The Scorpio Races

By Maggie Stiefvater ’03

The Scorpio Races, winner of a Michael L. Printz Honor for excellence in teen literature and the Odyssey Honor for best audiobook for young adults, combines an island setting, dangerous horse racing, and a budding teenage romance that pits the players against death.

The Los Angeles Times said of it, “A thrilling book that’s as unusual as it is alluring.”

Published by Scholastic Press, October 2011

So There!

By Nicole Louise Reid ’95

A collection of nine short stories about defiant women and girls standing at the edge of rebirth.

Published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press, October 2011

Masculinity in Children’s Animal Stories, 1888- 1928: A Critical Study of Anthropomorphic Tales by Wilde, Kipling, Potter, Grahame and Milne

By Wynn William Yarbrough ’91

This text examines the role of masculinity in the enduring animal tales produced around the turn of the 20th century.

Published by McFarland Press, June 2011

A Boy’s Dream

By Wynn William Yarbrough ’91

A book of poetry that draws on the author’s relationship with women throughout his lifetime.

Published by Pessoa Press, July 2011

Plains Indian Art: The Pioneering Work of John C. Ewers

Edited by Jane Ewers Robinson ’61

A vividly illustrated collection of the writings of the late John Canfield Ewers, whose publications have long been important reading for anyone interested in the cultures of the Plains peoples.

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, October 2011