Released: Lois Lowry’s young adult novel is a modern dystopian classic; the movie version will be coming to a theater near you on August 15.
Tough Love: Chuck DeGroat’s new book, , gives readers insight into dealing with difficult people, including themselves. (Eerdmans)
Perfect Match: For some of the better drama writing on network television, you can’t beat will be available on disc August 19. (Paramount)
Poetic Times: For an unusual source of “found poetry,” go to the website, where you can find sentences from the day’s news turned into haiku.