This Week in Calendar

Carmela Ciuraru reviews “The Blue Star,” a novel by Tony Earley.

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow reviews “Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming” by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn.

Tim Rutten reviews “Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time -- the Building of the Panama Canal” by Matthew Parker.

The following reviews are scheduled:

Mary McNamara reviews “Another Thing to Fall,” a novel by Laura Lippman.

Elizabeth Hoover reviews “God Particles,” poems by Thomas Lux.

David L. Ulin reviews “Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation” by David Edwards.

On the Web

This week at latimes.com/books:

In Word Play, Sonja Bolle ponders the delicate issue of teenage boys who have affairs with their teachers, as portrayed in three young adult novels: Barry Lyga’s “Boy Toy,” Lurlene McDaniel’s “Prey” and Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson’s “Gone.”

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