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All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2014 Staff Fiction FavoritesFictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterThis beautiful, sweeping novel captures the feelings of World War II from the vantage point of ordinary lives. Following a blind...
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Deep Down Dark by Hector Tobar
Fall Reading, 2015History, Biography, and PoliticsCasey's ReviewsMacMillanSomeone once told me that, to truly understand human behavior, I need only watch the classic jury movie “Twelve Angry Men.”...
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Sisters & Brothers by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Growing Up in Santa CruzYoung ReaderCasey's ReviewsHoughtonMifflinDid you know that when an elephant wanders away from its herd, putting itself in danger of encounters with lions, it is a protective...
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Stella: Queen of the Snow by Marie-Louise Gay
Growing Up in Santa CruzBabyCasey's ReviewsStella is a vivacious older sister who leads her little brother Sam through the winter season using their collective curiosity and imagination. Accompanied by...
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Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Growing Up in Santa CruzI Can ReadCasey's ReviewsThe Caldecott Honor Book Interrupting Chicken perfectly captures the lively imagination of a toddler while hearing stories at bedtime. Interrupting his...
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Home Game by Michael Lewis
Growing Up in Santa CruzGeneral NonfictionCasey's ReviewsW. W. Norton & CompanyMichael Lewis, famed sports and business author (The Blind Side, Liars Poker, The Big Short), tackles his toughest...
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Nurture Shock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Growing Up in Santa CruzGeneral NonfictionCasey's ReviewsHachetteFor analytical dads who want to parent based on facts and the latest research, Nurture Shock will both inform and entertain. Focusing on...
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Geek Dad by Ken Denmead
Growing Up in Santa CruzGeneral NonfictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinGiven our proximity to Silicon Valley, most Santa Cruz dads are constantly searching for ways to bring innovation to parenting. Ken...
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Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Nonfiction from the 2015 Winter NewsletterHistory, Biography, and PoliticsCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseIn 2012, Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote an article for the Atlantic titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It...
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The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
New & Recommended Fiction from the 2015 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseIf you are like me and love being transported to other regions through fiction, you must know about Anthony...
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The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
2015 Staff Fiction FavoritesFictionCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseIf you are like me and love being transported to other regions through fiction, you must know about Anthony Marra. Author of my favorite...
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Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Hardback Fiction from the 2016 Summer NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterEveryone Brave Is Forgiven, from the best-selling author of Little Bee, is storytelling at its finest. Ranging...
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Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss
Hardback Fiction from the 2016 Summer NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsIn early 1980 in New York City, the utterly unique and unabashedly complicated worlds of an artist, an art critic, and a muse...
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The Girls by Emma Cline
Hardback Fiction from the 2016 Summer NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsRandomHousePoignant, intense, and immersive, Emma Cline’s The Girls is a debut novel that makes such a strong mark on its readers...
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The Mothers by Brit Bennett
New & Recommended Fiction from the 2016 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsPenguinBrit Bennett’s The Mothers is a remarkable debut, a novel whose characters are so well developed that you will...
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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
New & Recommended Fiction from the 2016 Winter NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsThe same qualities that make me daydream about becoming best friends with Ann Patchett are found on the pages of her...
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QB: My Life Behind the Spiral by Steve Young
Sports 2016 from the Winter NewsletterSportsCasey's ReviewsHoughtonMifflinSteve Young, the star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1990s, transports us to many seminal moments in his...
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Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback Fiction from our 2017 Summer NewsletterFictionCasey's ReviewsHarper Collins“The four of us together weren’t something they understood. They understood girls alone, folding their arms across...
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Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Nonfiction from our 2017 Summer NewsletterHistory, Biography, and PoliticsCasey's ReviewsRandomHouseIt came as no surprise that Evicted was this year’s recipient for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction....
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Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Fall Reading, 2017FictionCasey's ReviewsSimon&SchusterIn a small town along the Mississippi coast, one American family struggles with the ebbs and flows of a roller-coaster life grappling with...
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