* HUGE news this week about casting for the movie adaptation of Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl! Newcomers Jack O’Connell and Alice Englert have been cast as Ethan and Lena, respectively, with Emma Thompson taking on the dual roles of Mrs. Lincoln/Serafine. * Cassandra Clare clears up some confusion about news regarding... Continue Reading →
* Brand-new trailer for The Hunger Games movie is here. Watch now & enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ You can also see this trailer during the Super Bowl Pre-Game show on Sunday. Also for fans of The Hunger Games: contests; lots of them. Win tickets to the premiere. And brand spankin' new merchandise. (Which may or may not... Continue Reading →
* 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... Continue Reading →
Days like today are exciting ones for anyone who is part of the kid lit community -- even YA book bloggers like those of us here at Novel Novice. Why? Well, because the 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced! In particular, those of us here at Novel Novice are extraordinarily proud & excited for... Continue Reading →
* The movie rights to Kody Keplinger's The Duff have been optioned by CBS films. Congrats to Kody! We hope this one makes it to the big screen! * Jessica Martinez revealed the cover for her new book, The Space Between Us, and a synopsis: From the author of Virtuosity, a novel about two sisters... Continue Reading →
* Check out the newly unveiled cover for Purity by Jackson Pearce: Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to live without restraint. Those Promises become harder to keep when Shelby’s father joins the planning committee for the Princess Ball, an annual... Continue Reading →
* First up this week, the stunning cover reveal for City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare: Plus, check out an excerpt from the prologue on USA Today. * Speaking of covers, here is the redesigned look for Holly Black's Curse Workers series, the latest of which, Black Heart, comes out in April: * Big... Continue Reading →
Here's a round-up of this week's YA-related news: *Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck has been optioned for a movie! * Our friends at Hollywood Crush have the scoop on the new season of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars, including when we'll learn the identity of "A." * Maggie Stiefvater has updated her recipe for "November... Continue Reading →
In case you missed the announcement last week, the nominees for the ALA's William C. Morris Award for debut young adult novels have been announced -- and there are some great books up for the honor this year. Here's a look at all five nominees: The Girl of Fire & Thorns by Rae Carson Once... Continue Reading →
* So, in case you hadn't heard, there was this little book called Clockwork Prince released this week. Author Cassandra Clare and her team outdid themselves at the official launch party by bringing in Ed Westick, who narrated the audio version of Clockwork Angel. Take a look: And here he is introducing Cassie and basically wowing the crowd: * We've done... Continue Reading →
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