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Happy Book Birthday to Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL
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Today is the big day as Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is finally available from all finer booksellers.
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At TUMBLR, Cory Doctorow remarks on Pinkwater in general and his latest in particular.
Few authors have had as much influence on my progress as a human being – to say nothing of my writing – as Daniel Pinkwater. The course of my life was profoundly altered by reading Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars in middle school, and I have read dozens of his books since.
I find that many distinctive authors circle themes and plots, like a cannoneer rangefinding with artillery, trying to bullseye some impossible-to-define perfect target. I county myself in that group, and I definitely count Pinkwater there.
I can’t tell you exactly what it is he’s trying to hit, but every book seems to come closer to some irreducible Pinkwaterian ideal, and his latest, Adventures of a Dwergish Girl, is the closest he’s come yet.
I take him to mean that he’s describing the world as he perceives it, not adding any weirdness. We live in a weird place. 2020 certainly proves that hypothesis.
I think there’s something to this – the thing that makes Pinkwater’s work so great is his ability to describe the everyday absurdity in terms that make it clear how weird normalcy is (and vice-versa).
That’s definitely Dwergish Girl’s charm. I read this to my 12 year old, who is way too cool to be getting bedtime stories of her old, irrelevant father’s favorite weird writers.
Every night, she insisted that she didn’t want me to read from it. Every night, she begged for another chapter when I was done (and interrupted repeatedly to ask incisive questions about the Revolutionary war, papaya juice, ghosts, radio announcers, etc).
Pinkwater’s got The Magic (whatever that is) and he keeps getting better at it.
Over at the Tachyon Publications Channel on YouTube, check out the trailer to the book.
Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is a lot of fun and very entertaining
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THE BOOK LOVER’S BOUDOIR enjoys Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL (Coming your way September 30, but available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller or direct from Tachyon and for reviewers via EDELWEISS and NETGALLEY).
I loved this book. I had a lot of fun reading it. The history of Molly and Dwergs was a lot of fun and very entertaining. Molly is a great character, well fleshed out and I liked how she develops across the book. I thought this was a great book. I need to read more of this author’s work.
Andrew Wheeler on THE ANTICK MUSINGS OF G.B.H. HORNSWOGGLER, GENT. is excited about the book.
It will probably be the next thing I read. Pinkwater is unique and wonderful and I hope he lives a million years and has a new novel every one of them.
Zeppo, the intrepid office kitty at Tachyon Publications HQ, is at it again. Check out the newest books arriving at the offices: the middle-grade romp, Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL.
Win a copy of bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater’s captivating, cool and crazy ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL
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With the help of the fine folks at GOODREADS, we’re giving away Daniel Pinkwater’s incredible ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL.
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Those who enjoy a good mystery with an unusual plot, strong characters, and smart language will find connections between this unbelievable story and the incredible adventures of real life.
—School Library Journal
Molly O’Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!).
Molly isn’t interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king, a city witch, and many historical ghosts. More importantly, it means excellent pizza, new friends, and very quick thinking.
Now someone is pursuing the Dwergs for their gold. Can Molly O’Malley save the day?
Captivating, cool and crazy! This story is an inspiration to us all: Be brave. Have adventures. And, most importantly, follow your dreams.
—Sam Lloyd, author of Mr. Pusskins
ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is a book with every single thing I love about Pinkwater novels. Reading Daniel Pinkwater—as a kid and as an adult was hugely important to my development as a writer and a human being. Meeting another Pinkwater fan is always a sign that you are among good people.
—Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother
Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is a good read, especially for pizza lovers!
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Coming your way September 30th, Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL (available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller or direct from Tachyon and for reviewers via EDELWEISS and NETGALLEY) generates interest.
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For THE WASHINGTON POST, Micheal Dirda in expresses excitement for both Pinkwater and the forthcoming book.
While Daniel Pinkwater has produced classics for all ages — from that paean to nonconformity, “The Big Orange Splot,” to the Sherlockian pastiche “The Snarkout Boys & the Avocado of Death” — I’m fondest of “Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars.” In it, the two young heroes acquire the Samuel Klugarsh Mind Control System and discover that it really works. Happily, Pinkwater still works, too: Next month Tachyon Books will bring out ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL.
MAGIC AND DUST enjoys the adventure.
When I first saw ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL, I was struck with the cover, then I read the description and struck again. A Dwergish girl gets bored with her dull life and what lays in her future and decides to leave her in-forest-home for the city? And her family just lets her? And supports her? Just give me that.
It is amazing what a cover and just a little bit of information can do to a reader…
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It is a good read and pizza lovers will feel an elevated love for this book. I also hope that this is a beginning of series as the end of the book suggests.
Rating ★★★★
MI BOOK REVIEWS feels much the same.
The plot itself was slow and meandering, but in a way that made it feel fleshed out and one that allowed for cute jokes to happen. The ending was one that mostly made sense. I feel like it was left open a bit for a sequel, but the only questions I have are about what that sequel would be which is a wonderful change from a huge plot point not being explained just to set up a sequel. I liked the ending. It was quick, no huge surprises that annoyed me, and it fit perfectly with the pace of the story and the world that was built. So at least one of the chapters I wanted to erase before really is necessary.
