Recently on her blog, Daisy Whitney revealed the new paperback cover for her book The Mockingbirds and the matching, new cover for her upcoming companion novel, The Rivals. While we liked the original covers, we’re sort of over-the-moon about the new ones — so we chatted with Daisy about the changes! Here’s more: The original [...]
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Just in time for Halloween, best-selling author Patrick Carman’s Dark Eden arrives in stores to scare the crap out of you. In a good way. No, really. Carman’s Dark Eden is a super creepy tale of seven teens sent to the mysterious Fort Eden, where they will be “cured” of their acute and crippling fears. [...]
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Today marks not only Halloween — but the end of our month-long feature on This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel. But before we bid farewell to this fabulous book, here’s a look back at the highlights: This Dark Endeavor: Frankenstein-Inspired Writing Contest Our writing contest is open through midnight (PT) tonight — and at last [...]
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With the release of the third book in The Caster Chronicles series–Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (read an excerpt)–the Beautiful Creatures paperback edition is no. 4 on the paperback list. Kathy Reichs’s sequel to Virals–Seizure– is at no. 10. This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 THE SON OF NEPTUNE, [...]
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Like, WHOA, on the YA movie adaptation news this week … we round-up highlights from the past week in YA-related news! * The Hunger Games movie character posters. So much awesome. See all eight posters here, and be sure to check out our desktop wallpapers we created using the new artwork. Whose look do you [...]
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We’re nearing the end of our countdown to Dark Eden by Patrick Carman, but we still have a few tricks (and treats!) up our sleeve. Since Halloween weekend is upon us, and Halloween is on Monday (the same day Dark Eden hits stores) — we asked Patrick to share his spooky playlist. After you check [...]
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In The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, 14 authors write short stories based on illustrations and captions featured in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. This concept has been used by teachers and writers for years — and now we’re inviting you to do the same … with a very cool prize at stake! [...]
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You can have a horror novel without gothic elements, but it’s impossible to have a gothic novel without horror. This Dark Endeavor has both in spades. On Novel Novice we’ve talked before about what elements make a gothic novel (here and here) but Kenneth Oppel captures them so well, it’s worth revisiting. Like horror, the [...]
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A new movie hits theaters today, and the topic is stirring up a bit of a debate in the literary community. Anonymous addresses the hotly debated conspiracy theory that William Shakespeare did not actually write any of his beloved plays and sonnets: Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue [...]
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