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Borders Original Voices
June 2008
Browse: Fiction | Kids' Books
 | The Answer is Always Yes by Monica Ferrell Set in the Michael Alig-era New York Club Scene in the '90s, Monica Ferrell's The Answer Is Always Yes tells the story of Matthew Acciaccatura, a young man with the unfortunate curse of a Jersey zip code whose relentless social ambitions allow him to work his way into the innermost sanctum of the city's hottest club—a barely disguised Limelight. Hilariously dry and cunningly witty, Ferrell's novel is a delicious read to the nth degree.  Excerpt |
 | The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway After watching 22 of his loved ones being destroyed, the cellist vows to play for 22 days straight at the sight where he witnessed their murder. Meanwhile, a young sniper protects the cellist's life with her own. A novel that is at turns eviscerating and life-affirming, Steven Galloway's The Cellist of Sarajevo is a haunting lament for a dying city. Excerpt |
 | The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon While delivering a letter to the home of Chicago Police Chief Shippy in 1908, 19-year-old Jewish immigrant Lazarus Averbuch was shot dead. Using this event to catapult The Lazarus Project, Bosnian-American writer Aleksander Hemon (Nowhere Man) unleashes a work of epic greatness on par with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Excerpt |
 | How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic Recipient of German's Readers' Prize and a nominee for the Deutscher Buchpreis, Sasa Stanisic's How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone tells the splintered story of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina as seen through a child's eyes. Faced with mounting racial tensions in a town where he's been living out his idyllic childhood, young Aleksandar's family packs and escapes to Germany, where they learn to live as refugees. Excerpt |
 | The Boat by Nam Le Vietnamese-born Nam Le makes his literary debut with The Boat, an ambitious book that docks in New York, Tehran, and Australia, following the lives of characters who, while they don't speak the same language or even inhabit the same land, are inexplicably linked by the human experience that transcends barriers. Rarely does a writer arrive on the scene with such a clearly defined and versatile voice as Nam Le's. Excerpt |
 | A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif Just when you think that the truth can't get any stranger, a writer like Mohammed Hanif comes along to prove you wrong. Using the unexplained 1988 plane crash of Pakistan's dictator General Zia as a jumping-off point, A Case of Exploding Mangoes takes on Mideast politics and American foreign policy—while still managing to make this one of the funniest books you will read this year! Excerpt |
 | The Spiritualist by Megan Chance When the social-climbing Evie's husband is murdered in 1850s New York City, her determination to discover the cause forces her into the dark underworld of the occult. A darkly seductive mystery complete with a twisted ending that would rival Henry James' finest, Megan Chance's The Spiritualist is a true literary sleight of hand. Excerpt |
 | Be Gentle With the Dog, Dear by Matthew Baek Tag the family dog is the object of Baby Elisa's affection. She loves to squeeze him tight and pull his tail. It's time that Elisa's learned the right way to show her affection for Tag. With laugh-out-loud illustrations and a spare text, Matthew Baek's Be Gentle With the Dog, Dear promises to be an instant favorite in the homes of toddlers with pets. |
 | The Underneath by Kathi Appelt A pregnant calico cat and a lonely hound dog forge an unlikely friendship deep in the bayou in Kathi Appelt's The Underneath. Urged by Ranger, the hound, to raise her kittens underneath the porch of the home owned by the nasty Gar-Face, they lead a quiet and safe existence until one kitten's curiosity sets off a remarkable chain of events. This Borders Original Voices selection is a hauntingly beautiful tale in the tradition of Sounder and The Yearling. ExcerptAudio ExcerptAuthor Note |
 | Savvy by Ingrid Law Turning thirteen in the Beaumont family means the savvy, or special supernatural power each possesses, kicks in. Just shy of her big day, Mibs decides her new power can save her comatose father, and sneaks aboard a delivery bus, believing it will take her to her dad. Instead, she finds herself on a strange ride that forces her to make sense of growing up in Savvy by Ingrid Law. Excerpt |
 | Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee Suzanne Supplee's Artichoke's Heart takes on body image and teenage girls with an insight we haven't seen since Judy Blume's Blubber. Young Rosemary Goode is a big girl with a big heart, and a mother who owns the town beauty salon. When she resolves to lose weight, her personal struggle becomes the talk of the town. Excerpt |
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