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The first stop is Justin Hall's comix series "True Travel Tales" (All Thumbs Press; 48 pages; $4), the third issue of which appeared a few months ago. Hall approaches travel writing from an unusual angle by adapting and illustrating other people's stories. The first two issues collected short...
Helena and Sarah in "True Travel Tales" #3
Buck, formerly a Cash Money Millionaire who—though still a millionaire—currently rolls with G-Unit, clearly takes a great deal of pride in his Southern roots. Most of the songs on Ca$hville are situated in his old Tennessee hustling grounds. In "Do It Like...
Dickensian tales like Sidis' may help explain why most educators mistrust the whole idea of grade skipping. We catch a whiff of élitism around parents who want their kid to leapfrog others. What's called radical acceleration--finishing high school at 15 or younger--is viewed with particular skepticism...
A Nation Deceived doesn't ignore such cautionary tales. It includes the results of a study released this year showing that 63% of early entrants were judged by their teachers to have adjusted "relatively well" or "very well" to school--but that leaves 37% who, like Alonzo, had adjustment problems...