Here’s a look at some of today’s new YA releases: The Edumacation of Jay Baker by Jay Clark A few “sexy” bullet points about Jay: • He is in love with a cheerleader named Cameo “Appearance” Parnell • He is forever losing “Love-15” to tennis-playing goddess Caroline Richardson • He rocks a touché array of [...]
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This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the official Tour de Nerdfighting with John Green & Hank Green … that is to say, the rock show that was pretending to be John’s book tour for The Fault in Our Stars. Anyone who’s been to one of these tour stops knows how amazing it [...]
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For the second week in a row, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars is at no. 1 and getting rave reviews. At no. 10 is Cynthia Hand’s latest, Hallowed, the sequel to Unearthly. This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Dutton, $17.99.) A 16-year-old heroine [...]
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* The Printz, the Morris and the ALA’s other Youth Media Awards earlier this week — with John Corey Whaley’s Where Things Come Back winning both the Printz and the Morris, two huge honors for YA lit. Check out an interview with him in the LA Times. * In years past, the children’s authors who [...]
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Remember those awkward, teenage years? The fumbling, bumbling, and then the sweet taste of victory when something finally goes your way? No? Well, you can relive it all and more in hilarious form with The Edumacation of Jay Baker by debut author Jay Clark. And we promise, reading about those experiences will be far less [...]
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Today, we are SO thrilled to be a stop on the official blog tour for The Edumacation of Jay Baker by Jay Clark. I absolutely adored this book (my gushing review will come later today) — and I’m remiss to confess that I pulled a really slacker move on this blog tour. I failed to [...]
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We just adore Holly Cupala’s Don’t Breathe a Word, which hit stores earlier this month. We’ve reviewed the book and created desktop wallpapers for it, but now we are excited to host a very fun giveaway in honor of Don’t Breathe a Word. Holly sent us a pretty sweet package (braving the snow & ice [...]
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Legend by Marie Lu is one of those blockbuster YA books that gets so over-hyped ahead of its release, you become wary about whether it’s really deserved all that attention. In this case, I’d say the answer is an overwelming yes. As a sort of Dickensian dystopian, Legend tells the dual stories of June and [...]
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An intriguing twist on the myth of Persephone and the Underworld, Everneath by Brodi Ashton will delight fans of paranormal romance and entice fans of books like Abandon by Meg Cabot, and Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. Everneath tells the story of Nikki Beckett, who was sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s [...]
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Here’s a look at some of today’s new YA releases: Everneath by Brodi Ashton Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she’s returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld… this [...]
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