2011 Kirkus Reviews

1. Awards
2. Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review
Offill, Jenny	11 Experiments That Failed (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Murakami, Haruki	1Q84 (*)		LiteraryL	Feb-2011
Franz, Carlos	The Absent Sea (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Revis, Beth	Across the Universe (*)		Science FictionSF	Jan-2011
Lowery, Bret	American Inferno (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Ray, Shann	American Masculine: Stories (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Lewis, J. Patrick	And the Soldiers Sang (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2011
O'Reilly, Brian	Angelina's Bachelors (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Winter, Kathleen	Annabel (*)		LiteraryL	Jan-2011
Bottner, Barbara	An Annoying ABC (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Brosgol, Vera	Anya's Ghost (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Jun-2011
Phelan, Matt	Around the World (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2011
Carroll, Michael	The Ascension (*)		Science FictionSF	Jul-2011
Mullin, Mike	Ashfall (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2011
Arnosky, Jim	At This Very Moment (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Jaffarian, Sue Ann	Baited Blood (*)		MysteryM	Sep-2011
Rayner, Catherine	The Bear Who Shared (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Finn, Mary	Belladonna (*)		HistoricalH	Jun-2011
Sharenow, Robert	The Berlin Boxing Club (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Multiple Authors	The Best American Short Stories 2011 (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Kaplan, Michael B.	Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Sepetys, Ruta	Between Shades of Gray (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Peirce, Lincoln	Big Nate on a Roll (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Spires, Ashley	Binky Under Pressure (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Sep-2011
Pearlman, Edith	Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Dr. Seuss	The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Simmons, Kelly	The Bird House (*)		LiteraryL	Feb-2011
Abu-Jaber, Diana	Birds of Paradise (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Rocco, John	Blackout (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Rizio, Laura M.	Blood Money (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Ignatius, David	Bloodmoney (*)		EspionageE	Jun-2011
Priest, Cherie	Bloodshot (*)		FantasyF	Jan-2011
Freedman, Deborah	Blue Chicken (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Tullet, Herve	The Book with a Hole (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Macdonald, Margaret Read	The Boy from the Dragon Palace: A Folktale from Japan (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Holm, Jennifer L.	Brave New Pond (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Oct-2011
Ursu, Anne	Breadcrumbs (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	Oct-2011
DeLaney, Edward J.	Broken Irish (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Brezenoff, Steve	Brooklyn, Burning (*)		RomanceR	Sep-2011
Paterson, Katherine	Brother Sun, Sister Moon (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Flack, Sophie	Bunheads (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria	Burnout (*)		MysteryM	Sep-2011
Harstad, Johan	Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? (*)		LiteraryL	Jun-2011
Magoon, Kekla	Camo Girl (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Morris, Jackie	The Cat and the Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Vamos, Samantha R.	The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Stace, Wesley	Charles Jessold, Considered As a Murderer (*)		LiteraryL	Feb-2011
Deedy, Carmen Agra	The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2011
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk	The Christmas Coat (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Avi	City of Orphans (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2011
Han, Jenny	Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Loth, Sebastian	Clementine (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Pennypacker, Sara	Clementine and the Family Meeting (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Van Camp, Katie	CookieBot! (*)		Action AdventureAA	Jun-2011
Gerst, Angela	A Crack in Everything (*)		MysteryM	Sep-2011
Stevens, Laurie	The Dark Before Dawn (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Sage, Angie	Darke (*)		FantasyF	Jun-2011
Angleberger, Tom	Darth Paper Strikes Back (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Taylor, Laini	Daughter of Smoke and Bone (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Russell, Randy	Dead Rules (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	Jun-2011
Hart, Carolyn / Hart, Carolyn G.	Dead by Midnight (*)		Cozy MysteryCZ	Apr-2011
Gantos, Jack	Dead End in Norvelt (*)		Action AdventureAA	Sep-2011
Price, Charlie	Desert Angel (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Shea, Susan A.	Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Bruchac, Joseph	Dragon Castle (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	Jun-2011
