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Guest Post: Author P.J. Hoover on Adapting Mythology for Today’s Young Readers

Guest Post: Author P.J. Hoover on Adapting Mythology for Today’s Young Readers

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

 

By P.J. Hoover

Hello, and a huge shout out to my mythology fans out there! I’ve loved mythology for ages, so when I started spinning stories of my own, there was only one path to take. Of course I was going to create stories with mythology.

My newest book,

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New Voice: Melissa Gorzelanczyk on Arrows

New Voice: Melissa Gorzelanczyk on Arrows

Posted on February 10, 2016January 4, 2019

On Twitter? Follow @MelissaGorzela.

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

Melissa Gorzelanczyk is the first-time author of Arrows (Delacorte, 2016). From the promotional copy:

People don’t understand love.


If they did, they’d get why dance prodigy Karma Clark just can’t say goodbye to her boyfriend,

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About Cynsations

Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author for young readers. Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery. Her most recent previous books are ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book; SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews; and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award. She also is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint, and a member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA faculty.

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