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1. author: Lish McBride title: Necromancing the Stone publisher: Random House recommendation: “This is either the funniest, scary book or the scariest funny book I’ve ever read.” -Sherman Alexie 2. author: Lauren Myracle title: ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r publisher: Pearson subitle: “With quizzes, links, and opinions on everything from unibrows to uniforms.” 3. author: Kim Dong Hwa title: The Color of Earth publisher: Hachette subitle: The Story of Life on the Golden Fields. 4. author: John Irving title: A Prayer for Owen Meany publisher: HarperCollins blurb: “author of Widow for One Year” “#1 international best seller” 5. author: Sherman Alexie title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian publisher: Simon & Schuster subtitle: “art by Ellen Forney” 6. author: Aldous Huxley title: Brave New World publisher: Thomas Nelson blurb: “Introduction by Margaret Atwood.” 7. author: Khaled Hosseini title: The Kite Runner publisher: John Wiley subtitle: There is a way to be good again. 8. author: Toni Morrison title: The Bluest Eye publisher: Pearson blurb: Author of Song of Solomon 9. author: Cecily Von Ziegesar title: Gossip Girl publisher: Workman subtitle: All I Want is Everything 10. author: Harper Lee title: To Kill a Mockingbird publisher: Random House blurb: 5oth Anniversary Edition 11. author: Maya Angelou title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings publisher: Holtzbrinck blurb: Poetic and powerful, a modern American classic that will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. | 12. author: Madeline L’Engle title: A Wrinkle in Time publisher: Thomas Nelson quote: “It was a dark and stormy night” 13. author: Isabel Allende title: The House of the Spirits publisher: Workman recommendation: “Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious.” - Evening Standard 14. author: John Gardner title: Grendel publisher: Random House recommendation: “a black and bitter trip... a fine poetic tale.” Peter Burton 15. author: Margaret Atwood title: The Handmaid’s Tale publisher: John WIley blurb: By the Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin 16. author: David Guterson title: Snow Falling on Cedars publisher: Simon & Schuster recommendation: “Compelling... heart-stopping, Finely wrought, flawlessly written.” - The New York Times Book Review 17. author: Phillip Roth title: Nemesis publisher: Holtzbrinck recommendation: “Roth’s book has the elegance of a fable, and the tragic enevitability of a Greek drama.” - The New Yorker 18. author: Michael Chabon title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay publisher: Hachette blurb: by the author of Wonder Boys 19. author: Upton Sinclair title: The Jungle publisher: Random House blurb: “I aimed for the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” - Upton Sinclair 20. author: Richard Wright title: Native Son publisher: Simon & Schuster blurb: “A straight from the shoulder writer, writing about “we troubled problems of this troubled earth” with an illuminating intensity.” - Langston Hughes WEB RESOURCES: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/14/excellent-book-covers-and-paperbacks/ http://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_on_design.html http://forum.asymmetrical.co/threads/know-a-quick-guide-to-david-carson.40/ http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/ |
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2 of 3 done at the time of posting, but I believe I'm out of ideas.
Ms.Tompkins
Teacher at EHS in Vancouver, WA. Drawing, Art Studio, Graphic Design and Yearbook.
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