Aston, Dianna Hutts	Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers (*)		HistoricalH	Aug-2011
Altebrando, Tara	Dreamland Social Club (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Kostick, Conor	Edda (*)		FantasyF	Aug-2011
Milgrim, David	Eddie Gets Ready for School (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Saller, Carol Fisher	Eddie's War (*)		HistoricalH	Aug-2011
Cook, Eileen	The Education of Hailey Kendrick (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Shusterman, Neal	Everfound (*)		FantasyF	May-2011
Lee, Tony	Excalibur (*)		Graphic NovelGN	Mar-2011
Haigh, Jennifer	Faith (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay	The Fallen Blade (*)		Urban FantasyUF	Feb-2011
Wilson, Kevin	The Family Fang (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Watson, Sterling	Fighting in the Shade (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Paterson, Katherine; Paterson, John	The Flint Heart (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Neumeier, Rachel	The Floating Islands (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Diamand, Emily	Flood and Fire (*)		Science FictionSF	Jun-2011
Hardinge, Frances	Fly Trap (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Enright, Anne	The Forgotten Waltz (*)		LiteraryL	Oct-2011
Bitterman, Albert	Fortune Cookies (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Agus, Milena	From the Land of the Moon (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Troncoso, Sergio	From This Wicked Patch of Dust (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Scalzi, John	Fuzzy Nation (*)		Science FictionSF	May-2011
Hole, Stian	Garmann's Secret (*)		General FictionGF	Dec-2011
Valente, Catherynne M.	The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	May-2011
Almond, Steve	God Bless America (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Motley, T.	The Golden Ass: Of Lucius Apuleius (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Kimmel, Eric A.	The Golem's Latkes (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
McDonnell, Christine	Goyangi Means Cat (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Krishnaswami, Uma	The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Chima, Cinda Williams	The Gray Wolf Throne (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2011
Gleeson, Libby	The Great Bear (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Clark, Marcia	Guilt by Association (*)		ThrillerT	Apr-2011
Newman, Jeff	Hand Book (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Coates, Jan L.	A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk (*)		HistoricalH	Feb-2011
Frost, Helen	Hidden (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Willems, Mo	Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator! (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Zia, F.	Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Berner, Rotraut Susanne	Hound and Hare (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Urban, Linda	Hound Dog True (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Heller, Linda	How Dalia Put a Big Yellow Comforter Inside a Tiny Blue Box: And Other Wonders of Tzedakah (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Zarr, Sara	How to Save a Life (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Rinck, Maranke	Hush Little Turtle (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Rosenthal, Eileen	I Must Have Bobo! (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Reynolds, Peter H.	I'm Here (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Cofer, Judith Ortiz	If I Could Fly (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Thon, Melanie Rae	In This Light (*)		LiteraryL	Jun-2011
Hobb, Robin	The Inheritance: And Other Stories (*)		FantasyF	May-2011
Moriarty, Chris	The Inquisitor's Apprentice (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Lai, Thanhha	Inside Out and Back Again (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Venkatraman, Padma	Island's End (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Yancey, Rick	The Isle of Blood (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2011
McCauley, Plum	It All Started with a Bicycle (*)		MysteryM	Oct-2011
Allen, Elanna	Itsy Mitsy Runs Away (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Birch, Carol	Jamrach's Menagerie (*)		LiteraryL	Jun-2011
Bradley, Kimberley Brubaker	Jefferson's Sons (*)		HistoricalH	Sep-2011
Stead, Philip Christian	Jonathan and the Big Blue Boat (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Griffiths, Andy	Killer Koalas from Outer Space (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Auel, Jean M.	The Land of Painted Caves (*)		HistoricalH	Apr-2011
Teague, Mark	LaRue Across America: Postcards from the Vacation (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Meredith, Rebecca	The Last of the Pascagoula (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Bueno, Carlos	Lauren Ipsum (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Thompson, Lauren	Leap Back Home to Me (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Lu, Marie	Legend (*)		Science FictionSF	Nov-2011
