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A Fuse #8 Production
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February 24, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones. Candlewick on Brilliance Audio. Narrated by Angela Dawe. 2010. Candlewick. 2009. Listened to on audiobook supplied by publisher. The Plot: It seemed like a good idea. Mimi Shapiro escapes New York City after an eventful freshman year that included an affair with an older professor who won’t stop calling. Mimi goes […]
February 23, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
On Valentine’s Day, the Cybils winners were announced. Full information on each title is at the Cybils website. For YA, the winners were: Non-fiction: The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing by Suzanne Jurmain, Houghton Mifflin Graphic Novels: Yummy; The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by […]
February 22, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Jazz In Love by Neesha Meminger. Ignite Books. 2010. Review copy from author. The Plot: Meet Jasbir “Jazz” Dhatt, high school junior. She’s book smart, part of the Future Stars and Leaders Program at her high school. She has two best friends, Cindy Reda-Rodriguez and Jeevan “Jeeves” Sahota.Then there’s Tyler R., the cute new boy at […]
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February 21, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
The Morris Award is one of two YALSA Awards that work a bit different. It (and the YALSA Award for Excellence in NonFiction for Young Adults) announce a shortlist about six or so weeks before Midwinter. Then, at Midwinter, the announcements are made about the winner and honor books. The announcements are made on Monday morning, […]
February 19, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
The Good News: The New York Times Magazine has an article about YA literature! It’s called Teenage Wastelands by Charles McGrath and is in “The Way We Live Now” section. There is some good stuff. With the recent release of the I Am Number Four film, another reminder of this being a movie and book […]
February 18, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Night Road by Kristin Hannah. St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of Macmillan. 2011. Reviewed from ARC borrowed from a friend. It’s a three day weekend! So, like my Iron Duke review in November, here is a treat, something different, a book that is not young adult. That said, I think Night Road is a book that teens […]
February 17, 2011 by Elizabeth Burns
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King. Alfred A. Knopf Books, an imprint of Random House. 2010. Review copy from publisher. Printz Honor. The Plot: Vera Dietz, 18, hates and loves Charlie Kahn, her dead ex-best friend. Hates, because he died. Because before he died, he stopped being her friend, started hanging out with […]
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