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Take Five with Steve Augarde, Author, ‘X-Isle’


Take Five with Steve Augarde, Author, ‘X-Isle’

Steve Augarde is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a regular series where we ask authors and editors to share five facts about their latest books. Augarde is the author of X-Isle:
Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X-Isle, the island where [...]

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Lauren McLaughlin’s ‘Scored’: The Dark Side of Meritocracy


Lauren McLaughlin’s ‘Scored’: The Dark Side of Meritocracy

In novel Lauren McLaughlin’s new novel Scored, young people are burdened by a ubiquitous, real-time system that grades them based on criteria known only to its administrators. Young people with good scores have more opportunities open to them – college, better jobs – while those with low scores have a hard time getting by. [...]

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Booked! with James Dashner, Author, ‘The Death Cure’


Booked! with James Dashner, Author, ‘The Death Cure’

Welcome to Booked!, a feature where we ask an author to share their favorite books with our readers. Today’s guest is James Dashner, whose latest novel, The Death Cure, was released on October 11.
James Dashner:
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card had a profound effect on both my writing career and my entertainment consumption choices for [...]

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Interview with Sophie Littlefield, Author, ‘The Unforsaken’


Interview with Sophie Littlefield, Author, ‘The Unforsaken’

Sophie Littlefield is the author of The Unforsaken, the story of a young woman with the gift to revive the dead:
Hailey Tarbell is no typical girl. As one of the Banished who arrived from Ireland generations ago, Hailey has the power to heal—and, as she recently learned, to create zombies if she heals someone too [...]

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Take Five with Rebecca Barnhouse, Author, ‘The Coming of the Dragon’


Take Five with Rebecca Barnhouse, Author, ‘The Coming of the Dragon’

Rebecca Barnhouse is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a regular series where we ask authors and editors to share five facts about their latest books. Barnhouse is the author of  The Coming of the Dragon, available now in paperback.
1. The dragonfight in the novel comes directly from Beowulf.
2. Some of the swordfighting is [...]

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Guest Post: Eric DelaBarre, “Writers, Pirates and Patriots: Oh, Say Can You Arrrrrrrgggggg?”


Guest post by Eric DelaBarre
When a writer sits down with an idea for a new story, the writer can be certain of one thing: there will be more questions to the story than answers. This is the nature of the beast that is known as ‘breaking story.’
The only thing I knew [...]

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Take Five with Carrie Ryan, Author, “The Dead-Tossed Waves”


Take Five with Carrie Ryan, Author, “The Dead-Tossed Waves”

Carrie Ryan is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a regular series where we ask authors to share five facts about their latest books.  Her most recent novel, The Dead-Tossed Waves, will be released in paperback on February 8.
Ryan is the New York Times bestselling author of several critically acclaimed novels set decades after [...]

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“The True Meaning of Smekday” an Odyssey Award Winner


“The True Meaning of Smekday” an Odyssey Award Winner

The True Meaning of Smekday has been a recent favorite of YA readers and earlier this month the audio edition of Adam Rex’s 2007 book joined the ranks of the “critically acclaimed” by winning the American Library Association’s Odyssey Award.

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Take Five with Eric DelaBarre, Author, “Saltwater Taffy”


Eric DelaBarre is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a semi-weekly series where we ask authors to share five facts about their latest books. DelaBarre is an award winning filmmaker, speaker and author who began his career with Universal Studios on NBC’s mega-hit drama, Law & Order. His work has been sold around [...]

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Banned Books Week: The Giver


Banned Books Week: The Giver

Today, we’re taking a look at one of the more frequently challenged, removed, restored, banned, and defended titles in “young adult” literature. Like the best family movies, there is something for everyone here.

We’re talking about The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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