Since we're featuring Hush, Hush and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick all month here at Novel Novice, we thought maybe we should tell you what it is we love about the books so much. Crescendo hit store shelves a couple weeks ago, so we didn't want to wait until now to post our reviews -- but... Continue Reading →
Since we're featuring Hush, Hush and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick all month here at Novel Novice, we thought maybe we should tell you what it is we love about the books so much. Crescendo hit store shelves a couple weeks ago, so we didn't want to wait until now to post our reviews -- but... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am a naughty teacher. My Outsiders post is a day late. I should take off points for being late! For this week's edition of our lesson study of The Outsiders, I am sharing a lesson I used to teach the connection between Mood and Setting. 8th grade students need to understand that Mood... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am a naughty teacher. My Outsiders post is a day late. I should take off points for being late! For this week's edition of our lesson study of The Outsiders, I am sharing a lesson I used to teach the connection between Mood and Setting. 8th grade students need to understand that Mood... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday, and that means it's "book birthday" day -- in other words, new releases are in book stores today. And there's one in particular that we're excited to check out -- The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith. Here's what it's all about: Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday, and that means it's "book birthday" day -- in other words, new releases are in book stores today. And there's one in particular that we're excited to check out -- The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith. Here's what it's all about: Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see... Continue Reading →
For our November Book of the Month, we're excited to launch a new month-long contest -- with some great book prizes courtesy of our friends at Simon & Schuster. And since we had so much fun with our last character "tweet" contest for The Mortal Instruments, we're doing it again -- only this time, with... Continue Reading →
For our November Book of the Month, we're excited to launch a new month-long contest -- with some great book prizes courtesy of our friends at Simon & Schuster. And since we had so much fun with our last character "tweet" contest for The Mortal Instruments, we're doing it again -- only this time, with... Continue Reading →
What five books shaped your life? That's the question Scholastic wants you to answer at their new social networking site, You Are What You Read -- which is part of Scholastic's new global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. -- launched as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations. At You Are What... Continue Reading →
Unless you've been living under a rock -- or you're brand-new to the YA book world -- chances are, you've heard all about I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (the pseudonym for co-authors Jobie Hughes and James Frey). Besides lots of hype ahead of the book's release this past summer, a movie adaptation of... Continue Reading →
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