“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Fairy Tales
Title: Bound Author: Donna Jo Napoli Genre: Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Atheneum Publication Date: November 2004 Hardcover: 192 pages YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND. Bound to her father’s second wife and daughter after Xing Xing’s father…
Title: Extraordinary Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban/Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Dial (Penguin) Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Phoebe finds herself drawn to Mallory, the strange and secretive new kid in school, and the two girls…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: An Artificial Night Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: DAW Publication date: September 7 2010 MMP 368 pages Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the October Daye series October “Toby” Daye is a changeling-half human and…
Joint Review: Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Title: Plain Kate Author: Erin Bow Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can…
YA Appreciation Month – A Chat with Malinda Lo
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
Book Discussion: Why We Didn’t Like Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Title: Sisters Red Author: Jackson Pearce Genre: YA/UF Publisher: Hodder Children’s Book/ Little, Brown Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages The story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who…
Title: East Author: Edith Pattou Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcort Publication Date: September 2003 Paperback: 400 pages Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an…
YA Appreciation Month – Romance Day
Welcome to Day 1 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month ( July 18 to August 21). For the duration of the month we will be celebrating all things YA with loads of reviews, giveaways and guest posts by YA…