DePaola, Tomie	Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Bock, Caroline	Lie (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Oliver, Lauren	Liesl & Po (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Peet, Mal	Life: An Exploded Diagram (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Hadley, Tessa	The London Train (*)		LiteraryL	May-2011
Miller, Sarah	The Lost Crown (*)		HistoricalH	Jun-2011
Primavera, Elise	Louise the Big Cheese and the Back-to-School Smarty-Pants (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Stein, David Ezra	Love, Mouserella (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Grossman, Lev	The Magician King (*)		FantasyF	Aug-2011
Brown, Monica	Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Meyer, L.A.	The Mark of the Golden Dragon (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2011
Banks, Kate	Max's Castle (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Forna, Aminatta	The Memory of Love (*)		LiteraryL	Jan-2011
Ballard, J.G.	Millennium People (*)		ThrillerT	Jul-2011
Crum, Shutta	Mine! (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Forrester, T.J.	Miracles, Inc. (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Skovron, Jon	Misfit (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	Aug-2011
Cole, Brock	The Money We'll Save (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Ness, Patrick	A Monster Calls (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Khemiri, Jonas Hassen	Montecore (*)		LiteraryL	Feb-2011
Fox, George A.	The Moonhawker (*)		Action AdventureAA	Oct-2011
Burkert, Rand	Mouse & Lion (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Rees, Matt	Mozart's Last Aria (*)		HistoricalH	Nov-2011
Dunklee, Annika	My Name Is Elizabeth! (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	Naamah and the Ark at Night (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Crews, Nina	The Neighborhood Sing-Along (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
McKissack, Patricia C. / McKissack, Pat	Never Forgotten (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2011
Cypess, Leah	Nightspell (*)		FantasyF	Jun-2011
Morgenstern, Erin	The Night Circus (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Soltis, Sue	Nothing Like a Puffin (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Williams, Michael	Now Is the Time for Running (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Koertge, Ron	Now Playing (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Ita, Sam	The Odyssey: A Pop-Up Book (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Thompson, Lauren	One Starry Night (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Jocelyn, Marthe	Ones and Twos (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Cartwright, Justin	Other People's Money (*)		LiteraryL	Apr-2011
Maguire, Gregory	Out of Oz (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Wallace, Jason	Out of Shadows (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Greenwood, Kerry	Out of the Black Land (*)		MysteryM	Jan-2011
Nadas, Peter	Parallel Stories (*)		LiteraryL	Oct-2011
Murphy, Sally	Pearl Verses the World (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Multiple Authors	PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Blexbolex	People (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Hall, Michael	Perfect Square (*)		General FictionGF	Apr-2011
Aronson, Marc	Pick-up Game (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Weeks, Sarah	Pie (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Sattler, Jennifer	Pig Kahuna (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Marchetta, Melina	The Piper's Son (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
McDonald, Ian	Planesrunner (*)		Science FictionSF	Dec-2011
Taback, Simms	Postcards from Camp (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Daly, Cathleen	Prudence Wants a Pet (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Rolnick, Josh	Pulp and Paper (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Barnes, Julian	Pulse (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Brooks, Martha	Queen of Hearts (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Gibb, Sarah	Rapunzel: Based on the Original Story by the Brothers Grimm (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Ferencik, Erica	Repeaters (*)		ThrillerT	Sep-2011
Ryan, Candace	Ribbit Rabbit (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Adoff, Arnold	Roots and Blues: A Celebration (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Ehlert, Lois	Rrralph (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Lester, Alison	Running with the Horses (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Woods, Brenda	Saint Louis Armstrong Beach (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Ward, Jesmyn	Salvage the Bones (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Ashman, Linda	Samantha on a Roll (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Stiefvater, Maggie	The Scorpio Races (*)		Science FictionSF	Oct-2011
Preston, Caroline	The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2011
Nolan, Dennis	Sea of Dreams (*)		FantasyF	Nov-2011
Peck, Richard	Secrets at Sea (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan	The Secret River (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Weingarten, Lynn	The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Dec-2011
