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VOLUME 15
Ships December 9, 2009
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The Wild Things
(McSweeney's)
by Dave Eggers

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Dave Eggers impressed readers and critics with his debut memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Since, he's written several books, including What Is the What, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award, and Zeitoun. The Wild Things, based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and on the screenplay Eggers co-wrote with Spike Jonze, is about a boy making his way in a world he can't control. Funny, dark, and alive, The Wild Things is a timeless tale for all ages.

"[Eggers] highest achievement is in having found a fresh way to tell us a story we already know so well, about the monstrous forces of love and hate that mark every childhood — and pursue us howling into adulthood."
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Shipped October 28, 2009
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The Cry of the Sloth
by Sam Savage

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Stitches
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VOLUME 13
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Stiches
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VOLUME 12
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by Luis Alberto Urrea

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by Gerbrand Bakker
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by Monica Drake

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Shipped July 31, 2008
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Clown Girl
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Shipped May 30, 2008
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The Outlander
by Gil Adamson

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski

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Shipped April 17, 2008
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by Hillary Jordan
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How the Dead Dream
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Shipped March 5, 2008
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How the Dead Dream
by Lydia Millet
(Counterpoint Press)

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