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Dial/Penguin. Dial/Penguin c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Erin Dionne's The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet(9780803732988,$16.99) tells of Hamlet Kennedy, who just wants to be anaverage eighth grader. But she has a genius younger sister who isattending middle school with her, and Shakespearean scholar parents whohave given her an odd name--and when the class project is onShakespeare, her life appears to be ruined. A fun survey of 8th gradewoes evolves. Josh Lieb's I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND IWANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT (9781595142405, $15.99) tells of averagekid Oliver, who lives in Nebraska and who is a mad evil genius insecret. Nobody can stop him--not even the class bully or histeachers--until he runs for president and discovers the voting processto be a challenge. A fine drama emerges.