Samantha Balaban Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Samantha Balaban

In The Great Zapfino, a circus performer feels out of place in his own story. Loved talking to @macbarnett and @MarlaFrazee about this (73 word!) book https://t.co/3MRIkLxwD6

Samantha Balaban

What E.L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is for kids (OK, I read it as an adult, too!), All the Beauty in the World is for grown-ups: a peek behind the curtain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Samantha Balaban

Bullwinkel’s dynamic writing — moving back and forth in time, in and out of the boxing gym — and short, punchy sentences are a perfect mirror of the girls’ jabs in the ring. It’s a knockout.