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Tinker - Wen Spencer
From Publishers WeeklyWit and intelligence inform this off-beat, tongue-in-cheek fantasy from Spencer (Alien Taste, etc.), set in near-future Pittsburgh-or rather, the part of Pitt... -
The Enchantress of Florence_ A - Salman Rushdie
Amazon.com ReviewThe Enchantress of Florence is about the power of story--whether it is the imagined life of a Mughal queen, or the devastating secret held by a silver-tongued Flo.... -
The Call - Michael Grant
FromStarred Review Tongue firmly planted in cheek, Grant sends a lad with a serious case of mediumness up against not only the minions of an ageless and evil Pale Queen but a... -
Sentinelspire - Mark Sehestedt
A note to the reader: In the following story, characters appear who do not speak the Common tongue of Faerыn-and sometimes even those who speak Common choose not to do ... -
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue_ - John McWhorter
From Publishers WeeklyThis evolutionary history of the English language from author and editor McWhorter (The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language) isn't an easy read, but... -
Leaping Beauty - Gregory Maguire; Chris L. Demar
From School Library JournalGrade 3-6–Eight well-known fairy tales are recast, with the aid of animal characters and outrageous puns (with some tongue-in-cheek witticisms thrown in)... -
Earth and Ashes - Atiq Rahimi
"You know, father, sorrow can turn to water and spill from your eyes, or it can sharpen your tongue into a sword, or it can become a time bomb that, one day, will explode and destr... -
Damned - Chuck Palahniuk
"Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison," declares the whip-tongued eleven-year-old narrator of Damned, Chuck Palahniuk's subversive new work of fiction. The daughter of a narcissi...