Here are your Recommendations From Under the Radar for Friday. You can see the whole week schedule (with direct links and quotes from each post) at the master schedule. And an explanation of what Radar Recs Week is all about is in my earlier post.

Thanks so much for staying with us this week!

A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy: The Vietnam books by Ellen Emerson White: "God, I love Michael. As with most of EEW's characters, he's funny and a smart aleck. And smarter than he realizes."

Big A, little a: The Deep by Helen Dunmore: "Dunmore combines the magical world of Ingo under the seas with a pragmatic worldview I appreciate. No miraculous coincidences save or aid Sapphy and her conspirators (in this novel, her brother Conor and the Mer siblings Faro and Elvira). Sapphy must use her brain, her conscience, and her guts to save herself and others."

Bildungsroman: The May Bird Trilogy by Jodi Lynn Anderson: "What happens when you fall into another world? Alice could tell you all about Wonderland. Likewise, May Bird could tell you all about the Ever After."

Finding Wonderland: The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher: "Quite possibly no other middle grade novel ever ends in this fashion; the last three chapters of The Avion My Uncle Flew are written completely in simple French. Readers will surprise themselves when they find that they can read it!"

Not Your Mother's Bookclub: A look at some recently revised classics here and here: "Confession: I memorized this book when I was a kid. I still recite bits of it every time I see girls with dark, ringleted hair, reflecting balls, pansies or Massachusetts. To say that this book made an impression on me is to understate the issue dramatically. So I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw it had been reissued this year."

Fuse Number 8: Stoneflight by George McHarque: "It's only when she attempts to bring about a gathering of all the stone creatures in New York City that Janie discovers that sometimes being a soft malleable human with the ability to be hurt is a good thing."

lectitans: Gentle's Holler and Louisiana Song both by Kerry Madden: "The greatest strength in these books, and what has made me fall in love with them, is the distinctness and authenticity of each character. I come from mountain stock, and these people feel as though they could be my relatives."

Chasing Ray: Kipling's Choice by Geert Spillebeen

Interactive Reader: A Plague of Sorcerers by Mary Frances Zambreno: "I'm always up for a good fantasy, and diseases fascinate me, so I figured this was a sure bet. It's a fun read, although for the younger set, and is, of course, out of print. "

The YA YA YAs: Resurrection Men by TK Welsh: "Yes, Victor is twelve, but to first describe him with his age will no doubt dissuade some older teens from giving Resurrection Men a try, which is a pity. It is more appropriate for them than it is for twelve-year-olds, and it is a book adults will appreciate, as well. As our narrator says, “And while the average life expectancy in London was around thirty-five, when you factored in infantile deaths, twenty-seven was the average age people died, twenty-two among those in the working class. Twenty-two! By that measure, Victor was already middle-aged.�

7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty edited by Ann Angel: "There’s a lot of variety in tone and style, ranging from poignant (�Red Rover, Red Rover� by Chris Lynch, about a hospitalized boy who’s in love with a nurse he’s never actually seen), empowering (�What I Look Like� by Jamie Pittel**, in which a girl experiments with her appearance as she establishes her own distinct identity), romantic (�Bella in Five Acts� by Tim Wynne-Jones, about an undersized boy and a beautiful, suicidal girl), and wacky (�Bad Hair Day� by Lauren Myracle, in which a homecoming queen is beset by a supernatural chin hair)."