Today, we're excited to be hosting a stop on the official blog tour for The Loop by Shandy Lawson -- on sale now! Booklist said The Loop is “An unstoppable ride …This light, action-packed read will be particularly good for reluctant readers.” We'll share more about the book at the bottom of this post, but... Continue Reading →
Shandy Lawson: “The Book That Most Impacted My Life” – The Loop Official Blog Tour
Today, we're excited to be hosting a stop on the official blog tour for The Loop by Shandy Lawson -- on sale now! Booklist said The Loop is “An unstoppable ride …This light, action-packed read will be particularly good for reluctant readers.” We'll share more about the book at the bottom of this post, but... Continue Reading →
Book Trailer Spotlight: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy
Today for our May Book of the Month feature, we want to take a look at the hilarious book trailer for The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy (whose voice you may or may not recognize in this video): The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle is in stores now! Prince Liam.... Continue Reading →
Book Trailer Spotlight: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy
Today for our May Book of the Month feature, we want to take a look at the hilarious book trailer for The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy (whose voice you may or may not recognize in this video): The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle is in stores now! Prince Liam.... Continue Reading →
Parallel by Lauren Miller
Every once in a while, a book comes along and surprises you in some way. Parallel by Lauren Miller was a book that surprised me. I expected to enjoy it (otherwise I wouldn't have picked it up), but I didn't expect to become completely engrossed in this saga of parallel worlds and one girl's fight... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Parallel by Lauren Miller
Every once in a while, a book comes along and surprises you in some way. Parallel by Lauren Miller was a book that surprised me. I expected to enjoy it (otherwise I wouldn't have picked it up), but I didn't expect to become completely engrossed in this saga of parallel worlds and one girl's fight... Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle
Throughout the month of May, as we feature The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy, we want to bring you a few sneak peeks at the artwork from the book, by illustrator Todd Harris. Today, we have a peek at Prince Duncan, hard at work writing something special: For the comments: Write... Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle
Throughout the month of May, as we feature The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy, we want to bring you a few sneak peeks at the artwork from the book, by illustrator Todd Harris. Today, we have a peek at Prince Duncan, hard at work writing something special: For the comments: Write... Continue Reading →
New YA Releases: May 7, 2013
There are a TON of new YA releases today. Here's a look at some of them: Icons by Margaret Stohl Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting. Since then,... Continue Reading →
YA at the Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff
Today, I'm really excited to kick off a new feature to mark a loose partnership with Portland Opera. I know opera isn't "cool" these days, but it's actually a really beautiful art form and one worth sharing -- especially with young audiences, like ... you know ... readers of YA lit. When I was a... Continue Reading →
