James Frey (FRY) is writing for young people, and Hollywood has signed on.

The quail rose out of the cornfields and briars of northeast Arkansas, giving the young writer just enough time to swing his shotgun up like a pitchfork toward their flight. Ernest Hemingway still remained years away from depression and turning another shotgun on himself as he picked off the birds along Sugar Creek in Piggott.

Can't afford to collect cars? You might be able to swing a few book on your favorite marques. And, with summer here, a hammock and a fresh, new car book seem like the perfect match. Let's take a few new books out for a spin.

For young readers: Joy is discovering a book you can’t put down. Last summer every book in my to-read pile gripped me from the first page and held me to the last. Here are some recent titles to make this summer’s reading sunny.

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