Michael Dirda reviews Paul Park's A Princess of Roumania for the Washington Post. It's a nice long review of what promises to be the first of a series of at least two novels.
Elizabeth Ward's "For Young Readers" (also for The Washington Post)features The Science of Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' by Mary and John Gribbin and a brief review of Pullman's The Scarecrow and His Servant.
Camille at Bookmoot talks about refugee efforts on the ground and in the schools in Houston. In Houston some hope returns.
