels • Writing How-T Tos Ideas for Reluctant Readers • Books for Social Studies Civil War a Sesquicentennial • Story of Science series Advanced Placement • Princeton Review • College Guides Test Prep Pr • Professional Reading • Audiobooks

From Our Desk to Yours . . .

Dear Educator, According to the Scholastic 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report™* the top reasons that kids ages nine to seventeen read books for fun are that they want to use their imagination, experience a great story, and above all, be entertained.

With this in mind, I am delighted to present you with our 2011 Language Arts and Social Studies Catalog. Geared toward providing you, the educator, with fresh and exciting material for your classroom, this catalog features new books that will appeal to all of your students’ tastes in reading: adventure books, classics, graphic novels, historical fiction, mysteries, and more.

Photos from the Random House Second Annual Author Event for NYC Educators

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According to the Scholastic report mentioned above, only 39 percent of boys find that reading books for fun is very important, compared to 62 percent of girls. To help you identify books that are ideal for boys who may not be eager to read, we have indicated suggestions for the reluctant reader with this logo: .

In addition to this print catalog, Random House also offers a variety of electronic social media for teachers. Have you joined the Random House High School Network? If not, be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and through our blog, RHI Magazine on the Web (see facing page for more details).

Lastly, this past summer, we held the Second Annual Author Event for NYC Educators in the Random House building. Over one hundred educators and students from the tri-state area listened to author and teacher presentations and participated in writing workshops. Our dynamic author lineup included Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nicholas (Fist Stick Knife Gun), and Wes Moore (The Other Wes Moore), whose messages you can find on pages 5 and 11, respectively. You can view pictures taken at the event on our Facebook page, and video of the event will soon be posted to RHI Magazine on the Web.

Authors Alissa Torres, Liz Welch, and Wes Moore

Author Geoffrey Canada

I invite you to turn the page and browse our offerings. I am confident you will find the right books for your students, whatever their interests may be.

Here’s to another great school year!

Sincerely, Attendees

Kaiulani C. Kaneta Associate Manager, Academic Marketing Random House, Inc. 1745 Broadway 6-2 New York, NY 10019 Tel. (212) 829-6929 | Fax (212) 940-7381 e-mail: kkaneta@randomhouse.com *To view the entire Scholastic 2010 Kids & Family Reading ReportTM, go to: http://tinyurl.com/38ks9cy

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Table of Contents SPOTLIGHT TITLES............................................................................................................................................................2 LANGUAGE ARTS ..........................................................................................................................................................30 SOCIAL STUDIES ............................................................................................................................................................32 SCIENCE................................................................................................................................................................................35 PROFESSIONAL READING ........................................................................................................................................35 COLLEGE GUIDES & TEST PREP ............................................................................................................................35 ORDER FORM ..................................................................................................................................................................36 legeND HC = Hardcover • TR = Trade Paperback • MM = Mass Market NCR = No Canadian Rights • = Ideal for Reluctant Readers Flesh-Kincaid is used to score reading level

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I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED

By Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui

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’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”

Nujood Ali’s childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband’s hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom—an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married before the legal age of seventeen. Nujood’s courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family even inspired other young girls in the Middle East to challenge their forced marriages.

Featuring a new epilogue that describes Nujood’s life today, this is an unforgettable story of tragedy, triumph, and courage.

“One of the greatest women I have ever seen . . . She set an example with her courage.”

—Hillary Clinton

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-58967-5 192pp. | $12.00/$15.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 5

“A powerful new autobiography. . . . It’s hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorcées—or braver ones— than a pint-size third-grader named Nujood Ali.” —Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times “The unimaginably awful story is told in the voice of the girl, simply and clearly . . . This memoir will move readers.”

—Kirkus Reviews “Simple and straightforward in its telling, this is an informative and thoroughly engaging narrative.”

—Publishers Weekly “Nujood and all other girls like her who are traded like objects deserve to be heard. This important book gives them a voice and sheds light on an ugly secret that has destroyed the lives of children for centuries.”

—Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran

About the Authors NuJooD AlI was the first child bride in Yemen to win a divorce. Named a Glamour Woman of the Year in 2008, she has been profiled in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Time magazine. She lives in Yemen.

DelpHINe mINouI, a recipient of the Albert Londres Prize, has been covering Iran and the Middle East since 1997. She lives in Beirut.

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Dear Teachers: I Am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced is a very special little book—as the title certainly alludes. Forced by her father to marry a man three times her senior at an age far below the legal one, this brave young Yemeni girl fled her new “home” with just a few coins in her pocket, and headed to the courthouse in the capital.

Her mission: to petition for a divorce. With the help of a trailblazing female lawyer, she won—and her extraordinary case has raised awareness throughout the Middle East about antiquated customs and even helped change the law.

Her story is perfect for high school reading on so many levels. It’s written by Nujood herself—her voice is one of youth that teens will easily relate to. It’s also a book that introduces important and timely cultural and political issues in an accessible way. Furthermore, it is an inspiration to students who are interested in political activism, law, journalism, and women’s studies—especially considering that Nujood is passionate about becoming a lawyer, so that she may defend other young girls who have experienced what she has.

It’s no surprise that Nujood won Glamour magazine’s Woman of the Year award in 2008 along with the likes of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice, that the book is an international best seller, or that Nicholas Kristof interviewed Nujood for his popular New York Times blog when the book was recently published in the United States. It is simply a story unlike any other. It is also one that will encourage lively dialogue in the classroom and help high school teachers introduce multicultural issues and current events in an engaging way. The book features a reading group guide to facilitate discussion, and the Q & A below, written by the French coauthor (a famous international journalist), is a riveting, behind-the-scenes look into Nujood’s world, the writing of the book, and how her experience has shaped her life and the lives of so many other young girls like her.

—Nicole Sprinkle, The Crown Publishing Group To read a Q & A with the journalist and cowriter of I Am Nujood, go to: http://tinyurl.com/2vx7qza

Nujood’s French publisher, pictured with Nujood to his immediate right, visits her at school in Yemen

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FIST STICK KNIFE GUN: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF VIOLENCE A True Story in Black and White

To view trailer and official website for the documentary, Waiting for “Superman”, featuring Geoffrey Canada, go to: www.waitingforsuperman.com

By Geoffrey Canada; Adapted by Jamar Nicholas

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ong before President Barack Obama praised his work as “an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children,” and First Lady Michelle Obama called him “one of my heroes,” Geoffrey Canada was a small and scared boy growing up in the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where “sidewalk boys” learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, knife, and, finally, gun. In a stunning pairing, acclaimed comics creator Jamar Nicholas presents Canada’s raw and riveting account, one of the most authentic and important true stories of urban violence ever told.

“Geoffrey Canada’s realistic yet hopeful voice finds fresh expression through the comic style of Jamar Nicholas. Canada’s account of his childhood and the role that violence played in shaping his experiences provides hard-won and crucial lessons.”

—Pedro A. Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University

Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-4449-0 144pp. | $14.00/$16.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

“Jamar Nicholas is a master of his craft—his drawings are full of life and truly stunning.”

—Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World “I wish every city had a Geoffrey Canada.” —President Bill Clinton

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FIST STICK KNIFE GUN: A Personal History of Violence A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone “A more powerful depiction of the tragic life of urban children and a more compelling plea to end ‘America’s war against itself ’ cannot be imagined.”

—The New York Times Book Review “A slim, revealing volume that should be required reading for anyone who was ever a child, for anyone who has ever negotiated the complicated hierarchy of ‘rep’ and revenge on city streets.” —Boston Globe Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-807-00423-4 | 192pp. | $14.00/$16.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9 Teacher’s Guide Available

About the Author geoFFReY cANADA grew up in the South Bronx. Since 1990, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlem Children’s Zone, an organization that offers a comprehensive range of services in a nearly 100-block area in Central Harlem and serves over 10,000 children. Their work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, and The New York Times. In October 2005, Canada was named one of “America's Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report.

He is featured in the film Waiting for “Superman.”

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A Message from the Author When my memoir, Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, was first published in 1995, it told the story of my life growing up in the South Bronx as both a victim of violence, and as a perpetrator, for my own survival. Things in my neighborhood and in many neighborhoods across the country, have not improved since I was young. In fact, they’ve grown worse. Violence has always been a problem, but it has never been as deadly as it is today. In 2009, the Children’s Defense Fund reported that nearly nine children and teens are killed every day as a result of gun violence. With more guns and more drugs available on the streets than ever before, what chance do kids today have of surviving, let alone thriving, in the world that has been provided for them?

This year my publisher, Beacon Press, has released a revised edition of Fist Stick Knife Gun, updated to reflect some of the work that has been done over the last fifteen years. At the Harlem Children’s Zone, where I am now the president and CEO, we have grown to serve nearly one hundred city blocks, reaching more than ten thousand children with free programming and support. One way in which we accomplish this is by placing trained and caring adults in the middle of these underserved communities, in order to let these children know that they are not alone out there. In Fist Stick Knife Gun I describe what it was like for me to be in the middle of the violence, with nowhere to run, and no one to turn to. In the years since I wrote it, I have worked to protect the children who are still trapped in that difficult place.

