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It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! ________________________________________________________________________________ BEYOND MAGENTA: Being Yourself Is Not Something to Be Ashamed Of K E N D A L L "Beyond Magenta is a book that explores a topic most people are scared to even consider: transgender people. … Continue reading Teen Thursday!
~ post by Katie G Cover to Reel is a regular column in which I offer my two cents about that age-old debate of whether or not a movie did any kind of justice to the book it’s based on. I am a visual person. So, the reason why I appreciate movie adaptations is that … Continue reading Cover to Reel: THE BOOK THIEF
~ ELLEN The Scraps Book: Notes From a Colorful Life by Lois Ehlert "The Scraps Book is an autobiography of the author and illustrator Lois Ehlert, most well known for her illustrations in Chica Chica Boom Boom. This book is about her life and how she creates her art. It is a beautiful and personal … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The first official trailer came out today for the high anticipated adaptation of Lois Lowry's bestselling, dystopian before-it-was-cool, young adult hit, The Giver. With a cast full of heavy-hitting stars (Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Jeff Bridges), we can't wait to see more. What do you think? Will you see the movie when it hits theaters … Continue reading Official Trailer for THE GIVER
FICTION Hyde by Daniel Levine A reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the monster's perspective, Hyde makes a hero of a villain. As a bonus, Stevenson's original novel is included at the back. Decoded by Mai Jia (translated by Olivia Milburn & Christopher Payne) One of China's bestselling novels, an … Continue reading New Releases – 3/18/2014
Click Here: LA Times Book Festival added links to IndieBound to the festival's website. “It’s good to know that SCIBA members are now considered on the same page, literally, with Amazon,” said executive director Andrea Vuleta. “We want to make sure that consumers have the choice to buy locally."#Win: Awards this week: George Saunders won the … Continue reading Book World Buzz
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! _______________________________________________________________________ March Buzz Book: The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos The Teen Press Corp's Buzz Book for the month is The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos. The book is about, "A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk … Continue reading Teen Thursday
~ BEN The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone, Michael Smollin "This book is something else. I'm almost done, but Grover has built a brick wall to keep me from finishing. He's gone chicken on me because there's supposed to be a monster at the end of the book. I mean, … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
HARDCOVER FICTION Stone Cold by C. J. Box Joe Pickett, still officially a game warden but now mostly a troubleshooter for the governor, is assigned to find out what the truth is about a mysterious man living on a massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming, but he discovers a lot more than … Continue reading New Releases – 3/11/14
An Author's Life: The Guardian took a hard look at what the life of an author is like, and how it's changed over the years. Rupert Thomson (The Insult) & Joanna Kavena (The Ice Museum) are the two authors they chronicle as they seek an answer to whether or not this career is viable for … Continue reading What’s New in the World of Books
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