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August 2, 2011

Today's featured title is EXLEY by Brock Clarke.

Part literary satire, part mystery, EXLEY unleashes the enormous talent of a writer whom critics have compared to Richard Ford and John Irving and whose work has been called "absurdly hilarious" (Entertainment Weekly) and "wildly entertaining" (Daily Candy).

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Interview: N. D. Wilson, author of Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth

Aug 2, 2011

N. D. Wilson knows how to merge the realities and histories of this world with one that is slightly more…fantastical. Having authored LEEPIKE RIDGE, a children's adventure story, and the multi-world fantasy series 100 Cupboards, he is now embarking on a new series called Ashtown Burials. In THE DRAGON'S TOOTH, the first installment, siblings Cyrus and Antigone swear an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets.

August 2, 2011

Pacific Northwest College Creates the Oregon Book Awards in Graphic Literature

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Pacific Northwest College is starting a new graphic award for comic arts, called the Oregon Book Awards in Graphic Literature. Anyone can submit an entry before the deadline of August 26 at 5:00 p.m. (for a $40 fee). The award is to honor outstanding graphic work by Oregonian creators and will be given out during the spring 2012 Oregon Book Awards. If you know of a work eligible and deserving, go here for more information on submissions.
August 1, 2011

Michelle Ray: FALLING FOR HAMLET/Falling for Shakespeare

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Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington

August 2011

When Alice Bliss learns that her father is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, and he will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. At once universal and very personal, this is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.

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Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell

August 2011

Margo Crane is just 14 years old when her world begins to unravel, starting with the death of her beloved grandfather. When the unimaginable happens, 16-year-old Margo takes a rifle and hits the Stark River in her rowboat. In search of her mother, she discovers much more, in this enthralling page-turner.

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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin

August 2011

She was only two-feet eight-inches tall, but her legend reaches out to us more than a century later. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and transformed into the world’s most unexpected celebrity. 

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The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

August 2011

Lizzie and her best friend, Evie, are 13 years old and inseparable --- until the day Evie disappears. Lizzie is frantic to puzzle out the mystery behind the disappearance and to bring Evie home. Her desperate quest is entwined with her own coming-of-age story, in an intense and gripping tale of obsession, friendship and family. 

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The Magician King by Lev Grossman

August 2011

THE MAGICIANS took the fantasy world by storm when it released in 2009. Now, in THE MAGICIAN KING, author Lev Grossman takes us back to Fillory, where the Brakebills graduates have fled the sorrows of the mundane world, only to face terrifying new challenges. 

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman

August 2011

In THE MAGICIANS, a cadre of young wizards --- and the fantasy genre itself --- learn to live in the real world. This fabulously rendered novel manages to completely ensnare readers by their escapist tendencies, then show how our dreams of happiness and magic never quite live up to the real thing.

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