In addition to the revised edition of my memoir, Beacon Press has also released a new graphic novel adaptation of Fist Stick Knife Gun, by cartoonist and illustrator Jamar Nicholas. This new version brings the book into the twenty-first century in a fresh and exciting way. It offers a new tool for understanding the circumstances and psychology of the children who must face violence everyday. Additionally, the graphic novel format makes Fist Stick Knife Gun more accessible to younger readers, which I hope will help to put this story in the hands of those who need it most.

The problem of youth violence cannot be solved from a distance. While I believe it is essential that people begin to understand the crisis that our children face, it is more important that they start taking steps to protect them. I hope these two new editions of Fist Stick Knife Gun can be a step in that direction for many of today’s students, parents, activists, and concerned citizens. When I was in college, I was absolutely focused on one thing: how to improve the outcomes for the kinds of kids I knew growing up. I still dream of the day that we find the answer to that question.

Geoffrey Canada

pages from the graphic edition

Jamar Nicholas and geoffrey canada at the Random House Second Annual Author event for NYc educators

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MINDSET

www.mindsetonline.com

The New Psychology of Success

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By Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

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leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., has discovered, through more than 20 years of research, that mindset is not a minor personality quirk; rather, it creates one’s whole mental world.

In Mindset, she argues that it explains how individuals become optimistic or pessimistic, shaping their goals, and their attitude toward work, relationships, and how they raise their kids— ultimately predicting whether or not they will fulfill their potential. She demonstrates that mindset unfolds in childhood and adulthood and drives every aspect of one’s life, from work to sports, from relationships to parenting. She illustrates how creative geniuses in all fields—music, literature, science, sports, business—apply the growth mindset to achieve results.

Highly engaging and drawing upon years of research, and ideal reading for faculty department programs, Mindset breaks new ground as it offers compelling methods to change one’s manner of thinking for a more productive life.

Ballantine Books | TR | 978-0-345-47232-8 288pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

“A good book is one whose advice you believe. A great book is one whose advice you follow. I have found Carol Dweck’s work on mindsets invaluable in my own life, and even life-changing in my attitudes toward the challenges that, over the years, become more demanding rather than less. This is a book that can change your life, as its ideas have changed mine.”

—Robert J. Sternberg, IBM Professor of Education and Psychology at Yale University, director of the PACE Center at Yale University, and author of Successful Intelligence “Highly recommended. . . . This book is an essential read for parents, teachers, coaches, and others who are instrumental in determining a child’s mind-set, and in turn, his or her future success, as well as for those who would like to increase their own feelings of success and fulfillment.”

—Library Journal, starred review “A serious, practical book. Dweck’s overall assertion that rigid thinking benefits no one, least of all yourself, and that a change of mind is always possible, is welcome.”

—Publishers Weekly

About the Author cARol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been the William B. Ransford Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and is now the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California.

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A Message from the Author When I was in the sixth grade, my teacher Mrs. Wilson seated us around the room in IQ order. Only the highest-IQ students were allowed to erase the blackboard or carry the flag in the school assembly. Mrs. Wilson believed that your IQ score embodied not just your inborn intelligence, but your character as well. This was my first and most powerful experience with the fixed mindset—the idea that your traits are fixed and that they define you. I have devoted my life to liberating students from this mindset.

Mindset introduces students to a body of research they can use in their lives, especially during this time, when challenges are coming at them from every direction. Students struggle with work that is much harder than anything they’ve done before, are in an environment that may seem less supportive and nurturing than before, and . . . they have to think about college! On top of this, new social challenges (and setbacks) constantly occur. In this context, students find the growth mindset—the idea that your qualities can be developed over time—to be critical to their adjustment. In fact, they often tell me that they use the growth mindset principles on a daily basis, to rise to challenges and take on new ones.

Rigorous research shows that it can be very helpful for students to learn about the growth mindset in high school. It can positively affect motivation, grade point average, and selfesteem. It can also help students transcend negative stereotypes, such as those facing women in math or minority students in a variety of subjects, helping them understand that they can acquire these skills through good instruction and sustained effort.

Mindset has also played a key role in professional development. Many educational institutions have made it required reading for their administrators and teachers, because the book is full of crucial information about how to motivate students. The same thing is happening with athletic organizations, in which, according to coaches, a growth mindset is proving essential for the development of an athlete’s (and a coach’s) potential. Business schools and business organizations are using Mindset to encourage effective leadership and necessary innovation in times of change.

Many teachers who have adopted Mindset in their courses tell me that the students enjoy it tremendously, that it provokes excellent class discussions, and that it lends itself to useful and interesting exercises. For example, students can write about something they would like to change in themselves and how they would go about it, and keep a journal of their changes. Students can be asked to do something that they might not have otherwise done and they can write about it or share this challenging experience with their classmates. Educators have told me that many of their students gain the courage to pursue their most valued goals, ones they may not have pursued in the past because of the fear of failure.

Almost every day, I get wonderful letters from teachers who have assigned Mindset.

I hope I will get a letter from you.

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

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GOING DOWN SOUTH A Novel

www.bonnieglover.com

By Bonnie J. Glover

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rom the author of The Middle Sister comes a heartwarming tale of second chances and the unparalleled love between mothers and daughters.

When fifteen-year-old Olivia Jean finds herself in the “family way,” her mother, Daisy, who has never been very maternal, springs into action. Daisy decides that Olivia Jean can’t stay in New York and whisks her away to her grandmother’s farm in Alabama to have the baby—even though Daisy and her own mother, Birdie, have been estranged for years. When they arrive, Birdie lays down the law: Sure, her granddaughter can stay, but Daisy will have to stay as well. Though Daisy is furious, she has no choice.

Now, under one little roof in the 1960s Deep South, three generations of spirited, proud women are forced to live together. One by one, they begin to lose their inhibitions and share their secrets. And as long-guarded truths emerge, a baby is born—a child with the power to turn these virtual strangers into a real, honest-to-goodness family.

One World | TR | 978-0-345-48091-0 272pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

“Olivia Jean, Daisy, and Birdie are three generations of black women who must deal with pregnancy, relationships with difficult and absent mothers, and men who cannot or will not stand by them in times of emotional ordeal. . . . Each of these women is feisty, insightful, and smart—and impatient with the generation immediately next to her own. Glover brings each of them—as well as Olivia Jean’s adored daddy and Birdie’s mysterious partners—to vivid and well-focused life. Easy and quick to read, this story will resonate with girls who know the culture portrayed as well as those who are looking from the outside in.”

—Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia (School Library Journal)

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THE MIDDLE SISTER A Novel

About the Author BoNNIe J. gloVeR was born in Florence, Alabama and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

She graduated from Stetson University College of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree.

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© Marilena Paris

One World | TR | 978-0-345-48090-3 | 272pp. | $12.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

A Message from the Author Since 2005, when my first book, The Middle Sister, was published, I’ve been asked to speak at various public schools, ranging from grade schools to colleges in Florida, where I currently live.

Each event has left me wanting to participate more in book discussions with young adults, and I’m glad that now I’m receiving invitations to speak in schools as far away as Missouri.

With the publication of Going Down South, I am finding more and more of my readership among the young adult (YA) population, due to the novel’s focus on teenage pregnancy. The protagonist, Olivia Jean Stone, is 15 years old and in “trouble”—the dated euphemism for pregnancy in that era. Although the book is set at the cusp of 1959 and 1960, it strikes a chord with today’s teen audience and their educators. Suddenly, I’m in demand as a speaker, and school personnel and administrators contact me to come to them and talk to their students.

My latest foray into public speaking for high school students occurred in early March. Dr. Nick JacAngelo met me in a fairly nice-sized room at Miami Coral Park Senior High. I had been there before. Rosalind Gooding, the school’s Reading Department Chair/Reading Coach, had invited me to attend an assembly back in 2005, at the publication of my first book. During that meeting I spoke about writing, how I wrote, the process, my ideas, etc. I answered a lot of questions. The students told me about themselves and what they wanted to accomplish. I felt a secret flush of pride when a couple of students remained behind and whispered their aspirations to me because they wanted me to know them, even though they felt too shy to communicate in front of an audience of their peers. I gave them my card with my email address. I didn’t hear from either student again.

So this time when Rosalind called, I had a plan. I didn’t want to run in and out of the school and not make a solid connection with the students. I thought about the issues facing our children today and what I had written about in both of my novels—the inability of parents and children to sometimes connect and make things work. I wanted to meet with the students at least twice—once to introduce myself, to get to know them a little, and to whet their appetite for reading Going Down South by doing an initial reading and a signing. My follow-up visit would be a discussion of the topical issues in Going Down South, with a focus on the students and their feelings about the characters and the problems they were facing.

