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March 2011

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published March 2011.

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So Good in Black

by Monica Carter

Although a decade has passed since Sunetra Gupta’s last novel, this lucid and mesmerizing masterpiece shows she has used every minute of that time wisely. Told in memories and fragments, it chronicles the history of a group of friends... Read More

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Ten Birds

In this sophisticated counting book, ten flightless birds that look like crows endeavor to cross a river. Each one in turn comes up with a remarkably creative solution, using extravagant means such as pulleys, ropes, a catapult,... Read More

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My Cat Isis

A history lesson by default, a young boy reading about Egypt compares his cat, page by page, to its namesake, the goddess Isis: “Isis was the daughter of the Earth and Sky; I got my Isis when our neighbor’s cat had kittens. (She was... Read More

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Empowering Spanish Speakers

by Joseph Thompson

America is changing. According to the 2010 census data, the growth of the Hispanic population made up more than half of the US’s total population growth over the last decade. At the time of the census, Hispanics were the largest... Read More

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Twelve Breaths a Minute

by Janelle Adsit

As a book reviewer I am usually at once attending to both the words on the page and what should be said about them. With Twelve Breaths a Minute, however, I could not think beyond these essays. I could only read, unblinkingly, imagining... Read More

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