June 01, 2014: Volume LXXXII, No 11

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Featuring 311 Industry-First Reviews of Fiction, Nonfiction and Children's & Teen

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REVIEWS

CHILDREN'S & TEEN

The Turtle of Oman

by Naomi Shihab Nye With a little help from his grandfather, an Omani boy prepares for a sojourn in the United States in this deeply felt novel. p. 109

NONFICTION

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides A grand and grim narrative of thrilling exploration for fans of Into Thin Air, Mountains of the Moon and the like p. 83

FICTION

Song of the Shank

by Jeffery Renard Allen The brilliantly told tale of a 19th-century piano prodigy who was blind, autistic, and a slave p. 5

on the cover

Cristina HenrĂ­quez kicks off our summer reading coverage with her observant novel The Book of Unknown Americans. p. 12

INDIE

River Talk by CB Anderson Anderson writes about Maine's welders, bartenders and bakers in her fiction debut. p. 130


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