YALSA Teen Tech Week is coming March 7-13th, and our friends at Sourcebooks Teen Fire have put together some great content to complement YALSA's materials. Here's what Paul at Sourcebooks wrote us: This week of techno fun is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, and other concerned adults to encourage teens to take... Continue Reading →

We asked Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, authors of Beautiful Creatures, to tell us a bit about themselves. Rather than doing a formal interview -- or writing another boring bio -- they each sent us a list of fun facts! Today, we're featuring Margaret Stohl: I don’t like to make lists.  It’s a fact.  My... Continue Reading →

We asked Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, authors of Beautiful Creatures, to tell us a bit about themselves. Rather than doing a formal interview -- or writing another boring bio -- they each sent us a list of fun facts! Today, we're featuring Margaret Stohl: I don’t like to make lists.  It’s a fact.  My... Continue Reading →

Here's what's new today in YA lit: Goldstrike: A Thriller by Matt Whyman In Goldstrike, a fugitive teenager hacks into a state-of-the-art computer guarding priceless goods while on the run from the government and assassins. Violet Eyes (Once Upon a Time) by Debbie Viguie A Retelling of "The Princess and the Pea" When a storm brings the dashing Prince Richard... Continue Reading →

Our good friends at Reelz Channel are putting together a series on the growing trend of kids' books (especially series with multiple books) being adapted into movies. This week they are focusing on Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Percy Jackson! They also mention the Harry Potter movies. I'm particularly fond of the interviews with... Continue Reading →

Sorry this wasn't posted yesterday -- I was a bit under the weather. This week's best sellers, according to The New York Times include Fallen by Lauren Kate (at No. 5) with whom we have a week of interviews! Read the first post in the series here. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week   Weeks on List 1 SWEET LITTLE... Continue Reading →

Author Lauren Kate was kind enough to do an interview recently with Novel Novice -- and she was even kind enough to answer the gazillions of random questions we asked her! In fact, her answers were so awesome, we're sharing her interview in four parts all week-long. But before we do that, we thought we'd... Continue Reading →

We asked Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, authors of Beautiful Creatures, to tell us a bit about themselves. Rather than doing a formal interview -- or writing another boring bio -- they each sent us a list of fun facts! Today, we're featuring Kami Garcia: I like to make lists.  It’s a fact.  And I’m... Continue Reading →