Best wishes to the faculty, administrators, students and staff of the M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts as you gather over the next several days for the winter 2012 residency in Montpelier.
Hooray for visiting speakers Marla Frazee and Libba Bray!
Enter to win one of ten signed copies of Bittersweet by Sarah Ocker (Simon Pulse)(excerpt)!
From the promotional copy:
From the author of Twenty Boy Summer, a teen pushes the limits to follow her dreams—and learns there’s a fine line between bitter and sweet…
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Congratulations to anthologist Kelly Milner Halls on the release of Girl Meets Boy (Chronicle, 2012). From the promotional copy:
What do guys and girls really think?
Twelve of the most dynamic and engaging YA authors writing today team up for this one-of-a-kind collection of “he said/she said” stories—he tells it from the guy’s point of view,
Continue Reading Girl Meets Boy, Edited by Kelly Milner Halls is Now Available »
Paperback edition coming Feb. 14.
Vote for the paranormal novel Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick/Walker Books) and your other favorites of 2011 in the preliminary round of the YA Book Genre Battle, hosted by Most Important Letter!
You can vote for as many as you like and nominate additional books.
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FSG, 2012
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
My Query Letter by Elizabeth Fama. Peek: “In July of 2010, I somehow managed to snag one of the kindest, most down-to-earth, and fiercely professional agents out there, Sara Crowe. In case my query letter had anything to do with this happy event,
Mônica Carnesi is the first-time author-illustrator of Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic (Nancy Paulsen/Penguin, 2012)(blog). From the promotional copy:
On a cold winter day, a curious dog wandered onto a frozen river,
Congratulations to Kelly Starling Lyons on the release of Ellen’s Broom, illustrated by Daniel Minter (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2012)!
Join Kelly on her blog tour, and comment on Kelly’s blog, her facebook author page, or any of her blog stops for a chance to win a lovely wedding/anniversary broom courtesy of Stuart’s Creations and a signed poster of the Ellen’s Broom cover.
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By Kate Hosford
A couple years ago, my son came home from school and informed me that one of his teachers was “rusted from the inside”.
While another parent might have probed further into this state of affairs, I immediately lunged for my writing book and scribbled down the phrase.
“Rusted from the inside?”
That was too good to pass up.
Continue Reading Celebrating Poetry: Kate Hosford on A Place of Wonder »
Walter Dean Myers is the New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature from the Library of Congress. Peek: “…created to raise national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education and the development and betterment of the lives of young people.”
Cynsational Notes
SLJ Exclusive Interview: Walter Dean Myers,
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Congratulations to Holly Cupala on the release of Don’t Breathe a Word (HarperTeen, 2012)! From the promotional copy:
Joy Delamere is suffocating…
From asthma, which has nearly claimed her life. From her parents, who will do anything to keep that from happening. From delectably dangerous Asher, who is smothering her from the inside out.
Continue Reading Video: Holly Cupala on Don’t Breathe a Word »