Overall, it was a cute story and my first Pinkwater book.
ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL book trailer premiered on the Tachyon Publications YouTube Channel. After you finish with the trailer, be sure to check out the other Tachyon goodies on the channel.
Readers of Daniel Pinkwater’s unusual and smart mystery, ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL, will enjoy the connections between this unbelievable story and the incredible adventures of real life
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For SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Lindsay Persohn praises Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL (not due out until September, but available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller or direct from Tachyon and for reviewers via EDELWEISS and NETGALLEY).
Those who enjoy a good mystery with an unusual plot, strong characters, and smart language will find connections between this unbelievable story and the incredible adventures of real life.
NETGALLEY is featuring the book.
Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is just so darned nice that it could cure your whole day
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At GREEN MAN REVIEW, Jennifer Stevenson enjoys Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL (not due out until September, but available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller or direct from Tachyon and for reviewers via EDELWEISS and NETGALLEY).
If I had a daughter, I’d want her to be just like Molly, and I would totally read this book to her.
But I don’t have a daughter. I’ll have to settle for reading it to my husband, another Pinkwater fan.
The Dwergish girl is a strong and gentle soul. This book is just so darned nice that it could cure your whole day. Let Molly and her Dwergish ways bring order to your chaotic world.
TELOPHASE offers similar sentiments.
ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL has a strong voice which, I admit, is Pinkwater’s voice and much the same in all of his books but I never get tired of it. It’s also packed full of Pinkwater’s usual run of weird and quirky characters. The end teases a continuation of the story, and should that come to pass I would absolutely love it.
Highly recommended. I’m going to buy a hard copy when it’s published so I can throw it at my nephew when he’s old enough to appreciate it.
THE BIBLIOSANCTUM is excited about the book.
Also in the package was ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL by Daniel Pinkwater, a story which sounds as charming as its cover and title! To see what I mean, here’s the first line of the book’s description: “Molly O’Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!).” I love it! Definitely going to read it later this fall as we get closer to the release date.
Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is featured at NETGALLEY
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Daniel Pinkwater’s illustrated, middle-grade ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL is showcased in NETGALLEY’s Fall/Winter Children’s & Middle Grade feature.
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Review copies of Daniel Pinkwater’s ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL are currently available via NETGALLEY.
Tachyon tidbits featuring Kameron Hurley, Lisa Goldstein, Daniel Pinkwater, Peter S. Beagle, Patricia A. McKillip, and Nalo Hopkinson
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The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.
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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi won the 2019 OTHERWISE AWARD with Kameron Hurley’s MEET ME IN THE FUTURE included among the Honor List.
The full HONOR LIST:
- Kylie Ariel Bemis, “Dreamborn” (in Maiden, Mother, Crone, edited by Gwen Benaway, Bedside Press 2019)
- Meg Elison, The Book of Flora (47North 2019)
- Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Make Me a World 2019)
- Kameron Hurley, Meet Me in the Future (Tachyon Publications 2019)
- Innocent Chizaram Ilo, “Of Warps and Wefts” (Strange Horizons, March 2018; reprinted in Transcendent 4: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction, edited by Bogi Tackás, Lethe Press 2019)
- Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars (Tor Books 2018)
- Laurie J. Marks, The Elemental Logic series (Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic, and Air Logic, Small Beer 2019)
- Yukiko Motoya, The Lonesome Bodybuilder (Soft Skull Press 2018)
- Rivers Solomon, The Deep (Gallery / Saga Press 2019)
Congratulations to all.
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KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF recommends Lisa Goldstein’s IVORY APPLES.
Adolescent Ivy’s great-aunt Maeve wrote the beloved novel IVORY APPLES with the help of the muses — supernatural beings that enter Ivy’s life and bring desperate, dangerous occult seekers there as well. Goldstein veils female bildungsroman with imagination and myth in another assured modern fantasy reminiscent of her excellent 2011 modern fairy tale THE UNCERTAIN PLACES.
Cory Doctorow on PLURALISTIC is very excited about Daniel Pinkwater’s forthcoming ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL.
IOW: this is a book with every single thing I love about Pinkwater novels. Reading Daniel Pinkwater – as a kid and as an adult – was hugely important to my development as a writer and a human being. Meeting another Pinkwater fan is always a sign that you are among good people.
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Booksellers, librarians, bloggers, and reviewers get bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater’s return to classic form with the illustrated, middle-grade ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL
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Review copies of Daniel Pinkwater’s Adventures of a Dwergish Girl are now available via EDELWEISS and NETGALLEY.
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Bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (Lizard Music, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) returns in classic form with the illustrated, middle-grade adventures of one young Molly O’Malley: a dwarf (well, dwarf-ish) girl who just won’t settle for a boring life in the Catskills.
“Daniel Pinkwater’s books don’t strive for greatness; they don’t seem to be trying at all. That’s the magic of them.”—The New York Times Book Review
Molly O’Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!).
Molly isn’t interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king, a city witch, and many historical ghosts. More importantly, it means excellent pizza, new friends, and very quick thinking.
Now someone is pursuing the Dwergs for their gold. Can Molly O’Malley save the day?