When I arrived at Miami Coral, thirty-six students—all girls except for one young man who insisted on being a part of our group—were waiting quietly and very politely for me. I started the process: I introduced myself and used humor to try and ease the tension in the room—inevitable when new people meet. They laughed when I told them about my adventures in Los Angeles at the NAACP Awards ceremony. Going Down South had been nominated for an Outstanding Literary Fiction Award and I got to peer at the stars for a good moment or two. I showed the students how I strutted on the red carpet but couldn’t get the paparazzi interested because I am not well-known, since writers are usually behind the scenes and it was my first nomination. After our shared laughter, they seemed to relax and a few young people shared their dreams with me— there was one attorney-to-be and one writer present!

I signed books as they left that first day and each student whispered to me a promise—that they would read Going Down South and be ready to talk to me when I came back. And I promised myself that I would do more of these talks. I might only make a difference to a handful of students, but out of that handful, one or two might go on to do great things. I’m hopeful.

Bonnie J. Glover

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THE OTHER WES MOORE

www.theotherwesmoore.com

One Name, Two Fates

By Wes Moore

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n December 2000, The Baltimore Sun ran a short article about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a huge story about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was also named Wes Moore.

Wes just couldn’t shake off the unsettling coincidence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same newspaper. After following the story of the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial to its conclusion, he wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter tentatively asked the questions that had been haunting him: Who are you?

How did this happen?

Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52820-7 272pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Do not order before 1/11/2011.

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That letter led to a correspondence and relationship that have lasted for several years. Over dozens of letters and prison visits, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own: Both had grown up in similar neighborhoods and had had difficult childhoods; both were fatherless; they’d hung out on similar corners with similar crews; and both had run into trouble with the police. At each stage of their young lives they had faced similar moments of decision, yet their choices would lead them to astonishingly different destinies.

Told in alternating dramatic narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.

“The Other Wes Moore highlights the transformative influence of caring adults. . . . Moore vividly and powerfully describes not just the culture of the streets but how it feels to be a boy growing up in a world where violence makes you a man, school seems irrelevant, and drug dealing is a respected career choice.”

—O, The Oprah Magazine

wes moore at the Random House Second Annual Author event for NYc educators

About the Author weS mooRe is a Rhodes Scholar and a combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan. As a White House Fellow, he worked as a special assistant to Secretary Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. He was a featured speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, was named one of Ebony magazine’s Top 30 Leaders Under 30 (2007), and most recently, was dubbed one of the top young business leaders in America in Crain’s New York Business. He works in New York City.

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A Message from the Author I am living proof that a support system of family, mentors, and educators is critical for success and as such, have the most tremendous respect for those of you who give tirelessly of yourselves to improve the future of a child. I would like to humbly thank all of you for being heroes to so many of your students, for inspiring them in ways you probably cannot even fathom yet, and for teaching them character and personal responsibility in addition to academics. It is your example, your belief in them, along with the preparation you give them in the classroom, that will unlock doors of opportunity.

I am a grandchild of a retired school teacher who taught in the Bronx public school system for over 20 years, the son-in-law of a New York City public elementary school teacher of over 20 years, and a proud advocate for schools and the kids they serve. I have grown up hearing the stories of redemption and disappointment, of joy and pain, and of success and failure of so many kids who find themselves in a system that currently works for some, but doesn’t for too many. Just as I was serving as a captain on the front lines in Afghanistan, you all are the front-line soldiers in the most important battle our nation faces now: the battle to educate and prepare our next generation of leaders.

Just as we need to mobilize leaders and resources around our battles overseas, the same must be done to help our children navigate their journeys into adulthood.

We all know the disturbing statistics of low graduation and high dropout rates in our nation’s public schools by heart. And with more than 50% of marriages failing in today’s society, and single-parent households the norm in many inner-city communities, children lack the guidance that the family structure once provided. I am sure we are all alarmed that in today’s world, young men of color are more likely to be in prison than in college. For too many in our nation, particularly those who live in our most precarious areas, a broken school system serves as a precursor to entry into the juvenile justice system. But I believe this is a problem we can—and must—tackle.

Studies show that students from low-income communities can and do achieve at high levels when they are given the resources and attention they deserve. And there are amazing educators and civic leaders who are already leading the charge with impressive steam. I know the fixes aren’t simple, nor are they cheap. But there are two things to remember: The answer isn’t simply spending more money, it is to spend the money wisely with a focus on the children we intend to serve; and the costs of inaction on this issue are unbearably high, when you consider it costs nearly $200,000 to incarcerate someone in New York, and according to a recent Columbia University study, cutting the dropout rate in half would yield $45 billion annually in both new federal tax revenues and cost savings.

Promising reforms that have embraced alternative teaching platforms, teacher pay systems based on performance, and the inspired $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” funds that the Obama Administration has allocated are tremendous, but a national embrace of innovation and policy change are imperatives.

We will need fortitude and ingenuity as we embark on the education-reform battle of our lifetime.

The chance to raise expectations, the opportunity for our children to do better than their parents, and the need to translate the experience of young students into the dreams of a nation must now drive us all. Just as it was imperative for me and my soldiers on the ground to win our fights, the same can be said for you and the work you are doing. As President Obama recently said, “The future belongs to the nation that best educates its citizens.” I could not agree more.

Wes Moore

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ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother

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By Sonia Nazario A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

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n this astonishing story, award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States. Eleven years after his mother is forced to leave her starving family to find work, Enrique travels through hostile worlds full of thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops, often clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains, and with little more in his pocket than a slip of paper bearing his mother’s North Carolina telephone number. But Enrique pushes forward, relying on his wit, courage, and hope—and the kindness of strangers.

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Based on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for feature writing and another for feature photography, Enrique’s Journey puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States. It is also a timeless story of families torn apart, the yearning to be together again, and a boy who will risk his life to find the mother he loves.

“This portrait of poverty and family ties has the potential to reshape American conversations about immigration.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Enrique’s Journey is insightful and beautifully written and sheds a great deal of light on the horrific journeys immigrants risk to find a better life. Highly recommended.”

—Library Journal “In the tradition of Jacob Riis . . . Nazario has illuminated the modern immigrant experience; with Enrique, she has given a voice and a face to these migrant children.”

—The New York Times Book Review

About the Author SoNIA NAZARIo has spent 20 years reporting on and writing about social issues, most recently as a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her stories have tackled some of this country’s most intractable problems: hunger, drug addiction, immigration. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize, she has won numerous national journalism and book awards.

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A Message from the Author President Obama has vowed that he will soon raise the issue of immigration reform anew, likely igniting heated debates in homes around the country.

Yet in many high schools nationwide, teachers have already sought to help students better understand their newly arrived neighbors through discussions of Enrique’s Journey. Scores of high schools from Bay Shore, New York to Santa Monica, California—places that have seen a sudden surge of newcomers from other countries— have used my book about one Central American boy’s quest to reach his mother in the U.S. to take students inside the world of migrants, a world many know little about.

My visits to high schools all over the country have led to incredibly interesting and moving encounters with students. Many non-Latino students tell me that they had no real concept of the poverty that pushes migrants out of places like Honduras. They say that they find the story of what Enrique and other migrant children are willing to do to reach the U.S. moving and instructive, forcing them to reevaluate their preconceptions about immigrants. One African-American student at a Chicago high school told me how her grandmother had moved from Mississippi to Illinois, leaving her children behind—an experience common among African-American women leaving the South. That student said the book gave her a deeper bond with people living south of the border.

Mexican-American students often tell me that, after reading Enrique’s Journey, they have a better understanding of the tensions between Mexicans and Central Americans living in the U. S. The most moving responses, however, are from Latino students who say this is the first book they have read in which they can see some glimmer of their own lives and experiences reflected. They—or someone in their family—have made the journey to the U. S. on top of freight trains, or have been separated from their parents in the process of coming to the U.S. These Latino students tell me that my book led to first-ever conversations with their parents about how they arrived in the United States. Often, high school teachers tell me that they normally can’t get their students to read anything, but their pupils devoured this tale.

What has been most promising is to see students’ clear desire to try to alleviate the situation I describe in Enrique’s Journey. At La Jolla Country Day School, near San Diego, students launched a campaign to raise money to provide microloans to women in Guatemala. These loans provide women with the necessary start-up capital to create businesses and generate income, thus allowing them to stay with their children in their home country.

Students at Crawford High School in San Diego were so taken with the book that they worked with the local public broadcasting station to produce an Emmy-winning short film for television based upon the book and its characters. They also created pop-up books based on Enrique’s Journey, and took them to elementary schools to discuss immigration.

In Logan, Utah, the mostly white, Mormon, high school students interpreted Enrique’s Journey artistically, through poems, musical compositions, and sculptures. As they performed or presented their works, many in the crowd of parents cried.

High school teachers have told me that the book works as a common read for many reasons. It appeals to both male and female students. The protagonist is close to the students’ age. It is a compelling read that broadens students’ awareness of other cultures. And it is about a pressing, current issue.

Administrators and teachers appreciate how Enrique’s Journey addresses key themes: survival, community, education, family, diversity, racism, violence, drugs, redemption, foreign relations, politics, and, of course, immigration.

