★ Sword of My Mouth: A Post-Rapture Graphic Novel

With Sword of My Mouth, Jim Munroe returns to the post-Rapture dystopia he introduced in 2007’s Therefore, Repent! Working with illustrator Shannon Gerard (who takes over from Salgood Sam for this instalment), Munroe has created ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Graphica

★ A Flock of Shoes

By Sarah Tsiang; Qin Leng, illus.

Where do flip flops go during the winter? In Abby’s case, her beloved brown-and-pink sandals slip off her feet one fall day and fly south like a flock of Canada geese. Abby misses her sandals ... Read More »

July 5, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Warhol Gang

By Peter Darbyshire

“Trotsky,” the code-named narrator of Peter Darbyshire’s sophomore novel, is a lot like the unnamed protagonist of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel Fight Club. He’s urban, disgruntled, savvy, aimless, underpaid, and deeply skeptical of the corporate ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Zombiekins

By Kevin Bolger; Aaron Blecha, illus.

The march of zombies through pop culture is unstoppable. With Zombiekins, the new novel from Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger author Kevin Bolger, the undead shamble their way into a book for children through the ... Read More »

June 21, 2010

★ Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America

By Derek Lundy

The events of 9/11 changed the borderlands of the U.S. irrevocably. The longest undefended border in the world is disappearing, soon to be a memory. The Land of the Free is quickly becoming Fortress America, ... Read More »

June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Weber Street Wonder Work Crew

By Maxwell Newhouse

Nearly two decades ago, Professor William Rees of the University of British Columbia was working on a concept he called “appropriated carrying capacity,” a way of measuring human impact on the environment. In one of ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint

By Femida Handy and Carole Carpenter; Adrianna Steele-Card, illus.

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Worst Thing She Ever Did

By Alice Kuipers

Alice Kuipers’ first novel, Life on the Refrigerator Door, caused a bit of a sensation when it was published in 2007, winning several awards and being published in 28 countries. Consisting entirely of notes (ranging ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

★ i.d.: Stuff that Happens to Define Us

By Kate Scowen; Peter Mitchell, illus.

Adolescence has a way of sneaking up on kids, knocking their legs out from under them and leaving them confused, excitable, and smelly. Two new titles approach the thrills and chills of puberty in very ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion