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Omnivores

By Lydia Millet

In Lydia Millet’s debut novel, everything’s lunch, potentially. That’s to say that whoever you are in this novel – whether a moth or a web-worm or one or another of the human characters – you’re ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Wolves of Woden

By Alison Baird

Often sequels end up being paler versions of the original. Happily, Alison Baird’s latest, the prequel to The Hidden World, actually improves upon its predecessor, creating an exciting and often truly magical narrative that will ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Book links

Island 1: Shipwreck

By Gordon Korman

To one desert island, add some washed-up representatives of the human race. See how long they last. It’s a formula that worked for Robinson Crusoe, Lord of the Flies, and last year’s Survivor series. Now ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

The Saltbox Sweater

By Janet McNaughton

Saltbox houses, named for the long, sloping roof in back that resembles the lid of an old fashioned saltbox, have lined the East Coast for up to 300 years. So, when Granny’s saltbox house comes ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

Across the Steel River

By Ted Stenhouse

In Across the Steel River, a fine first novel by Ted Stenhouse, adolescent Will Samson and his native friend Arthur discover a local native war hero, Yellowfly, beaten almost to death just outside their Prairie ... Read More »

March 19, 2004