I don't get on my soap box often here at Novel Novice -- because really, this site is a forum for promoting books, education & a love of reading, more than anything else -- but a bit of news today prompted me to speak up. Why? Simply put, because I am horrified. As first reported... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice founder Sara was quoted in an article by Karen McCally in the Rochester Review, the alumni magazine for Rochester University -- Revolution author Jennifer Donnelly's alma mater. Here's what she had to say: Sara Gundell, the founder of Novel Novice, an organization that reviews young adult fiction and creates learning materials to accompany new... Continue Reading →
While we're all about books here at Novel Novice, it's also no secret that we love movies, too. And we're especially fond of movies that draw their inspiration from books. So as we begin the new year, we thought it only appropriate that we take a look at the year's most anticipated book to movie... Continue Reading →
While fallen angels seem to be all the rage these days, Cynthia Hand's Unearthly is about actual angels -- and angel-human hybrids, living here on earth. Destined to serve a higher purpose, Clara and her family move from California to Wyoming to be near the boy that Clara has seen in visions. She thinks it's... Continue Reading →
While fallen angels seem to be all the rage these days, Cynthia Hand's Unearthly is about actual angels -- and angel-human hybrids, living here on earth. Destined to serve a higher purpose, Clara and her family move from California to Wyoming to be near the boy that Clara has seen in visions. She thinks it's... Continue Reading →
We have spent the past several weeks posting lesson ideas for S. E Hinton's The Outsiders right here at Novel Novice for our segment, The Outsiders Mondays. As I wind down teaching this unit, I thought it might be a good idea to compile a list of our resources for the many awesome teachers who... Continue Reading →
2010 was a great year for YA books, but we're REALLY excited for some of the new titles coming out in 2011. Here's a look at this year's most-anticipated Young Adult Books -- you know, the ones that we're ALREADY buzzing about! Where available, we've included book covers. Be sure to tell us which books... Continue Reading →
We've got more chances for you to win great books all this month here at Novel Novice, starting with this week's contest featuring the Beautiful Dead series by Eden Maguire. You can win books 1 & 2 in the series, and it's easy to enter: The Contest: Just fill out the Novel Novice Beautiful Dead... Continue Reading →
We've got more chances for you to win great books all this month here at Novel Novice, starting with this week's contest featuring the Beautiful Dead series by Eden Maguire. You can win books 1 & 2 in the series, and it's easy to enter: The Contest: Just fill out the Novel Novice Beautiful Dead... Continue Reading →
We're back with more Book Talks! So far we've explained what book talks are and shown you a few examples. Now, as promised, here's one of our own book talks: See, it's not that hard! You just talk about a book. Now that you know how it's done, there's still time to enter our Book... Continue Reading →
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