Barnes, Julian	The Sense of an Ending (*)		LiteraryL	Oct-2011
Ramsden, Ashley	Seven Fathers (*)		FantasyF	Apr-2011
Ferraiolo, Jack D.	Sidekicks (*)		FantasyF	May-2011
Stanley, Diane	The Silver Bowl (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	May-2011
Booraem, Ellen	Small Persons with Wings (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Na, Il Sung	Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Petersen, David	Snowy Valentine (*)		RomanceR	Dec-2011
Krivak, Andrew	The Sojourn (*)		HistoricalH	Apr-2011
Berg, Carol	The Soul Mirror (*)		FantasyF	Jan-2011
O'Connor, Sheila	Sparrow Road (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Hester, Dayna	Speaking Truths (*)		LiteraryL	Apr-2011
Wheeler, Lisa	Spinster Goose: Twisted Rhymes for Naughty Children (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Cameron, Ann	Spunky Tells All (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Battersby, Katherine	Squish Rabbit (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Link, Kelly	Steampunk! (*)		Science Fiction / FantasySFF	Oct-2011
Mysliwski, Wieslaw	Stone Upon Stone (*)		LiteraryL	Jan-2011
Loory, Ben	Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Uhlberg, Myron	A Storm Called Katrina (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Jeffers, Oliver	Stuck (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Gall, Chris	Substitute Creacher (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Baskin, Nora Raleigh	The Summer Before Boys (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Pollen, Bella	The Summer of the Bear (*)		LiteraryL	Jun-2011
Townsend, Wendy	The Sundown Rule (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Holm, Jennifer L.	Super Amoeba (*)		Graphic NovelGN	May-2011
Sidman, Joyce	Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Levine, Gail Carson	A Tale of Two Castles (*)		FantasyF	May-2011
Gourlay, Candy	Tall Story (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Young, Cybele	Ten Birds (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Martin, Bill, Jr.	Ten Little Caterpillars (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Grandits, John	Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus (*)		General FictionGF	Jul-2011
Dinnocenzo, Eric	The Tenant Lawyer (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Gleitzman, Morris	Then (*)		HistoricalH	May-2011
Nye, Naomi Shihab	There Is No Long Distance Now (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Spiegelman, Peter	Thick As Thieves (*)		Police/Detective/Law EnforcementPD	Aug-2011
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse	This Plus That: Life's Little Equations (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Rubin, Adam	Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Griffin, Adele	Tighter (*)		HorrorHORR	May-2011
Veldkamp, Tjibbe	Tom the Tamer (*)		General FictionGF	Nov-2011
Walker, David J.	The Towman's Daughters (*)		Police/Detective/Law EnforcementPD	Oct-2011
Jenkins, Emily	Toys Come Home (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Meyer, Deon	Trackers (*)		ThrillerT	Sep-2011
Griffith, Michael	Trophy (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
Shaw, Susan	Tunnel Vision (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
LaPlante, Alice	Turn of Mind (*)		LiteraryL	Jul-2011
Ray, Jane	The Twelve Days of Christmas (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Pinkney, Jerry	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Silva, M.M.	Two Out of Three (*)		MysteryM	Oct-2011
Rosenberg, Liz	Tyrannosaurus Dad (*)		General FictionGF	May-2011
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia	Under the Mesquite (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Evans, Shane W.	Underground (*)		HistoricalH	Jan-2011
Ellsworth, Loretta	Unforgettable (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
James, Bill	Vacuum (*)		Police/Detective/Law EnforcementPD	Nov-2011
Martinez, Jessica	Virtuosity (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Oct-2011
Brown, Monica	Waiting for the Biblioburro (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Wolf, Allan	The Watch That Ends the Night (*)		HistoricalH	Oct-2011
Torres, Justin	We the Animals (*)		LiteraryL	Sep-2011
Reeve, Philip	A Web of Air (*)		FantasyF	Oct-2011
Robinson, Fiona	What Animals Really Like (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Comden, Betty; Green, Adolph	What's New at the Zoo? (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Katz, Karen	Where Is Baby's Yummy Tummy? (*)		General FictionGF	Aug-2011
Savage, Stephen	Where's Walrus? (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Handler, Daniel	Why We Broke Up (*)		Contemporary RomanceCR	Dec-2011
De Kockere, Geert	Willy (*)		General FictionGF	Jun-2011
Coakley, Lena	Witchlanders (*)		FantasyF	Sep-2011
Nelson, James L.	With Fire and Sword (*)		General FictionGF	Mar-2011
Wardlaw, Lee	Won Ton (*)		General FictionGF	Feb-2011
Hill, Reginald	The Woodcutter (*)		ThrillerT	Aug-2011
Basu, Kunal	Yellow Emperor's Cure (*)		General FictionGF	Oct-2011
Maksik, Alexander Kolya	You Deserve Nothing (*)		General FictionGF	Sep-2011
Voigt, Cynthia	Young Fredle (*)		General FictionGF	Jan-2011
Hatke, Ben	Zita the Spacegirl (*)		Science FictionSF	Feb-2011

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