What I have enjoyed most about my discussions at high schools is seeing that Enrique’s Journey has taken a highly polarizing and important issue, and has forced students to reconsider it in a Sonia Nazario with students at nuanced way.

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HOW TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL SUPERSTAR A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)

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By Cal Newport

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n How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars—students who scored spots at the nation’s top colleges by leading uncluttered and authentic lives. Drawing from extensive interviews and cutting-edge science, Newport’s latest book offers step-by-step instructions and guidance to help students and parents navigate the college admissions process without stress. Topics covered include why: • Doing less is the foundation for becoming more impressive; • Demonstrating passion is meaningless, but being interesting is crucial; • Accomplishments that are hard to explain are better than accomplishments that are hard to do.

“As a former Ivy League admissions officer, I was overjoyed to see a book that hit the nail on the head regarding selective college admissions and how to take the process in stride. Students will find his book extremely useful and admissions officers will be relieved to see applicants who escape the cookie-cutter syndrome.”

—Dr. Michele Hernandez, author of A Is for Admission and president of Hernandez College Consulting and Application Boot Camp

For more books by Cal Newport, go to http://tinyurl.com/39aqa96

“Newport possesses an outstanding sense of high school students’ lives, as well as the science behind using free time to become interesting, interested, engaged, and authentic. He provides many excellent principles with numerous practical, real life examples to illustrate his points and to help students take immediate action.”

—Dr. Linda Caldwell, Professor, Penn State University

About the Author cAl NewpoRt is the author of How to Win at College and How to Become a Straight-A Student. He graduated from Dartmouth College and earned a Ph.D. from MIT. His writing has appeared in national publications, and he is the founder of Study Hacks (www.calnewport.com/blog), the Web’s most popular student advice blog.

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A Message from the Author

In the spring of 2008, a group of parents gathered at Palo Alto High School for a program titled “Let’s REALLY Talk About College.” Originally billed as “a panel discussion for parents and students,” the event garnered a buzz once it was revealed that several college admissions experts would sit on the panel.

A few minutes into the first presentation, however, it became clear that the focus of the discussion was not insider tips on how to win acceptance to elite schools.

Instead, the panelist asked parents to look beyond the Ivy League and settle for less-competitive schools that would generate less stress for their children. A murmur spread through the crowd. Someone stood up and walked out of the auditorium. More followed. By the time the first speaker finished, more than 20 percent of the audience had left.

I later asked one of the event organizers why parents would ignore a message that directly concerned the well-being of their children.

“They think it’s other peoples’ problem,” she told me. “They think, ‘Not my kids—my kids will be okay.’”

This story underscores the difficulty of reigning in admissions-related stress. The standard strategy, as presented by the panelists at Palo Alto High School, is to convince students and their parents that there’s more to life than Harvard. Those who are suffering the most, however, are also the most likely to ignore this advice: like the walk-outs at the Palo Alto discussion, they convince themselves that they’re different; somehow they’ll make it through.

I wrote How to Be a High School Superstar to address this issue. The book describes a new philosophy of college admissions that aims to simultaneously decrease stress and increase impressiveness. I start by taking the reader inside the world of relaxed superstars—students who defy conventional wisdom by living uncluttered and authentic high school lives, yet still do well during the admissions process. I then detail exactly what makes these students impressive—demolishing the myth that overload and exhaustion is a prerequisite for standing out. I augment this discussion with detailed instructions—from practical time management and study habits, to sophisticated strategies for becoming more engaged with the world— that prove that relaxed superstardom is not something enjoyed by a lucky few, but is instead a viable goal for any high school student looking to live up to his or her potential without having to suffer through an over-scheduled lifestyle.

How to Be a High School Superstar goes far beyond the standard collections of application tips that populate the admissions shelf. It offers the reader a new way of viewing the college process—recasting it not as a chore to survive, but instead as a reward for living a genuinely interesting life.

Cal Newport

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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

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By Rebecca Skloot

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er name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells— taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they played a vital role in developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions, with devastating consequences for her family.

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Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of old wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where Henrietta’s children, unable to afford health insurance, wrestle with feelings of pride, fear, and betrayal.

“Using [The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks] in the classroom will deepen your students’ understanding of nonfiction, science, medicine, and history—but more than that, it will prepare them to engage thoughtfully with the profound moral and ethical dilemmas posed by emergent technologies and the world we share.”

—Amy Jurskis, Tri-Cities High School, East Point, Georgia “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating read and a ringing success. It is a well-written, carefully researched, complex saga of medical research, bioethics, and race in America. Above all it is a human story of redemption for a family, torn by loss, and for a writer with a vision that would not let go.”

—The Boston Globe “Skloot narrates the science lucidly, tracks the racial politics of medicine thoughtfully, and tells the Lacks family’s often painful story with grace . . . Science writing is often just about the ‘facts.’

Skloot’s book, her first, is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful. . . . Made my hair stand on end.”

—The New York Times Book Review

About the Author ReBeccA Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and elsewhere. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s Radiolab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW, and has taught nonfiction in the creative writing departments at the University of Memphis and the University of Pittsburgh, and science journalism at New York University. Visit her on the web at www.RebeccaSkloot.com.

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A Message from the Author I first learned about HeLa cells and the woman behind them as a sixteen-year-old sitting in a basic biology class. I knew only fragments of her story, but those fragments inspired me to start asking questions—about science and mortality, bioethics, and how I’d feel if my own cells were used in research. I didn’t yet know that her cells had launched a multibilliondollar industry while her children lived in poverty, or that the cells had had devastating consequences for the family.

Henrietta’s story captures the imagination of students interested in any number of subjects, including the sciences, medicine, history, philosophy, law, bioethics, journalism, and creative writing. I’ve spoken about HeLa at schools around the country, where students are transfixed by the story. I tell them that if you could pile all the HeLa cells ever grown on a scale they would weigh more than one hundred fifty Empire State Buildings, and that HeLa has been fused with mouse cells to create Henrietta-mouse hybrid cells. It’s the stuff of science fiction, but it’s true, and students love it. Combine that with the story of Henrietta’s family—a tale about science, religion, race, and class—and students’ reactions are powerful.

During Q & As, the first question is usually, “Wasn’t it illegal to take her cells and use them in research without asking?” The answer is no—not in 1951, and not in 2010. Today, most Americans have their tissue on file somewhere, as a result of routine blood tests or biopsies.

And since the late sixties, when testing newborns for genetic diseases became required by law, each baby born in the United States has had blood taken, and those samples are often stored and used by scientists. This means that most students in this country have tissues of their own being used in research, and neither they nor their parents likely realize it.

As a teacher, I always look for books that bring together the many disparate fields that students will study throughout their academic careers, and that allow them to explore the real-world consequences of intellectual discoveries. Other teachers tell me The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks does just that, bringing together themes of health, community, family, ethics, religion, science, storytelling, history, business, law, and humanity.

I have already spoken at hundreds of schools nationwide. As a regular guest speaker who has also worked as a correspondent for radio and television, I understand the importance of being an engaging speaker, and my talks have been called “moving and engaging of both the heart and mind.” You can visit the events page of my website at RebeccaSkloot.com and you can contact me through the site. I look forward to visiting even more schools as part of their Common Reading Programs.

As a young student, I couldn’t have imagined that Henrietta’s story would lead me to become a writer, or that writing this book would be a ten-year journey. There’s no telling what effect this story could have on students. I can’t wait to find out.

Rebecca Skloot

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Hela cells take on a different appearance depending on the type of microscope and dye used to see them

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OUTCASTS UNITED

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

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By Warren St. John utcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach, and a small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.

In the 1990s, Clarkston, Georgia, became a resettlement center for refugees and a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep Clarkston’s boys off the streets.

These boys named themselves the Fugees—short for refugees.

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Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the lives of the Fugees, their families, and their charismatic coach, as they struggle to build new lives in a fading town overwhelmed by change. Theirs is a story about resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference, and the daunting challenge of creating community in a place where people seem to have so little in common.

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“Not merely about soccer, St. John’s book teaches readers about the social and economic difficulties of adapting to a new culture and the challenges facing a town with a new and disparate population. Despite their cultural and religious differences and the difficulty of adaptation, the Fugees came together to play soccer. This wonderful, poignant book is highly recommended.”

—Library Journal, starred review A “richly detailed, uplifting account of a young Jordanian immigrant who created a soccer program in Georgia for young refugees from war-torn nations . . . educational and enriching.”

—Kirkus Reviews

Selected for Common Reading at St. Catherine’s School (Richmond, VA)

About the Author wARReN St. JoHN is a reporter for The New York Times and the author of the national best seller Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer.

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A Message from the Author For the better part of a hundred years, Clarkston, Georgia—a community of 7,100 on one square mile of land east of downtown Atlanta—was a mostly white town where little of interest happened. In the early 1990s, the town was designated as a resettlement center for refugees from around the world, who poured in from Southeast Asia, the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East. In less than a decade, little Clarkston transformed into one of the most diverse communities in the country.

