Award-winning author Harry Mazer has been writing for teens for decades. His titles include Snowbound (Laurel Leaf, 1974), The Last Mission (Laurel Leaf, 1981), and the trilogy beginning with A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (Simon & Schuster, 2001)(excerpt).
What were you like as a child?
Liz B from A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy has read Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, March 2007) in ARC and blogged about it. Liz calls it, “A dark fantasy with plenty of humor that will also make you very hungry” and says “It’s as if someone opened a restaurant in Sunnydale.” For more,
“Full of unexpected, delicious delights that kept me guessing and turning the pages, Tantalize creates a froth of excitement, danger, suspense, and wit.
“This original book tantalizes the senses indeed, as it explores the border between attraction and disgust, and makes us question our perceptions. Who are you–predator or prey?”
— Annette Curtis Klause,
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“Chewie and I watched the fireworks explode
over Burnham’s Apple Orchard.
They all glittered a moment, lingering, and then faded,
one after another, like the smoky trails of fallen snakes.”
–from Rain Is Not My Indian Name
by Cynthia Leitich Smith (HarperCollins, 2001)
Happy Independence Day weekend to my U.S. readers!
What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles (Little Brown, 2006). Kyle blames pretty and popular Cass for the suicide of his brother and decides to punish her by burying her alive. Thus begins a conversation–a mind game played both ways–where the stakes are death and life, blame and innocence. A riveting, unrelenting, compulsive read.
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My husband, author Greg Leitich Smith, and I would like to thank the Texas State Reading Association for its hospitality last Friday. Greg gave a keynote address at a dinner that night, and Barnes & Nobel Westlake sponsored a quite successful signing. Thanks also to the Writers’ League of Texas for inviting us to do a breakout session,
Sharon Darrow is the author of Old Thunder and Miss Raney, illustrated by Kathryn Brown (A Melanie Kroupa Book/D-K Ink, 2000); Through the Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein, illustrated by Angela Barrett (Candlewick, 2003)(excerpt), and a young adult novel,
Congratulations to Chris Barton, author of The Day-Glo Brothers (Charlesbridge, 2008), on the one-year anniversary of Bartography, a stand-out source for non-fiction children’s book reviews.
Don’t miss the audio production of Gentle’s Holler by Kerry Madden (Recorded Books, 2006)(author interview). SLJ raves, “The performance of narrator Kate Forbes is flawless.
Dianne Ochiltree is the author of several picture books that feature her winnng read-aloud rhymes, including Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins (McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2004)(excerpt) and Ten Monkey Jamboree (McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001), both illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin as well as Pillow Pup, illustrated by Mireille d’Allance (McElderry Books/Simon &
Stacy Whitman is the associate editor for Mirrorstone Books, the new children’s and young adult imprint at Wizards of the Coast. Mirrorstone is seeking to publish fantasy of all sorts, from quest fantasy to dark urban fantasy to alternate world fantasy, magical realism to fairy tales. The imprint also is looking for other types of speculative fiction (such as horror/suspense and science fiction with both boy and girl appeal).
