In The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome, Gerald Wilkins has always been your typical 13-year-old. So when he first finds out that his great-aunt Geraldine has been murdered, he is pretty surprised. But she's not just his great-aunt. She's his super duper rich great aunt. And in her will, she leaves this typical 13-year-old boy... Continue Reading →
School may be out for summer, but when you go back in the fall, we want you to be armed with ideas for using exciting new books in the classroom. That's why we've put together these essay and project topics using Hourglass by Myra McEntire -- which you can share with your teachers, or use... Continue Reading →
School may be out for summer, but when you go back in the fall, we want you to be armed with ideas for using exciting new books in the classroom. That's why we've put together these essay and project topics using Hourglass by Myra McEntire -- which you can share with your teachers, or use... Continue Reading →
It's finally been revealed -- the big POTTERMORE announcement: J.K. Rowling today, Thursday 23rd June, answered mounting speculation about the nature of her new project and announced Pottermore, a unique and free-to-use website which builds an exciting online experience around the reading of her hugely successful Harry Potter books, and is partnered by Sony. For... Continue Reading →
Civil War references pop up left and right in Myra McEntire's Hourglass. From Emerson's meeting with a Scarlett O'Hara-type in the first few pages, to Michael's Civil War-era childhood home in Atlanta (where he saw his first "rip"), and Emerson's unfortunate experience at a reenactment, American history is a running theme throughout the book. Emerson's home town... Continue Reading →
Civil War references pop up left and right in Myra McEntire's Hourglass. From Emerson's meeting with a Scarlett O'Hara-type in the first few pages, to Michael's Civil War-era childhood home in Atlanta (where he saw his first "rip"), and Emerson's unfortunate experience at a reenactment, American history is a running theme throughout the book. Emerson's home town... Continue Reading →
It's no secret that we here at Novel Novice absolutely adore Suzanne Young's A Need So Beautiful -- in stores now! We've done lots of blog posts and social networking posts about the book. But I also helped connect Suzanne with the producer of a lifestyles show that airs on the TV station where I... Continue Reading →
It's no secret that we here at Novel Novice absolutely adore Suzanne Young's A Need So Beautiful -- in stores now! We've done lots of blog posts and social networking posts about the book. But I also helped connect Suzanne with the producer of a lifestyles show that airs on the TV station where I... Continue Reading →
For an eclectic ride through literary and historical fiction, look no further than The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma. This book, already a hit overseas, come to U.S. stores in a new translation on June 28th. Palma employs a whimsical story-telling technique to combine fiction, with real-life figures such as H.G. Wells, Jack... Continue Reading →
For an eclectic ride through literary and historical fiction, look no further than The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma. This book, already a hit overseas, come to U.S. stores in a new translation on June 28th. Palma employs a whimsical story-telling technique to combine fiction, with real-life figures such as H.G. Wells, Jack... Continue Reading →
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