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The results are in for the February, 2007, Readers' Poll. Either this one was just too easy, or you're all brilliant! Maybe both! Each and every one of you who responded got this right. The memorial to the victims of the General Slocum tragedy is located in "Middle Village, Queens."
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Kirkus Reviews, March, 2007
"Set in London in 1830 where the selling of human corpses to those in science has become a lucrative business, twelve-year-old Victor is aware that his body would fetch a good price and so must watch out for those who mean to do him harm while working to put a stop to their evil ways.
"(For) audiences that relish historical fiction...Welsh pits an orphaned beggar lad with a shattered leg and some martial-arts training against a pair of genial body snatchers in the employ of a prominent doctor who likes to molest girls and infect kidnapped children with cholera in the name of scientific discovery....(A) lurid stomach-churner... strewn with corpses and gruesome relics."
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RESURRECTION MEN
Due out on April 19th, RESURRECTION MEN has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection.
Inspired by the 1831 “Italian Boy” trial of body snatchers in London, England, RESURRECTION MEN is a spine-tingling murder mystery that pits a beggar boy named Victor against a nefarious group of Resurrection Men. In this tumultuous dark underworld, where a “fresh subject” can fetch as much as nine guineas -– the yearly salary of a working man -– Victor must risk his life to uncover the identity of the murderer who is at the heart of London’s furtive trade in human corpses.
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THE UNRESOLVED
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children's Books of 2006 by the Washington Post, THE UNRESOLVED has been named a 2007 Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Teens by the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, which recognized only six works in Jewish teen literature this year. The novel was nominated for the 2006 Cybils literary awards, and for the 2007 Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) by the American Library Association. It's currently featured as one of the Best Teen Books of the year 2006 at BarnesAndNoble.com.
The Washington Post said, "Welsh writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction." School Library Journal said, "THE UNRESOLVED tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way." Horn Book Magazine called THE UNRESOLVED, "A decidedly unconventional ghost story ... (and) a tightly wound novel." Kirkus Reviews termed it, "A remarkable account." Romantic Times said, "THE UNRESOLVED is a book you shouldn't pass up." The Edge of the Forest said, "It may be the most beautifully written novel I've read this year." All About the Book said, "The Unresolved is a great one. Mallory is the most well-developed ghostly character I've seen in a long, long time..." And Midwest Book Review called THE UNRESOLVED, "a wonderfully different kind of ghost story."
Inspired by the tragic events of 9/11, THE UNRESOLVED reaches back into history to explore what was, until recently, the greatest disaster in New York City history. Based on the sinking of the General Slocum steamship -- which caught fire in the East River, New York, in 1904, resulting in the death of over 1,000 mostly German immigrants on a church outing -- THE UNRESOLVED is at once a ghost story, a courtroom drama, an examination of immigrant life, and a tale of love, redemption and revenge. The novel dramatizes how a single life –- and death –- can have a powerful influence on history.
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READERS' POLL
The results are in for the February, 2007, Readers' Poll. Either this one was just too easy, or you're all brilliant! Maybe both! Each and every one of you who responded got this right. The memorial to the victims of the General Slocum tragedy is located in "Middle Village, Queens."
For the results of previous polls, click here
REVIEWS (Excerpted in February)
THE UNRESOLVED -- Editorial Reviews
Jen Robinson's Book Page, February 2007
"This book is a haunting chronicle of the ways things can go wrong, one decision at a time, and the way people hide from the truth, and lie to protect themselves...I found the story riveting, and read it in a single sitting. I recommend it for fans of historical fiction, especially mysteries, and fans of ghost stories."
For the full text of the Reviews, click here.
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