New Voices, a Word from the Editor: Little Peach
It was award-winning author Patty McCormick (of Sold, Never Fall Down and several other acclaimed novels) who told me one day that I had to read a manuscript, Little Peach, from a gifted student of...
View ArticleWINTER 2015 NEW VOICES SNEAK PEEK
Happy 2015 to you! To start the year off right, we’d like to introduce our New Voices picks for Winter 2015. These debut novels entertained us, enriched us, intrigued us, and made us so excited to...
View ArticleNew Voices: Opening the book with… Alexandra Duncan!
Alexandra Duncan’s debut novel Salvage has taken the world by storm. As Stephanie Perkins (author of Anna and the French Kiss) says, this book is “kick-ass, brilliant, feminist science fiction.” And...
View ArticleHe Said, She Said
In He Said, She Said, I set out to tell a simple love story about Omar, a popular, but shallow boy, who literally tries to change the world to get the attentions of Harvard-bound Claudia, a talented...
View ArticleNew Voices, a Word from the Editor: Not a Drop to Drink
Yesterday we heard from Mindy McGinnis about her fantastic debut novel, Not a Drop to Drink. Today, we hear from her editor, Sarah Shumway. Sarah, take it away! There’s nothing like falling into the...
View ArticleNew Voices: Opening the Book with… Mindy McGinnis!
Imagine a world where water is the hottest commodity. Author Mindy McGinnis has done it in a thrilling, terrifying way in her debut novel, Not a Drop to Drink. Regret was for people with nothing to...
View ArticleSeptember Girls
Image by ModHero September Girls, by Bennett Madison, is creating quite a sensation in certain circles. Oh, THAT book, some of you will nod knowingly. The book that is causing so much controversy on...
View ArticleSOMAN CHAINANI AND ELLEN OH, AUTHOR PALS
It’s such fun to see our authors supporting other authors– what a generous and smart crew of talented folks writing books for children! An example: Ellen Oh, author of this winter’s fantasy YA-debut...
View ArticleGUEST POST: LIZ COLEY, AUTHOR OF PRETTY GIRL 13
Fans of dark realistic fiction, this one’s for you . . . PRETTY GIRL 13, by Liz Coley, follows the story of a girl with multiple personalities who’s trying to piece together the mystery of her...
View ArticleTURNING THE PAGE WITH… GARTH NIX!
A CONFUSION OF PRINCES, Garth Nix’s first teen novel since ABHORSEN, came out earlier this year– did you read it? We did, and we were completely enthralled: it’s a sci-fi, action/adventure tale set in...
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