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1. Happy book birthday to my friend & fellow YAH blogger, KODY KEPLINGER!!! You guys, THE DUFF is a freaking fabulous debut and you need to head to your nearest bookstore ASAP to pick it up before it vanishes from the shelves.

2. YA Highway blogger and brand new agency sister, Kate Hart, finally let me read her book - and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, y'all ( Read more... )

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So a few weeks back I did a post on my top 5 favorite YA boys - the fictional crushes that we desperately wish were real. But today I want to talk about the girls of YA literature; those strong, independent heroines that make us ladies lift our heads and say, "Hell yeah! You go girl!"

5. Leah Clearwater (Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga) The only ( Read more... )

I shamelessly stole this from the Tenner's site and from a few other book bloggers. But hey - imitation is the highest form of flattery.

So, here are my top five favorite boys in YA lit. I'm sure there are more, but I have class in a few minutes and I don't want to be gushing all day.

5. Matt Cruse (Kenneth Oppel's Airborn)

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Recently I got the opportunity to interview Lisa Mantchev, whose AMAZING YA fantasy, EYES LIKE STARS, came out a few months ago. I'm kind of in love with this novel, and I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel, so it was so exciting to talk with Lisa.

KB: Describe your novel in twenty words or less.

LM: Beatrice Shakespeare Smith lives in a magical theater ( Read more... )

The awesome ladies over at YA Highway, a fabulous group blog for YA readers and writers, invited me to guest blog for them once a month. Check out my first post, in which I try to draw parallels between skate parks and young adult literature.

And while you're there, be sure to congratulate Kirsten Hubbard on her book, LIKE MANDARIN, which went to ( Read more... )

If anyone's interested in finding out about this "City of Shadows" and "Shadow snippet" nonsense that I keep talking about, my query letter was featured in Nathan Bransford's contest here. Basically, the idea of the contest was that everyone could be an "agent for a day" and comment on your query about whether they would reject or request the ( Read more... )

Did anyone else happen to see this article  in the Washington Post?

I can't say I was surprised to find out that Stephenie Meyer is still a bestselling author among college kids, or that many of the bestselling nonfiction titles on campuses are about President Obama. I was surprised that the article seemed to be calling us stupid for not reading ( Read more... )