Outcasts United is the story of this town, told through the lens of a soccer team of refugee boys called the Fugees, a team founded and coached by an American-educated, Jordanianborn volunteer named Luma Mufleh. The team and its remarkable coach ultimately provide the rest of us with powerful lessons about how to create community in places where everyone is different.

The Fugees are a paradigm of the modern-day student body. A group of boys from an extraordinary range of backgrounds have come together in a new place and face the challenge of forging alliances and creating a new community. But through lessons taught by the coach and derived from their own experiences, the boys manage to identify common goals that override their significant cultural differences.

A nuanced and realistic approach to discussing diversity. The drama of the Fugees’ soccer season offers a way into a more complex and nuanced discussion about diversity that is not doctrinaire or simplistic. The book does not gloss over the challenges posed by diverse communities, but does offer positive, real-world examples of how people in Clarkston have turned diversity into an asset.

Expands students’ horizons. Though set in Clarkston, Georgia, Outcasts United traces the origins of the conflicts that caused the refugees of Clarkston to flee their homes in the first place, in order to contextualize the refugee experience. Students learn about conflicts in Liberia, Bosnia and Kosovo, Burundi and the Congo, among others. In addition, students gain valuable insights into the struggle of other young people to assimilate into a new culture.

The importance and rewards of service. The example of Coach Luma proves the adage that one person can make a difference. With no formal training in social work and with little outside support, she identified a profound local need and single-handedly took the initiative to help meet it. In the process, she found herself with a new family, who valued and appreciated her for her efforts and kindness.

Strong female role model. Luma offers a powerful role model for female students. A lone female coach in a league of male coaches, she is determined—sometimes stubborn—clever, and above all, passionate on behalf of her players and their families. And through sheer force of will, she takes on local prejudices and political intransigence that works against the refugees.

Having already been selected by several schools and communities just the first year of its publication, Outcasts United has already spoken to thousands of students. I hope to have the opportunity to bring the book’s message to your school as well.

Warren St. John

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MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary

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By Bill Strickland with Vince Rause “Success is the point where your most authentic talents, passion, values, and experiences intersect with the chance to contribute to some greater good.” —Bill Strickland

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ccording to MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” award winner Bill Strickland, a successful life is not something you simply pursue—it is something that you create, moment by moment. Over the past thirty years, Bill Strickland has been transforming the lives of thousands of people through the creation of Manchester Bidwell, a job-training center and community arts program. Working with corporations, community leaders, and schools, he and his staff strive to give disadvantaged kids and adults the opportunities and tools they need to envision and build better, brighter futures.

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Strickland believes that every one of us has the potential for remarkable achievement. Every one of us can accomplish the impossible in our lives if given the right inspiration and motivation to do so. Through lessons from his own life experiences, and those of countless others who have overcome their circumstances and turned their lives around, Make the Impossible Possible shows how all of us can build on our passions and strengths, dream bigger and set the bar higher, achieve meaningful success, and help mentor and inspire the lives of others.

“Straddling between both autobiographical and inspirational genre, the most exquisite beauty of this book is in its straightforward and heartfelt approach. There are so many imminently quotable lines you can draw from cover to cover. This is the kind of book you’d want to read over and over again, with a marker in hand to annotate it as you read, or with a pen and paper on the side to take down notes. Or even both. For as you share in the struggles and successes of Bill Strickland, Make The Impossible Possible is an inexhaustible wellspring of real-life inspiration.”

—Sacramento Book Review

About the Author BIll StRIcklAND is the President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG), and Bidwell Training Center (BTC). He is nationally recognized as a visionary leader who authentically delivers educational and cultural opportunities to students and adults within an organizational culture that fosters innovation, creativity, responsibility, and integrity. Throughout Strickland’s distinguished career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards for his contributions to the arts and his community, including the coveted MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” award.

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A Message from the Author Make the Impossible Possible describes my personal journey from being an inner-city public-school student and troubled high-schooler to a successful college graduate, and eventually a community leader.

The book demonstrates the power of not only one young person to transform his or her own life, but also the power of a motivated public-school teacher to help guide and facilitate that change through the arts and mentorship. I have seen how the book appeals to high-school students and teachers because it: • touches on important and relevant themes, such as the transformative potential of change, the power of determination, and the value of helping others; • appeals to students, teachers, administrators, and school-reform leaders, as well as school boards, by giving them a real-life model for improving their systems of education; and • is written in accessible, easy-to-read language and with a commonsense approach.

The book has also inspired a Web site devoted to the improvement of public education, has been adopted by over ten universities now using it as required reading for incoming freshmen, and has been the inspiration for a “Fans of Bill Strickland” video on YouTube.

As the book continues to generate wide interest, I believe it has the potential to create real change in the area of education reform, and will eventually work its way into school libraries, both at the high school and university levels.

Ultimately, the true value of Make the Impossible Possible lies in its universal message, which is timeless and can be appreciated by all, regardless of age or background, who are willing and able to listen, learn, and challenge themselves and those around them to make what may seem impossible, possible.

Bill Strickland

Bill Strickland with students at his manchester Bidwell job-training and community arts center

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THE EARTH’S LAST WILDERNESS A Quest to Save Antarctica

www.2041.com For information about a curriculum developed around this book, go to: http://education.2041.com/

By Robert Swan with Gil Reavill (Previously published as Antarctica 2041)

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dventurer-turned-environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041—the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—and the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.

In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not a high priority for him. But upon his return, the earth’s perilous state became personal: Robert’s ice-blue eyes had been singed to a pale gray—a result of being exposed to the sun’s rays passing unfiltered through the depleted ozone layer. At that moment, his commitment to preserving the environment was born, and in The Earth’s Last Wilderness Swan details his journey to awareness, and his firm belief that humans can reverse the harm done to the planet thus far, and secure its future for generations to come.

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Despite the dire warnings Swan raises in The Earth’s Last Wilderness—exponentially higher greenhouse-gas levels, rising seas, massive species extinction—he says there is much we can do to avert looming disaster. Ultimately an upbeat call to action, his book provides the information people need to understand the world’s crisis, and the tools they need to combat it, ultimately showing us all that saving Antarctica amounts to saving ourselves.

“Even more compelling than Robert Swan’s story—and he relates his extraordinary experiences with humor and levity—is his plea, not as a scientist or as an activist but as an ordinary man, that we heed the moral mandate to quickly face the challenges of averting global climate chaos.”

—Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

About the Author RoBeRt SwAN is the first person to have walked to both the North and South Poles.

An active lecturer, he regularly leads Antarctic expeditions. He divides his time between London, New York, and Antarctica.

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Teacher Testimonial Using The Earth’s Last Wilderness in the Classroom The Earth’s Last Wilderness played a central role in my unit on sustainability. The book chronicles the recklessly ambitious dreams of Robert Swan as he sets out to become the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. Following this journey, students learn with Robert, as they discover together truths about themselves and the environment.

My unit on sustainability focused on the personal choices that my students could make to become more conscious citizens. We asked ourselves, “What will my world be like in the year 2030?” and “What decisions can I be making now to better prepare myself to be living in a healthier body and environment twenty years from now?” Under this theme we explored the meaning of sustainability, in what capacities it is expressed, and why it is an issue about which we should be informed.

Zach Rome ZAcH Rome is a Cohort 16 New York City Teaching Fellow. As Grand-Prize winner of the 2041 Teacher’s Contest, Rome was awarded free passage aboard the 2009 International Antarctic Treaty Expedition with author Robert Swan.

Book Excerpt from The Earth’s Last Wilderness In the Antarctic summer of 1985 I found myself standing at the inland margin of the Ross Ice Shelf, a crevasse-riven, glacier-fed formation about the size of France. A France without baguettes and cathedrals. A totally Paris-less France.

The ice beneath me ran down a thousand feet. Underneath that, the Bible-black darkness of a cold, unexplored sea.

There were reasons why the Ross Sea remained unexplored. A New Zealand fishing boat once pulled from its waters a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, to distinguish the species from its smaller cousin, the merely giant squid) more than thirty feet long and weighing over a thousand pounds. That’s what they had down there, that and God knows what other creatures. Perhaps only Captain Nemo could have handled it.

To report my location on the Ross Ice Shelf above the Ross Sea, in other words, is another way of saying that I was in the middle of frozen nowhere, perched on the brink of an enormous nothingness. “A silence deep with a breath like sleep” is how one man who died there put it.

Early Antarctic explorers called the ice shelf “the Great Ice Barrier,” in honor of the hundred-foot-high vertical wall where it meets the sea. But for those early explorers, and for me, the barrier acted more as a road, an immense, human-dwarfing, windswept road, but nevertheless a well-recognized path into the interior of the continent.

We followed “In the Footsteps of Scott,” as our expedition was called, tracing the trek to the South Pole of the great British explorer Captain Robert F. Scott.

