CONTEST!
Envy
Product Details
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (September 29, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061345741
- ISBN-13: 978-0061345746
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (September 29, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061345741
- ISBN-13: 978-0061345746
Product Description from Amazon
Jealous whispers. Old rivalries. New betrayals.
Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. However, when she refuses to rejoin her sister Diana's side, those watching New York's favorite family begin to whisper that all is not as it seems behind the stately doors of No. 17 Gramercy Park.
In this thrilling installment of Anna Godbersen's bestselling Luxe series, Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire: Wealth. Beauty. Happiness. But sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. . . .
Rumors
Product Details
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (June 3, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061345695
- ISBN-13: 978-0061345692
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Product Description from Amazon
After bidding good-bye to New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise.
All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family's only hope for redemption; New York's most notorious cad, Henry Schoon-maker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind—including Henry; even Elizabeth's scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency.
As old friends become rivals, Manhattan's most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past. In this delicious sequel to The Luxe, nothing is more dangerous than a scandal . . . or more precious than a secret.
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This book is even better than the first. I just closed the back cover and I'm about to start reading the third book in The Luxe series, ENVY. I HAVE to know what happens next! I love the style in which these books are written. Anna Godbersen is a brilliant writer. She pays careful attention to every detail making the reader feel like she's right there.
I'm not at all surprised at Penelope and what she's done, but I am disappointed in Lina. And I cried for Elizabeth and Diana :( but I'm glad that Elizabeth has returned to NY and I can't wait to see how she's changed.
Sisters in Sanity
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: HarperTeen; 1 Reprint edition (April 21, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060887494
- ISBN-13: 978-0060887490
Have you ever had the out-of-control dream? The one where you know you're not crazy, but no one around you—not your parents, not your teachers, not even the authorities—will listen to you?
For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, the out-of-control dream comes true when her dad enrolls her at Red Rock, a bogus treatment center that claims to cure rebellious teen girls. At Red Rock, Brit is forced into therapy, and her only hope of getting her life back is in the hands of an underqualified staff of counselors. Brit's dad thinks Red Rock can save her, but the truth is it's doing more harm than good.
No girl could survive Red Rock alone—but at a treatment center where you earn privileges for ratting out your peers, it's hard to know who you can trust. For Brit, everything changes when she meets V, Bebe, Martha, and Cassie, four girls who keep her from going over the edge. Together they'll hold on to their sanity and their sisterhood while trying to keep their Red Rock reality from becoming a full-on nightmare.
Wintergirls
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Viking Juvenile (March 19, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 067001110X
- ISBN-13: 978-0670011100
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches
- Get it on Amazon here
“We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us in to wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.” WINTERGIRLS, page 99
Teen Read Week and The Luxe.
In honor of teen read week, and having just finished THE LUXE, I took the "Who is your Luxe boy" quiz @ http://www.harperteen-theluxe.com/luxe.h tml and my result is Will Keller. As for girls, my results say I am Diana Holland, who happens to be my favorite ;)
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The Luxe
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (November 20, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061345660
- ISBN-13: 978-0061345661
From Publishers Weekly
ATTN: Writers!
It's Fate
New NaNoWriMo "Book Cover"
My crappy cover art
Author Event!
Win a signed copy of HUSH HUSH!
This Contest is too awesome not to post!
1) Their choice of a partial critique, query critique, or phone consultation
2) A very-sought-after galley of THE SECRET YEAR by Jennifer Hubbard, which will be published by Viking in January
4) The envy of their rivals
5) The pride of a job well done
6) I think you get the picture
The STUPENDOUSLY ULTIMATE FINALISTS will receive....
a) Query critiques
b) A signed THE SECRET YEAR bookmark (assuming you live in a place that is reached in a reasonably affordable fashion by the postal service no offense forraners)
c) Pride. Lots of pride.
Contests are fun!
My "Elegant little Witch"
Evernight by Claudia Gray
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperTeen; 1 Reprint edition (February 10, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061284440
- ISBN-13: 978-0061284441
The Evernight series, four books coming from HarperCollins beginning in May 2008, follows the story of Bianca Olivier.
When the story begins in Evernight, Bianca has just left the small town where she's spent her whole life. She's a new student at Evernight Academy, a creepily Gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.
Then she meets Lucas, another loner, who seems fiercely determined not to be the "Evernight type." There's a connection between Bianca and Lucas that can't be denied. She would risk anything to be with him—but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart... and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed to be true.
Order Evernight in Hardcover or Paperback at Amazon.com!
Get a sneak peek at the Evernight prologue!
Listen to the soundtrack!
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Ace (October 6, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0441017835
- ISBN-13: 978-0441017836
Guest Authors @ Readergirlz!
To celebrate Teen Read Week, the "Beyond Daily Life" readergirlz Chat will feature Cynthia Leitich Smith (Eternal), rgz diva Holly Cupala (Tell Me a Secret), and Lisa McMann (Wake) on Oct. 21.
