Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan: Lena has lived her whole life near the beach—walking for miles up and down the shore and breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule... Continue Reading →

Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan: Lena has lived her whole life near the beach—walking for miles up and down the shore and breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule... Continue Reading →

Synopsis: Readers will find themselves transported to a hidden world by the verses of Elka Cloke's first poetry collection. Lush language and evocative words yield a blend of the fantastic-within-the-mundane. ''Cloke's gift is in unerringly choosing the perfect words to describe a feeling, sensation or moment... a lyrically transportive work.'' --Cassandra Clare ''Lush and decadent yet... Continue Reading →

Synopsis: Readers will find themselves transported to a hidden world by the verses of Elka Cloke's first poetry collection. Lush language and evocative words yield a blend of the fantastic-within-the-mundane. ''Cloke's gift is in unerringly choosing the perfect words to describe a feeling, sensation or moment... a lyrically transportive work.'' --Cassandra Clare ''Lush and decadent yet... Continue Reading →

Synopsis: From Publishers Weekly: Maizel’s dark and dreamy debut reverses the vampire trend with a heroine whose heart’s desire is to regain her humanity and abandon her evil past. After more than 500 years as the queen of her English coven, perpetual 15-year-old Lenah finally has her chance to become human again when her vampire sire... Continue Reading →

Synopsis: From Publishers Weekly: Maizel’s dark and dreamy debut reverses the vampire trend with a heroine whose heart’s desire is to regain her humanity and abandon her evil past. After more than 500 years as the queen of her English coven, perpetual 15-year-old Lenah finally has her chance to become human again when her vampire sire... Continue Reading →

Now that everyone's had a chance to digest the awesomeness of Cassandra's Clare's latest, Clockwork Angel, you might have noticed the poem that opens the book -- "Thames River Song" by Elka Cloke. When putting together "Tessa's Poetry List," Cassie was kind enough to put me in touch with Elka, who in turn, was kind... Continue Reading →

Now that everyone's had a chance to digest the awesomeness of Cassandra's Clare's latest, Clockwork Angel, you might have noticed the poem that opens the book -- "Thames River Song" by Elka Cloke. When putting together "Tessa's Poetry List," Cassie was kind enough to put me in touch with Elka, who in turn, was kind... Continue Reading →

I want to take a moment to remind you about three contests we have going on right now, as some of the deadlines to enter approach: Guardians of Ga'Hoole Contest Win a copy of Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky -- the first book in the series that inspired the upcoming movie "Legend... Continue Reading →