Excerpted from The Earth’s Last Wilderness by Robert Swan with Gil Reavill. Copyright © 2009 by Robert Swan. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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A tIme to teAcH JoHN gRISHAm: Best-selling Books by one of today’s leading Storytellers

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ohn Grisham’s page-turning books are more than just best sellers; they are great stories offering lessons about perseverance, right and wrong, and justice. Engage your reluctant readers with these thrilling and accessible books.

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BLEACHERS: A NOVEL

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Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee (2008)

“Sharp, lean tale[s] . . . full of tacit suspense . . .

Mr. Grisham knows how to make himself eminently readable.” —The New York Times Book Review

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THE FIRM: A NOVEL The Firm was John Grisham’s first widely recognized book and was made into a film starring Tom Cruise. Readers will meet Mitchell Y. McDeere, an ambitious law student who graduated third in his class at Harvard Law School and goes to work at a suspicious Memphis tax firm.

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A TIME TO KILL: A NOVEL The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until her father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands, dividing the town along and across racial fault lines.

Dell Books | MM | 978-0-440-24621-3 | 368pp. | $7.99/$9.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Bantam | TR | 978-0-553-38681-3 | 336pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE INNOCENT MAN Murder and Injustice in a Small Town A disturbing account of the very real flaws in the criminal justice system and a must-read for students interested in law, justice, and bureaucracy.

Dell Books | MM | 978-0-440-24383-0 | 448pp. | $7.99/$11.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Delta | TR | 978-0-385-34091-5 | 400pp. | $16.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

A PAINTED HOUSE: A NOVEL “Characters that no reader will forget . . . prose as clean and strong as any Grisham has yet laid down . . . and a drop-dead evocation of a time and place that mark this novel as a classic slice of Americana.” —Publishers Weekly Dell Books | MM | 978-0-440-23722-8 | 480pp. | $7.99/$11.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Delta | TR | 978-0-385-33793-9 | 384pp. | $16.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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About the Author JoHN gRISHAm has written twenty-one novels and one work of nonfiction, The Innocent Man, published in 2006. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.

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High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury the team’s coach.

AutHoR SpotlIgHt: tracy kidder STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

In Strength in What Remains, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing brilliant testament to the power of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence until he meets the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story, as he travels back over a turbulent life and shows us what it means to be fully human.

“Absorbing . . . a story about survival, about perseverance and sometimes uncanny luck in the face of hell on earth. . . . It is just as notably about profound human kindness.” —The New York Times Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7761-5 | 304pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Teacher’s Guide Available

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MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease.

Tracy Kidder tells the true story of Partners in Health founder Paul Farmer and shows how one person can effect global progress against seemingly impossible problems—TB, AIDS, poverty—with creativity, knowledge, and determination.

Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7301-3 | 352pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9 Teacher’s Guide Available

This book is a popular common reading selection at high schools and colleges/universities.

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About the Author tRAcY kIDDeR graduated from Harvard, studied at the University of Iowa, and served as an Army officer in Vietnam. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He lives in Massachusetts and Maine.

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nspired by the magical relationship between gripping storytelling and the roar of the campfire, we are pleased to introduce Campfire Graphic Novels. This new series features classic novels, such as Frankenstein and Alice in Wonderland, transformed into beautifully illustrated, dynamic graphic novels. The series will also include original stories and biographies from some of the finest writers and artists.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND

By Lewis Carroll

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-23-1 72pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

Adapted by Lewis Helfand Illustrated by Rajesh Nagulakonda “A splendid, tasteful, beautiful take on the Lewis Carroll classic. Further, it offers information about Dodgson and the texts that make up the Alice lore before the story and after its finish offers information on mythical monsters that might have inspired the author. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend Campfire’s Alice in Wonderland.” —James Bucky Carter, Assistant Professor of English Education, University of Texas at El Paso, and author of the EN/SANE World blog (www.ensaneworld.blogspot.com), a leading resource about graphic novels in the classroom.

Also available: THE LOST CONTINENT

TREASURE ISLAND

By Edgar Rice Burroughs

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Adapted by Anne Moore Odell; Illustrated by Ricardo Arreola

Adapted by Andrew Harrar; Illustrated by Richard Kohlrus

Do not order before 12/28/2010.

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-31-6 | 72pp. | $9.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-21-7 | 88pp. | $11.99/$13.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE MASTER OF THE WORLD

ROBINSON CRUSOE

By Jules Verne

By Daniel Defoe

Adapted by Dale Mettam; Illustrated by Suresh Digwal

Adapted by Dan Johnson; Illustrated by Naresh Kumar

Do not order before 12/28/2010.

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-30-9 | 72pp. | $9.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-20-0 | 72pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE CALL OF THE WILD

THE INVISIBLE MAN

By Jack London

By H. G. Wells

Adapted by Lloyd S. Wagner; Illustrated by Sachin Nagar

Adapted by Sean Taylor; Illustrated by Bhupendra Ahluwalia

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-33-0 | 72pp. | $9.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-29-3 | 72pp. | $9.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

MOBY DICK

THE TIME MACHINE

By Herman Melville

By H. G. Wells

Adapted by Lance Stahlberg; Illustrated by Lalit Kumar

Adapted by Lewis Helfand; Illustrated by Rajesh Nagulakonda

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-22-4 | 88pp. | $11.99/$13.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-26-2 | 72pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

FRANKENSTEIN

HARRY HOUDINI

By Mary Shelley

By CEL Welsh

Adapted by Lloyd S. Wagner; Illustrated by Naresh Kumar

Illustrated by Lalit Singh

Campfire | TR | 978-93-80028-24-8 | 72pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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VIETNAMERICA

My Revolution

A Family’s Journey

By Inverna Lockpez

By GB Tran Vietnamese-American artist Tran tells the story of his family’s experiences during the Vietnam War, a story of survival, escape, and reinvention—and of the gift of the American dream, passed on from first-generation immigrants to their children.

Illustrated by Dean Haspiel

Seventeen-year-old Sonia, a medical student with dreams of becoming a modernist painter, is caught up in Fidel Castro’s revolution from the moment it captures Havana on New Year’s Eve, 1958.

Vertigo | HC | 978-1-4012-2217-8 | 144pp. $24.99/$28.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50 *Includes scenes with violence and nudity

Do not order before 1/25/2011.

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DONG XOAI: VIETNAM 1965

BAYOU, VOLUME 1

BAYOU, VOLUME 2

Written and Illustrated by Joe Kubert

By Jeremy Love

By Jeremy Love

Vertigo | HC | 978-1-4012-2142-3 | 200pp. $24.99/$28.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

A YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens

Do not order before 1/11/2011.

Zuda | TR | 978-1-4012-2382-3 | 160pp. | $14.99/$18.99 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

Zuda | TR | 978-1-4012-2584-1 | 160pp. | $14.99/$17.99 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

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TWIN SPICA

BY KOU YAGINUMA

CHI’S SWEET HOME

BY KANATA KONAMI

Thirteen-year-old Asumi Kamogawa’s dream is to become an astronaut someday. But before that, she must pass numerous physical and mental trials if she even wants to be considered in the running for a rare spot at the elite Tokyo Space School.

Chi’s Sweet Home follows the adventures of a mischievous newborn kitten named Chi and her furry and feathered friends.

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Twin Spica, Volume 1

Chi’s Sweet Home, Volume 1

Vertical | TR | 978-1-934287-84-2 | 192pp. | $10.95/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Vertical | TR | 978-1-934287-81-1 | 168pp. | $13.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Volume 2

Volume 2

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Volume 3

Volume 3

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Volume 4

Volume 4

Vertical | TR | 978-1-934287-93-4 | 192pp. | $10.95/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Do not order before 12/21/2010.

Vertical | TR | 978-1-934287-96-5 | 160pp. | $13.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Volume 5 Do not order before 1/4/2011.

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Volume 5 Do not order before 2/22/2011.

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Volume 6 Do not order before 3/1/2011.

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SeRIeS SpotlIgHt: engage your budding scientists with The Story of Science series by Joy Hakim

THE STORY OF SCIENCE

www.joyhakim.com For teachers: www.joyhakim.com/forteachers.html

THE STORY OF SCIENCE

THE STORY OF SCIENCE

Aristotle Leads the Way

Newton at the Center

Smithsonian Books | HC | 978-1-58834-160-0 256pp. | $24.95/$31.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

Smithsonian Books | HC | 978-1-58834-161-7 480pp. | $27.95/$32.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00

Einstein Adds a New Dimension Smithsonian Books | HC | 978-1-58834-162-4 480pp. | $27.95/$33.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00

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n the The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world’s greatest scientists and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in students.

The books—Aristotle Leads the Way, Newton at the Center, and Einstein Adds a New Dimension—include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists.

