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1. Marathon: Review Haiku

RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
BATTLE SWORDS GREEKS BLOOD WHAT THE
HELL IS GOING ON.

Marathon by Boaz Yakin. First Second, 2012, 192 pages.

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2. Wicked Business: Review Haiku

I can't even do
this anymore. Trash is fun --
but sometimes, just trash.

Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich. Bantam, 2012, 320 pages.

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3. There Is No Dog: Review Haiku


Take one Joan Osbourne
song; add the awesomesauce of
Meg Rosoff; stir. Squeeeeee.


There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff. Putnam, 2012, 256 pages.

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4. The Detention Club: Review Haiku


Convoluted story
full of comma splices.
Try Scieszka instead.


The Detention Club by David Yoo. Balzer + Bray, 2011, 299 pages.

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5. Explosive Eighteen: Review Haiku


FINALLY Stephanie
acts like something more than
a two-dollar whore.


Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich. Bantam, 2011, 320 pages.

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6. Breadcrumbs: Review Haiku


And another one:

Yes, it really is that good.
My Newbery pick.

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu. Walden Pond Press, 2011, 320 pages.

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7. Little Bets: Review Haiku


Nothing shocking, but
a good reminder that
incremental change works.

Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims. Free Press, 2011, 224 pages.

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8. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour: Review Haiku


The best kind of love
story: slow, natural, and
full of cream soda.

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. S&S, 2011, 368 pages.

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9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Review Haiku


Is it normal that
I found the pictures scarier
than the monsters?


Miss Pettigrew's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Quirk, 2011, 352 pages.

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10. Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: Review Haiku


Debunks "lizard brain"
idea, but not as clever
as he thinks he is.



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11. The Dreamer: Review Haiku


Beautiful package,
but too in love with itself
for its audience?


The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan. Scholastic, 2010, 372 pages.

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12. Sizzling Sixteen: Review Haiku


You don't really care
what happens, right? Just if we
see Ranger naked.*

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's Press, 2010, 320 pages.**


*No.
**There by the grace of superwide margins and giant leading, again. It's really only 96 pages of content.

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13. The Mysterious Howling: Review Haiku


Shelve it next to The
Penderwicks
in my cache of
old-fashioned Awesome.


The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood. Balzer + Bray, 2010, 272 pages.

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14. Tangled: Review Haiku


Four characters seeking
connection: A study
in misperception.


Tangled by Carolyn Mackler. Harper, 2010, 308 pages.

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15. Odd and the Frost Giants: Review Haiku


A wint'ry tale of
bravery and redemption
for a wint'ry night.


Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. Harper, 2009, 117 pages.

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16. Free: Review Haiku


Makes sense while you're
reading it -- but after, the
hangover. Free? Really?

Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson. Hyperion, 2009, 274 pages.

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17. The Magician's Elephant: Review Haiku


The ending is no
surprise; the journey there,
mannered but well-crafted.


The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick, 2009, 208 pages.

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18. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Review Haiku


If only they had
gotten Anna K. and
Emma Bovary, too.


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Quirk Classics, 2009, 317 pages.

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19. A Little Bit Wicked: Review Haiku


You'd think a Tony
would buy a better proof-
reader. (It's WILLson, folks.*)


A Little Bit Wicked: Live, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth with Jodi Rodgers. Touchstone, 2009, 232 pages.


* And this is only one example. In the same section, "My White Knight" becomes "My White Night" not two paragraphs later. [bangs head against wall]

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20. Finger Lickin' Fifteen: Review Haiku


Slap-happy Plum blows
up more cars, gets laughs. But is
she phoning it in?


Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, 2009,

308 pages.

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21. The Last Olympian: Review Haiku


BANG CRASH MONSTERS ZING
BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE CRASH
PROPHECY KISS HER.


The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan. Hyperion, 2009, 400 pages.

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22. Along for the Ride: Review Haiku


Smart girl learns to get
back on the bike. Queen of Teen
pens another gem.


Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen. Viking, 2009, 383 pages.

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