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  2. Books Published July 2003

July 2003

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published July 2003.

Book Review

The Cyclops Window

by Karl Kunkel

William Faulkner might be pleased to see his work carried on faithfully in this novel, or he might cringe that the author nailed such a dead-on depiction of small-town Mississippi life. Bolding, a Mississippi native herself, creates a... Read More

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Venus and the Comets

Venus’s white T-shirt had ‘Starlet’ stitched on it with gold thread. Her white shorts were trimmed with gold ribbon. Her anklets had matching lacy gold edges. Jill S. saw her first. ‘Oh, look. It’s Soccer Barbie.’... Read More

Book Review

Squizzy the Black Squirrel

by Linda Salisbury

Listen to the squirrels. The bushy-tailed fellows in the park come in different colors, but don’t notice or care that there’s only one black squirrel in the neighborhood. Actually, the fact that they have individual colors has to be... Read More

Book Review

Kids Make Magic!

“Magic is making people believe you can do the impossible.” Aspiring magicians of any age will be able to astound their audiences after learning some of the secrets of the magician’s craft, easily explained in this Kids Can! title.... Read More

Book Review

DaDaDa

by Jeff Gundy

In Zurich in 1915 began the original Dada movement, a no-holds-barred assault on the conventional rationality, morality, and religion that had somehow plunged the world into war. Short-lived as it was, Dada’s edgy, sometimes playful... Read More

Book Review

Athena and Kain

“The Greek myths tell the same story as the early chapters of the Book of Genesis,” posits the author, “except from the point of view that the serpent is the enlightener of mankind rather than its deceiver.” Zeus and Hera,... Read More

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