Desperately seeking Harry prompts a wave of fantasy picks
Boston readers hunt alternatives as Harry Potter four nears July release. Stores push Wrinkle in Time, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Golden Compass, The Dark Is Rising, and Beyond to lure young readers toward magical adventures.
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J.K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine
Becky Whidden
Brookline
Mass
Harry Potter
Rawlings
HarperCollins
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Whidden
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J.R. Tolkien
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Ace Books
Merlin the Magician
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Susan Cooper
Aladdin Books
Grosset & Dunlap
Harcourt Brace
Edward Eagar
Jon Scieszka
Puffin
Anne McGann
Harry
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Yearling
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Lloyd Alexander
Roald Dahl
Eva Ibbitson
Puffin Books
Harper Trophy
Lemony Snicket
del Ray
Philip Pullman
Elizabeth Winthrop
Yearling Books
Klein on The Running Mate inspired by fame and pressure
Media glare helped Joe Klein craft his political novel The Running Mate about a brutal Senate campaign. The book draws on veterans from Vietnam era politics and features Sen Charlie Martin, a Democrat, opposing a Clinton-like figure. Klein recalls McCain’s Keating Five remark during the 1996 Republican convention.
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Arizona
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Kansas Occupational Outlook notes Kansas job growth to 2006
New books highlight job market trends with Kansas projections from 1996 to 2006. Growth centers include services and computer related occupations, service industries creating most jobs, with 200,000 new positions and 32,000 replacements yearly.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Topeka
South Central
U.S. Department of Labor
Gorey Dies at 75 A Macabre Illustrator and Author
Edward Gorey, the American author and illustrator renowned for his darkly humorous tales and stark black and white art, died last weekend at age 75 after a heart attack. Born in Chicago in 1925, he created at least 90 books and illustrated 60 others including The Gashlycrumb Tinies and Amphigorey volumes.
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Hyannis
Mass
Edward Gorey
Gorey
Amy
Xerxes
Chicago
Harvard University
Frank O'Hara
Doubleday
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