Each book in the The Story of Science series has its own comprehensive Teacher’s Quest Guide and Student’s Quest Guide developed by The Talent Development Program at The Johns Hopkins University by researchers, educators, and experienced curriculum writers in collaboration with middle- and high-school practitioners. The Teacher’s Quest Guide divides the course of study into units. Each unit includes an introduction (with background information, a materials list, and relevant standards), multiple class sessions, preparation for assessment activities, and several assessments. The Student’s Quest Guide includes important vocabulary, instructions for experiments and activities, student sheets, and embedded reading strategies to help students comprehend and organize material.

The curriculum is ideal for traditional physical science classes, enrichment programs, multidisciplinary teaching, and homeschooling. Published in association with the National Science Teachers Association, these books will lead to greater comprehension by readers, due to Hakim’s unique and engaging narrative.

“Author Joy Hakim traces the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim highlights the curiosity of the world's greatest scientists, and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in the readers.” —The Science Teacher

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BookS FoR ADVANceD plAcemeNt (Ap®) clASSeS

Biology

Statistics

EVOLUTION

THE BLACK SWAN: SECOND EDITION

The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

The Impact of the Highly Improbable With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility”

By Edward J. Larson “Larson knows how to bring his subject alive. This powerful book will help everyone understand the foundations of modern evolutionary ideas and the origins of the latest controversies.” —Peter J. Bowler, Queens University Belfast Modern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-6849-1 | 368pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb A black swan is a highly improbable event that is unpredictable, carries a massive impact, and later appears to be more predictable than it was. For Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

Literature

Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7381-5 | 480pp. | $17.00/$20.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED

U.S. History

33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen Edited by Susannah Carson

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Foreword by Harold Bloom

A History

Here, Jane Austen’s writing is examined and discussed, from her witty dialogue to the arc and sweep of her story lines. Great authors and literary critics of the past offer insights into the timelessness of her moral truths while highlighting the unique confines of the society in which she composed her novels.

By Gordon S. Wood “An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years.” —Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-8001-1 | 320pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

Modern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-7041-8 | 224pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Philosophy

ETHICS

World History

The Essential Writings

DANGEROUS GAMES

Edited by Gordon Marino Edited by renowned philosophy professor and journalist Gordon Marino, Ethics is an ideal one-volume introduction to the basic principles of ethics, highlighting crucial texts in the Western canon from Plato to Peter Singer.

The Uses and Abuses of History

By Margaret MacMillan The New York Times best-selling author of Paris 1919 and Nixon and Mao reveals lessons and insights from a lifetime of writing and teaching history, about how we live our lives as individuals and nations.

Modern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-7778-3 | 640pp. | $18.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Modern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-7996-1 | 208pp. | $14.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

New from Princeton Review

CRACKING THE AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION EXAM, 2011 EDITION Princeton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42998-9 | 272pp. | $18.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

CRACKING THE AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM, 2011 EDITION Princeton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42995-8 | 416pp. | $18.99/$20.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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LANGUAGE ARTS

I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

THE VIOLIN OF AUSCHWITZ

The Secret Life of Girls Around the World

By Eve Ensler

A Novel

By Maria Àngels Anglada

Do not order before 1/11/2011.

Villard Books | TR | 978-0-8129-7016-6 | 176pp. | $13.00/$15.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Translated by Martha Tennent Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-80778-3 | 128pp. | $20.00/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

ALICE I HAVE BEEN A Novel

By Melanie Benjamin Do not order before 12/28/2010.

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THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE A Flavia de Luce Mystery

By Alan Bradley Bantam | TR | 978-0-385-34349-7 | 416pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN’S BAG A Flavia de Luce Mystery

By Alan Bradley Do not order before 2/8/2011.

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THE OUTWARD ROOM

By Millen Brand

EVERY MAN DIES ALONE

By Hans Fallada Translated by Michael Hofmann Melville House | TR | 978-1-935554-04-2 | 544pp. | $16.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 12

HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET A Novel

By Jamie Ford Ballantine Books | TR | 978-0-345-50534-7 | 320pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Teacher’s Guide Available ReADINg leVel: 7

JULIET A Novel

By Anne Fortier Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-51610-7 | 464pp. | $25.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.50 ReADINg leVel: 7

BOMBINGHAM A Novel

By Anthony Grooms One World | TR | 978-0-345-45293-1 | 320pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7 Teacher’s Guide Available

Introduction by Peter Cameron NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-59017-359-6 | 248pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

THE AWAKENING

By Kate Chopin Melville House | TR | 978-1-935554-12-7 | 214pp. | $10.00/$13.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

BALLISTICS Poems

By Billy Collins Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7561-1 | 128pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

GENGHIS: BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE A Novel

By Conn Iggulden Dell Books | MM | 978-0-440-24390-8 | 560pp. | $7.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 Bantam | TR | 978-0-385-34421-0 | 416pp. | $16.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

GENGHIS: LORDS OF THE BOW A Novel

By Conn Iggulden Dell | MM | 978-0-440-24392-2 | 528pp. | $7.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 Bantam | TR | 978-0-385-34279-7 | 416pp. | $16.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

MR. TOPPIT

GENGHIS: BONES OF THE HILLS

A Novel

By Charles Elton

A Novel

By Conn Iggulden

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KHAN: EMPIRE OF SILVER A Novel of the Khan Empire

By Conn Iggulden Do not order before 12/28/2010.

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BEATRICE AND VIRGIL A Novel

By Yann Martel Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-1-4000-6926-2 | 224pp. | $24.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.00 ReADINg leVel: 9 Teacher’s Guide Available

THE TIME IT SNOWED IN PUERTO RICO A Novel

By Sarah McCoy

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY A Novel

By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Dial Press Trade Paperback | TR | 978-0-385-34100-4 | 304pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6 Teacher’s Guide Available

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

By William Shakespeare Modern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-6927-6 | 224pp. | $5.95/$6.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE MOUNTAIN LION

By Jean Stafford NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-59017-352-7 | 248pp. | $14.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

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THERE’S A WORD FOR IT

FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER

The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900

By Sol Steinmetz

A Novel

By Susan Heyboer O’Keefe Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-71732-0 | 352pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

SWAN: POEMS AND PROSE POEMS

By Mary Oliver Beacon Press | HC | 978-0-8070-6899-1 | 96pp. | $23.00/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50

BAKING CAKES IN KIGALI: A NOVEL

By Gaile Parkin Bantam | TR | 978-0-385-34344-2 | 336pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 8

LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE: A NOVEL

By Salman Rushdie Random House | HC | 978-0-679-46336-8 | 256pp. | $25.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.50 ReADINg leVel: 6

SONG FOR MY FATHERS A New Orleans Story in Black and White

By Tom Sancton Other Press | TR | 978-1-59051-376-7 | 368pp. | $14.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

SHANGHAI GIRLS: A NOVEL

By Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-8053-0 | 336pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN A Novel

By Lisa See

Harmony | HC | 978-0-375-42617-9 | 256pp. | $19.99/$24.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

OLIVE KITTERIDGE

By Elizabeth Strout Winner of The Pulitzer Prize Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7183-5 | 304pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

THE GOOD THIEF: A NOVEL

By Hannah Tinti Winner, ALA Alex Award Dial Press Trade Paperback | TR | 978-0-385-33746-5 | 368pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN

By J. R. R. Tolkien Edited by Christopher Tolkien; Illustrated by Alan Lee Del Rey | MM | 978-0-345-51884-2 | 320pp. | $7.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 8

THE CASTLE IN TRANSYLVANIA

By Jules Verne Translated by Charlotte Mandell Melville House | TR | 978-1-935554-08-0 | 224pp. | $14.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: STORIES

By Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback | TR | 978-0-385-33350-4 | 352pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 10

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

Soon to be a major motion picture Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-6806-4 | 288pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6 Teacher’s Guide Available

A Memoir

by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, and Dan Welch Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-39605-1 | 368pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

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Writing Guides

SOCIAL STUDIES

RIP THE PAGE!

FREEDOM

Adventures in Creative Writing

By Karen Benke

Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

By Amnesty International USA

Trumpeter | TR | 978-1-59030-812-7 | 256pp. | $14.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Do not order before 1/4/2011.

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-58883-8 | 400pp. | $16.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

IT WAS THE BEST OF SENTENCES, IT WAS THE WORST OF SENTENCES A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

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

THE WRITE START A Guide to Nurturing Writing at Every Stage, from Scribbling to Forming Letters and Writing Stories

By Jennifer Hallissy Do not order before 12/28/2010.

Trumpeter | TR | 978-1-59030-837-0 | 160pp. | $15.95/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

NAMING THE WORLD And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer Edited by Bret Anthony Johnston Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7548-2 | 400pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

ORIGINS OF THE SPECIOUS Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

By Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7810-0 | 288pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

THERE’S A WORD FOR IT The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900

By Sol Steinmetz

I DON’T WISH NOBODY TO HAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup

By David Chura Do not order before 2/22/2011.

