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|  | Poetry for Young People by Edward Lear, Edward Mendelson, Laura Huliska-Beith
This volume in the Poetry for Young People series strolls through the life of English poet and painter Edward Lear, the writer of incomparable nonsense verse and limericks. With 35 of Lear's poems, each accompanied by a brief contextual paragraph. Also accompanied by full-color illustrations. AUTHOR: Edward Lear, Edward Mendelson, Laura Huliska-Beith
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | 32 Stories by Adrian Tomine
Each turn of the page unfolds a documentary of a blossoming artist . - City Pages His sincerity makes it exceedingly difficult for the reader not to share a profound affinity with the characters in its Bay Area milieu . - Washington Square News After selling over 8,000 copies in two printings, Adrian Tomine's 32 Stories , is back in a new third printing! Tomine brings a refreshingly literate sensibility to the comic book medium and it is evident even in his earliest work. As a college student, Tomine wrote and illustrated a number of remarkably versatile short stories, ranging from a biography of Jack Kerouac to a series of loosely autobiographical strips. At the time, Tomine self published these stories in a series of seven mini-comics and these original strips serve as the basis for this collection. AUTHOR: Adrian Tomine
PUBLISHER: Drawn & Quarterly
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Dead Room by Robert Ellis
Description not available.When a brutal serial killer begins stalking the streets, preying on unsuspecting women, civil attorney Teddy Mack delves into the investigation, which is fraught with corrupt justice and dirty politics, forcing him to enter the mind of a killer to stop the madness. Original. AUTHOR: Robert Ellis
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Pastoralia by George Saunders
This second collection of satirical stories by George Saunders concentrates on failure and fear in an eccentric group of characters, which include Janet (who plays a theme-park cavewoman in the title story), a man who works in a strip club (in Sea Oak ), and a toeless man who lives with his mother (in The Barber's Unhappiness ). AUTHOR: George Saunders
PUBLISHER: Putnam Publishing Group, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Mummy by David Levithan, Stephen Sommers
Description not available.In the 1920s, adventurer Rick O'Connell and librarian Evelyn Carnahan are searching for an Egyptian artifact when they inadvertently resurrect High Priest Imhotep, a powerful, malevolent mummy seeking revenge. AUTHOR: David Levithan, Stephen Sommers
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | P. S. Longer Letter Later by Ann M. Martin, Paula Danziger
Two top writers explore what happens to a friendship when it becomes a long-distance relationship. Best friends Elizabeth and Tara*Starr (who always writes her name that way) now live in different towns, but they continue their friendship through letters. Paula Danziger writes in Tara's voice, and Ann M. Martin in Elizabeth's, in this complex and emotionally rich novel about two friends coping with overwhelming change. AUTHOR: Ann M. Martin, Paula Danziger
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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