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March 31, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
School Library Journal Battle of the Books, Round 2, Match 4. Life: An Exploded Diagram v Wonderstruck. Judge: Chris Lynch What Lynch says about the beginning of Life amused me: “OK, let’s say this: If you wanted to be picky about it, you might say that the story really hits YA stride when our boy, […]
March 31, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
School Library Journal Battle of the Books, Round 2, Match 3. Drawing From Memory v Inside Out & Back Again. Judge: Jewell Parker Rhodes. In this round — like others — the Judge points out that for apples v pineapples book judging, there are also some points of similarity between the two contenders. Here, both books are rooted in […]
March 30, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
And now, some of the essays from the Norton Second Edition of Frankenstein! (As a quick reminder, the original edition is my personal copy; the 2012 Second Edition was supplied by the publisher for review). The Introduction: “[Frankenstein‘s] central narrative of creative overreaching and bitter disillusionment in a sense outgrew the novel itself and became […]
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March 28, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman. A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. 2012. Reviewed from ARC from NetGalley. The Plot: It started simply enough: a senior year independent study at the local college as a research assistant […]
March 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Continuing an examination of the policies and procedures for the Fabulous Films Committee: From the YALSA Website: Committee Composition and Function: The committee will include nine members, including the chair, appointed by the YALSA Vice President/President-Elect. Members are appointed for two-year terms, and the chair is appointed to a one-year term. The current YALSA President […]
March 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
School Library Journal Battle of the Books Round 2, Match 2. Chime v Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Judge: E. Lockhart Lockhart on Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone: “The heroine, blue-haired and covered in tattoos, is satisfyingly violent and smart-mouthed.” “Satisfyingly violent.” Love that! And then — and then — Lockhart totally goes against the […]
March 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Welcome, readers of Stacked who have clicked through! Today, I have a guest post up over at Stacked: So You Want to Read YA, and talk a little about the YA books from when I was an actual! real! live! teen!, as well as what books I’d recommend to people who want to start reading YA. […]
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