Beacon | TR | 978-0-8070-0123-3 | 240pp. | $14.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

PLAY THEIR HEARTS OUT A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine

By George Dohrmann Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-50860-7 | 432pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00 ReADINg leVel: 8

PLAIN, HONEST MEN The Making of the American Constitution

By Richard Beeman Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7684-7 | 544pp. | $18.00/$22.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 12

LOST TO THE WEST The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization

By Lars Brownworth Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-40796-2 | 352pp. | $15.00/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

Crown | HC | 978-0-375-42617-9 | 256pp. | $19.99/$24.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING

DISCOVERING WORDS

Special Illustrated Edition

By Bill Bryson

By Julian Walker Shire | TR | 978-0-7478-0749-0 | 80pp. | $13.95/$15.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

HEAT AND LIGHT Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists

By Mike Wallace and Beth Knobel Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-46465-1 | 288pp. | $14.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Broadway | TR | 978-0-307-88515-9 | 624pp. | $28.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $14.00 Also available in a regular edition: Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-0818-4 | 560pp. | $16.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9 Teacher's Guide Available

EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY From Ancient Times to the Modern Era Edited by Patricia Daniels Foreword by James Reston, Jr. National Geographic | HC | 978-1-4262-0652-8 | 464pp. | $35.00/$40.00 Can. Exam Copy: $17.50 ReADINg leVel: 10

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BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION 2010

GERTRUDA’S OATH

Edited by Gerald Early and Nikki Giovanni

A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II

By Ram Oren

One World | TR | 978-0-553-38535-9 | 336pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN ESSAYS 2010 Edited by Gerald Early and Randall Kennedy

Translated by Barbara Harshav Doubleday Religion | TR | 978-0-385-52719-4 | 320pp. | $14.99/$16.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 8 Teacher’s Guide Available

One World | TR | 978-0-553-38537-3 | 400pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

ACTS OF FAITH

THE OXFORD PROJECT

By Stephen G. Bloom

The Story of an American Muslim, in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

By Eboo Patel

Photographed by Peter Feldstein Winner, ALA Alex Award

Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-0622-1 | 192pp. | $14.00/$16.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

Welcome Books | TR | 978-1-59962-087-9 | 256pp. | $29.95/$34.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $15.00 ReADINg leVel: 8

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Illustrated by Sam Fink

THE ENOUGH MOMENT Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes

By John Prendergast and Don Cheadle Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-46482-8 | 304pp. | $14.99/$16.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

Welcome Books | HC | 978-1-59962-082-4 | 136pp. | $29.95/$34.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $15.00 ReADINg leVel: 5

EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE

HOW TO RUN THE WORLD

A Memoir of Family

By Condoleezza Rice

Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance

By Parag Khanna

Crown | HC | 978-0-307-58787-9 | 352pp. | $27.00/$31.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.50 ReADINg leVel: 9

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Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6827-2 | 272pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

A MIGHTY LONG WAY My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

By Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page Foreword by Bill Clinton One World | TR | 978-0-345-51101-0 | 336pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 8 Teacher’s Guide Available

THE WORLD IS BIGGER NOW An American Journalist’s Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness

By Euna Lee with Lisa Dickey Broadway | HC | 978-0-307-71613-2 | 304pp. | $25.00/$28.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50 ReADINg leVel: 8

THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE

By Somaly Mam Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof; Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52622-7 | 224pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

THINGS I’VE BEEN SILENT ABOUT Memories of a Prodigal Daughter

By Azar Nafisi Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7390-7 | 368pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 10

THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty

By Peter Singer Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-8156-8 | 240pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 10

SATCHEL The Life and Times of an American Legend

By Larry Tye Random House Trade Paperbacks | TR | 978-0-8129-7797-4 | 432pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 8 Teacher’s Guide Available

LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

By Nick Vujicic Doubleday Religion | HC | 978-0-307-58973-6 | 256pp. | $19.99/$22.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOL QUEENS How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

By Jack Weatherford Do not order before 1/4/2011.

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-40716-0 | 336pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 12

INDIAN GIVERS How Native Americans Transformed the World

By Jack Weatherford Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-71715-3 | 368pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

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April 12, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Books for your classroom:

HOW THE SOUTH COULD HAVE WON THE CIVIL WAR The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

By Bevin Alexander Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-34600-1 | 352pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

FIELDS OF HONOR: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By Edwin C. Bearss Introduction by James McPherson National Geographic | TR | 978-1-4262-0093-9 | 448pp. | $15.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 11

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: This Mighty Scourge of War

By Gary Gallagher Osprey | TR | 978-1-84176-736-9 | 328pp. | $24.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50 ReADINg leVel: 10

THE KILLER ANGELS

By Michael Shaara

The king Legacy Series

By Martin Luther King, Jr. Beacon Press is partnering with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. in a new publishing program, “The King Legacy.” Beacon will print new editions of previously published King titles and compile Dr. King’s writings, sermons, orations, lectures, and prayers into entirely new editions, including significant new introductions by leading scholars.

“Martin Luther King’s early words return to us today with enormous power, as profoundly true, as wise and inspiring, now as when he wrote them fifty years ago.”

—Howard Zinn

Winner of The Pulitzer Prize Ballantine | MM | 978-0-345-34810-4 | 384pp. | $7.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 6

GODS AND GENERALS: A Novel of the Civil War

By Jeff Shaara Ballantine | MM | 978-0-345-42247-7 | 512pp. | $7.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 7

THE LAST FULL MEASURE

By Jeff Shaara

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ALL LABOR HAS DIGNITY Edited by Michael K. Honey Do not order before 1/11/2011.

Beacon Press | HC | 978-0-8070-8600-1 | 240pp. | $26.95/$31.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.50

STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM The Montgomery Story Introduction by Clayborne Carson Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-0069-4 | 272pp. | $14.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

Ballantine | MM | 978-0-345-43481-4 | 640pp. | $7.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 12

Modern Library Presents

NEw BOOkS ON ThE CIvIL wAR Coming April 2011

HEARTS TOUCHED BY FIRE

THE TRUMPET OF CONSCIENCE Foreword by Coretta Scott King New Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman Beacon Press | HC | 978-0-8070-0071-7 | 96pp. | $22.00/$25.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Chaos or Community?

The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Edited by Harold Holzer

Foreword by Coretta Scott King Introduction by Vincent Harding

THE CIVIL WAR BOX SET

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

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WHY WE CAN’T WAIT Introduction by Dorothy Cotton Do not order before 1/11/2011.

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

SCIENCE

LOOK ME IN THE EYE

THE GRAND DESIGN

My Life with Asperger’s

By John Elder Robison

By Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-39618-1 | 320pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-80537-6 | 208pp. | $28.00/$33.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00 ReADINg leVel: 12

GREAT MIGRATIONS Epic Animal Journeys

By Karen Kostyal National Geographic | HC | 978-1-4262-0644-3 | 304pp. | $35.00/$40.00 Can. Exam Copy: $17.50 ReADINg leVel: 10

THE WATER BOOK A Simple Approach to One of Earth’s Most Precious Resources Edited by Anna Krusinski Hatherleigh Press | TR | 978-1-57826-345-5 | 128pp. | $11.00/$13.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

NATURE STORIES

NOT QUITE ADULTS Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It’s Good for Everyone

By Richard Settersten and Barbara E. Ray Do not order before 12/28/2010.

Bantam | TR | 978-0-553-80740-0 | 272pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE YOUNG AND THE DIGITAL What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future

By S. Craig Watkins Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-0616-0 | 272pp. | $18.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

QUEEN BEES AND WANNABES

By Rosalind Wiseman Three Rivers Press | TR | 448pp. | 978-0-307-45444-7 | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

By Jules Renard Translated by Douglas Parmee Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard

COLLEGE GUIDES & TEST PREP

NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-59017-364-0 | 208pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 ReADINg leVel: 9

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? FOR TEENS, 2ND EDITION

PROFESSIONAL READING MAKING SENSE OF AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future

By Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-58008-141-2 | 192pp. | $15.99/$19.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

DON’T STALK THE ADMISSIONS OFFICER

Create the Brightest Future for Your Child with the Best Treatment Options

By James Coplan, M.D.

How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind

By Risa Lewak

Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-80681-6 | 448pp. | $25.00/$29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-58008-060-6 | 208pp. | $13.99/$16.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR PERFECT KID

THE HARDEST QUESTIONS AREN’T ON THE TEST

A Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children

By Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian

Lessons from an Innovative Urban School

By Linda F. Nathan

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-58748-0 | 288pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-0615-3 | 224pp. | $16.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

MADE TO STICK

CRACKING THE SAT, 2011 EDITION

How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Updated, with a New Chapter

By Chip Heath and Dan Heath

By Princeton Review

Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6428-1 | 336pp. | $26.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

SWITCH How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

By Chip Heath and Dan Heath Broadway Business | HC | 978-0-385-52875-7 | 320pp. | $26.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $13.00

Princeton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42982-8 | 768pp. | $21.99/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

THE PORTABLE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR Answers to the 284 Most Important Questions About Getting Into College

By Princeton Review Princeton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42936-1 | 272pp. | $14.99/$18.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

WRITE YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY IN LESS THAN A DAY

GETTING TO 50/50

By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All

By Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober

Ballantine Books | TR | 978-0-345-51727-2 | 224pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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