Featuring 311 Industry-First Reviews of Fiction, Nonfiction and Children's & Teen
KIRKUS VOL. LXXXII, NO.
11
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1
june
2014
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