Category Archives: One to Watch – New books on the rise!
A Message from Dear Marcus Author Jerry McGill
Last year I retired from a profession that was probably the most challenging, the most frustrating, and in many ways the most rewarding profession that I’ve ever held. When I rolled my wheelchair out of my high school English classroom … Continue reading
A Message from Author Ernest Cline
The novel Ready Player One from debut author Ernest Cline has already won the 2012 Alex Award and has just recently been selected for this year’s common reading at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this letter to educators, Cline … Continue reading
A Message from the Author of The Night Wanderers
Wojciech Jagielski, author of The Night Wanderers, discusses his new book on the story of child solderies of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda in hopes of it serving as a warning against indifference: My book started with my years’ … Continue reading
A Message from Author Teju Cole
Teju Cole discusses his novel Open City (now in paperback) and its potential for use in college common reading programs: Open City is narrated by Julius, a young psychiatrist of mixed Nigerian and German heritage. The story begins in 2006 … Continue reading
Academics are Buzzing About Susan Cain’s forthcoming book QUIET
We’ve been getting some great buzz about the forthcoming book, Quiet (Jan, 2012), from academics. A professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University had this to share regarding the application of Susan Cain’s book to the classroom: “Thank you for … Continue reading
