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This week's reviews include a picture book debut from swimmer and Olympian Michael Phelps; new novels from Sharon Draper, Jamila Gavin and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; and a round-up of science-themed titles just in time for summer exploration and experimentation.
Reviewed this week, new novels by Faye Kellerman, Victor LaValle, Kathy Reichs, J.A. Jance and Sophie Kinsella. Plus, a hapless couple courts trouble in upstate New York in Nancy Maruo's off-beat debut, Dixie Cash cranks out another fun chicken-fried cowgirl-power crime novel, and Luanne Rice maintains her status as a tear-jerking force of nature.
In 2002, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus suddenly found themselves in the spotlight when The Nanny Diaries, their debut novel based on their experiences as Manhattan nannies, hit the bestseller lists. Now, seven years later, they have published their first YA novel, The Real Real (HarperTeen), centering on a 17-year-old whose life takes a similarly dramatic turn when she is cast in a reality show filmed at her Long Island high school.