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  • YOUNG READERS
December 25, 2012

The Last Dragonslayer

By JASPER FFORDE
Reviewed by Amy Benfer

A familiar heroic formula gets a quirky twist from the author of The Eyre Affair.

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  • YOUNG READERS
December 14, 2011

Getting Real: Best Young Adult Fiction of 2011

By Amy Benfer

Ten great books for younger readers.

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October 28, 2011

Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact

By A. J. HARTLEY
Reviewed by Eloisa James

A paranormal private school novel that defies post-Harry Potter expectations.

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Daybook

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin. 

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The Long List
Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now
Story of My People

Recounting the struggles and eventual dissolution of a family textile business in Prato, Italy, Story of My People is a heartbreaking memoir about the personal impact of globalization.

My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.