The top ten first novels of the past year display remarkable imagination and artistry as they take us from Alabama to the Azores Islands, Appalachia, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and Manhattan. Their characters journey from childhood to adulthood, rags to riches, confusion to revelation.
The Sterling Heights Public Library has in its collection eight of the top ten first novels as reported in the October 15, 2010 Booklist magazine.
Check them out!
Anthill by Edward O. Wilson
Bloodroot by Amy Greene
Born Under a Million Shadows by Andrea Busfield
Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne
Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni
Rounding out the top ten list are Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa and Rich Boy by Sharon Pomerantz.
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