Pendred Noyce

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Pendred Noyce, M.D., won the Beloit Fiction Prize for her short story, “Father Donovan.” She is the author of Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers, which she describes as “fantasy for thinking kids,” and she is currently editing a book on formative assessment for the Harvard Education Press.

Book Reviews by Pendred Noyce

Image of Great Discoveries in Medicine
Editor(s):
William Bynum, Helen Bynum
Genre(s):
Scientists & Inventors, Essays, Medicine, Literary, History of North America, History, General, 21st Century

Great Discoveries in Medicine

October 11, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

“This book is recommended to anyone involved in health care—from student to practitioner to teacher or administrator—to remind us all of the traditions that nurture and feed us.

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Image of La Negra y Blanca; Fugue and Commentary
Author(s):
Deena Metzger
Genre(s):
Contemporary

La Negra y Blanca; Fugue and Commentary

July 15, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

“Among the conventions the author has dissolved include a clear timeline, narrative flow, a single version of events, and revelation of character through action. Some of Ms.

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Image of The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning)
Author(s):
John Stephens
Genre(s):
8-12

The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning)

March 9, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

Fifteen-year-old Emma barely remembers the night ten years ago when her mother woke her, made her promise to look after her younger siblings Michael and Emma, and then packed her into a car and dis

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Image of Feral
Author(s):
Deena Metzger
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Feral

March 8, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

A woman therapist is called by neighbors to coax a wild girl down from a tree.

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Image of Deadly
Author(s):
Julie Chibbaro
Illustrator(s):
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
Genre(s):
Young Adult, Coming of Age

Deadly

February 9, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

It’s 1906, and tenement-dwelling 16-year-old Prudence is a brainy loner, grieving over her brother’s death from infection and her father’s disappearance in the Spanish-American war.

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Image of Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest
Author(s):
Amos Oz
Genre(s):
Bullying, Fantasy

Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest

January 31, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

Imagine a village where no birds scatter to the pines as people pass, where no dogs wait panting by the door, no chickens peck for grain in the garden, no fish sparkle in the river.

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Image of Dogtag Summer
Author(s):
Elizabeth Partridge
Genre(s):
8-12

Dogtag Summer

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Pendred Noyce

Dogtag Summer brings to life a piece of American history so recent and so raw that most kids won’t get to study it history class, and it does so in a way that is both emotionally wrenching

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