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A Fuse #8 Production
by Betsy Bird
Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
February 25, 2013 by Battle Commander
Lynne Rae Perkins is the author/illustrator of six picture books and three novels for older readers. Her picture books Home Lovely and Snow Music were Horn Book Honor Books, and her novel Criss Cross was awarded the 2006 Newbery Medal. Most recently, she illustrated Seed by Seed, the Legend and Legacy of John “Appleseed” Chapman, a picture book written by Esme Raji […]
February 22, 2013 by Battle Commander
James Patterson’s bestselling books for young readers, such as the Middle School books, Confessions of a Murder Suspect and the Maximum Ride and Witch & Wizard series, are aimed at giving kids exciting books that make reading fun. His passion to get kids to love books led him to found the #1 pro-reading not-for-profit website on the internet, ReadKiddoRead.com. […]
February 21, 2013 by Battle Commander
Kenneth Oppel is the Printz-Honor winning author of Airborn, Silverwing, This Dark Endeavor, and numerous other books for children and young adults. His novel Half Brother was the first book to win both the Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children, as well as its Book of the Year for Young Adults. Oppel’s Silverwing trilogy, told entirely from the […]
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February 20, 2013 by Battle Commander
Donna Jo Napoli did not grow up wanting to be a writer. She loved books and she loved writing, but she loved just about everything else, too. School was a haven, particularly school libraries. It was after a personal tragedy that she came to writing, almost as a kind of whacked-out therapy. It worked; she […]
February 19, 2013 by Battle Commander
Marie Lu is the author of the New York Times bestselling Legend trilogy. Before she became a full-time writer, she worked as an art director in the video game industry. She can usually be found writing, reading, drawing, yelling at other Mario Kart players, and getting stuck in traffic.
February 18, 2013 by Battle Commander
Martine Leavitt has written eight novels for young adults, most recently My Book of Life by Angel, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Booklist best book of the year. Other titles include Keturah and Lord Death, a finalist for the National Book Award, Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie Award, and Heck Superhero, […]
February 15, 2013 by Battle Commander
Thanhha Lai has written exactly one novel, Inside Out & Back Again, so to fill up this bio space she is retyping her name to include its diacritical marks: Thanhhà Lại. Such a change has no meaning for English readers but it does thrill her mother because a Lại mustn’t ever be mistaken for a […]
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