Hurry, hurry! Don’t miss a single flavorite author in October at readergirlz the gutsy girls’ "online book community where you and your friends can gab about young adult books with the authors themselves." Join the brilliant Justina Chen Headley (amazing Girl Overboard) , Dia Calhoun, Lorie Ann Grover, and Janet Lee Carey as they lead forums of interview and debate.
Their stated purpose: "Readergirlz is about celebrating books featuring strong female characters, connecting girls with stories that will change the way they see themselves, and inspiring girls to have the guts to make history of their own."
Look at their line-up below. How could you miss logging on to these forums? Quick, go join the group.
Week One
1. Meg Cabot 2. Tiffany Trent 3. Brent Hartinger 4. Lorie Ann Grover 5. K.L. Going 6. Nikki Grimes
Week Two
7. Ellen Hopkins 8. Justina Chen Headley 9. Chris Crutcher 10. Ann Brashares 11. Sarah Mlynowski 12. Cecil Castellucci
13. Kirby Larson
Week Three
14. Tanya Lee Stone 15. John Green 16. Sara Zarr 17. Deb Caletti 18. Rachel Cohn 19. Kirsten Miller 20. Mitali Perkins
Week Four
21. Sonya Sones 22. Lisa Yee 23. Carolyn Mackler 24. E. Lockhart 25. Janet Lee Carey 26. Gaby Triana 27. Lauren Myracle
Week Five
28. Holly Black 29. Cynthia Leitich Smith 30. Dia Calhoun 31. Stephenie Meyer (Her chat is at Midnight, Eastern, on Halloween!)
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May I ask when the next round of picture books for gutsy girls with their author interviews is coming? We have got to interrupt story time and information skill instruction to have some fun with these authors. Anyone game? Let’s hear from some picture book authors and get something scheduled.
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