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May 21, 2009
Ask a Book Question: #72 (Books on the Silver Screen) 10
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Kathy wrote in with this question:
Our book club is focusing on books made into movies. We read fiction, no murder mysteries. I would like to keep either the book or the movie fairly current. Beloved is as far back as I would like to go. I thought about Wonder Boys and then [...]
February 23, 2009
Ask a Book Question: #71 (Non-Fiction for Kids) 4
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Betsy recently wrote in with this question:
I’m looking for some good non-fiction titles about “People and Places That Interest Us” for a 7th grade reading unit at my school. I plan to introduce Three Cups of Tea and Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Do you have any other recommendations for page turners that 13 year olds would [...]
December 13, 2008
Ask a Book Question: #70 (A Florida Mystery) 1
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Daryll writes in with this question:
I was recently browsing Amazon and happened upon a book that I would really like to read but I forgot to bookmark it or place it in my cart. I do not know the book’s title or author, but I have some of the plot. Can you help [...]
November 25, 2008
Ask a Book Question: #69 (A New ‘The Group’) 2
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Renee writes in with this question:
There is a relatively new book (fiction) that has been compared with The Group by Mary McCarthy. What is it? I have done an exhaustive search and cannot find it.
The Group, published in 1962, is described by some as McCarthy’s biggest success. “The group” is eight graduates of Vassar, [...]
October 28, 2008
Ask a Book Question: #68 (Building a 21st Century Contemporary Fiction Syllabus) 26
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Gene writes in with this question:
I currently teach a high school English course called 21st Century Literature, and I’ve hit a bit of a block these last few weeks in trying to put together this year’s syllabus. We currently read Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude, Zadie Smith’s [...]
October 13, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 67th in a Series (The Concierge) 1
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Theresa writes in with this request:
I saw a book at Barnes & Noble one day. It was on the new book table. But there was only one copy, and not sure if it’s a new book translation or someone just dropped the book on the table. The book was a translation and [...]