It all happens at the rgz forum (http://readergirlz.blogspot.com) beginning at 6 p.m. Pacific Time (7 p.m. Mountain Time, 8 p.m. Central Standard Time, 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
See the whole readergirlz "Read Beyond Reality" chat schedule for Oct. 19 to Oct. 23: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2009/10/readergirlz-urges-teens-to-read-beyond.html
It all happens at the rgz forum (http://readergirlz.blogspot.com) beginning at 6 p.m. Pacific Time (7 p.m. Mountain Time, 8 p.m. Central Standard Time, 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
See the whole readergirlz "Read Beyond Reality" chat schedule for Oct. 19 to Oct. 23: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- eading level: Young Adult
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (April 2, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0525421033
- ISBN-13: 978-0525421030
Q: You started your career as a journalist and your first book is a travelogue about going around the world. Is YA literature a departure for you?
Gayle Forman: Actually, it’s more of a homecoming. My first writing job was at Seventeen, where I spent five years on staff and as a contributor reporting the magazine’s social-issues stories. I loved writing for teens then because—contrary to popular opinion—they really care about serious issues (from child soldiers in Africa to kids embroiled in the drug war here) and the engage in their reading with such passion. So, now that I’m writing young-adult literature, it feels like I’ve come full circle.
Q: This book explores some serious themes. Why is this a book for kids and not adults?
GF: It’s a book for kids precisely because it explores serious themes. Teenagers are grappling with choices about life and love as much as adults, so why shouldn’t their reading reflect that? I don’t set out to write YA. It just seems like I’m drawn to stories about young people. That said, I think If I Stay is for adults, too. I love the idea of teens reading this book and then handing it off to their parents.
Q: Many key characters are serious musicians, and songs are referenced throughout the book. Are you a musician?
GF: No. Except for piano lessons when I was a kid and a brief spate of guitar playing in my teens, I’ve never played an instrument. I am, however, a huge music fan. And my husband is a musician; he was playing in a punk band when we met, so I’ve spent a lot of my life ensconced in that scene. I seem drawn to writing about musicians, though I’ve never been all that interested in the cello until Mia popped into my head.
Q: What inspired you to write this book?
GF: Music. Oregon. People I have loved. And unfortunately, the book is inspired by a real-life tragedy that happened several years ago.
Q: This is a book about death, but it’s not depressing. Why is that?
GF: Maybe because it’s really about the power of love—of family, friends, music—and therefore it ultimately affirms life.
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. The last normal moment that Mia, a talented cellist, can remember is being in the car with her family. Then she is standing outside her body beside their mangled Buick and her parents' corpses, watching herself and her little brother being tended by paramedics. As she ponders her state (Am I dead? I actually have to ask myself this), Mia is whisked away to a hospital, where, her body in a coma, she reflects on the past and tries to decide whether to fight to live. Via Mia's thoughts and flashbacks, Forman (Sisters in Sanity) expertly explores the teenager's life, her passion for classical music and her strong relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, Adam. Mia's singular perspective (which will recall Alice Sebold's adult novel, The Lovely Bones) also allows for powerful portraits of her friends and family as they cope: Please don't die. If you die, there's going to be one of those cheesy Princess Diana memorials at school, prays Mia's friend Kim. I know you'd hate that kind of thing. Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living. Ages 14–up. (Apr.)
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New Bike
Books
- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Rebel Books LLP (May 30, 2010)
- ISBN-10: 0956503519
- ISBN-13: 978-0956503510
- Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater---A MOVIE!
Shiver. The. Movie.
Unique Features picked up the film rights -- they are associated with Warner Brothers -- and this is the official word:
Unique Features has acquired screen rights to "Shiver," a bestselling supernatural romance novel by Maggie Stiefvater that is the first of a three-book series.
Pic will be produced by Unique Features partners Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne.
Book covers a bittersweet paranormal romance between a teen who becomes a wolf each winter and his girlfriend, who helps him find the secret to staying human. The first installment was published by Scholastic Press in August and has been on the bestseller lists for six weeks. The sequel novel, "Linger," will be published next August. Unique acquired all three books in the series.
Shaye and Lynne, who at New Line covered such fantasy and supernatural subject matter as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Blade," sparked to the author's voice, and said they couldn't ignore the grip that otherworldly stories have on young viewers.
"I'm not the biggest werewolf or vampire fan, but the author has a strong take on a young adult sensibility," Shaye said. "It's also a sexy love story that isn't too over the top."
Shaye and Lynne used their discretionary fund to acquire the book in a competitive bidding situation. They will bring it first to Warner Bros., where they have a first-look deal, and will set a writer shortly.
Calling all Teachers!
Three of the books: TWISTED, LESSONS OF A DEAD GIRL, and RAPTURE OF CANAAN have again been banned by the superintendent. According to the teacher, he does not feel they are appropriate for college level work, i.e. they do not belong as literature circle selections in an AP English course.
The teacher writes: "The superintendent wants to know that other schools are using these books in the classrooms, not in their libraries. If you all know of ANY schools where any of the listed books are being used, or if you have any evidence that they are "college level" and prepare students for college, PLEASE send it ...."
Here is my plea.
If you use any of these three books in your classroom, please email us.
If you can provide your rationale for any of these three books, please email us.
If you are a college professor and you have knowledge of the teaching of these books, please email us.
If you are or were a student who was taught any of these three books please email us.
Send all your information and comments to my assistant, Queen Louise. Her email is queenlouise AT writerlady DOT com . We'll forward everything to the district in questions.
Thanks so much for all your help with this, my friends.