Jeanne Ryan is the first-time author of Nerve (Dial, Sept. 12, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
When Vee is picked to be a player in Nerve, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her.
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New Voice: Jay Kristoff on Stormdancer
U.S. cover
Jay Kristoff is the first-time author of Stormdancer
(Thomas Dunne/St Martin’s Press (USA)/Tor UK (United Kingdom), 2012). From the promotional copy:
The first in an epic new fantasy series, introducing an unforgettable new heroine and a stunningly original dystopian steampunk world with a flavor of feudal Japan.
Guest Post: Cynthia Y. Levinson on Can You Really Ask That in a Children’s Book?
Cynthia at the Texas Library Association conference
On September 15, 1963, 49 years ago today, three racist vigilantes—one of them nicknamed “Dynamite Bob” because of all the bombs he lobbed—blew up Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
For the previous six months,
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New Voice: E. M. Kokie on Personal Effects
E. M. Kokie is the first-time author of Personal Effects (Candlewick, 2012)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
One letter: 876 miles.
Five days to find his brother’s past and his own future.
Ever since his brother,
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New Voice: Anne Marie Pace on Vampirina Ballerina
Anne Marie Pace is the author of
Vampirina Ballerina, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (Disney-Hyperion, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
Oh, to be a ballerina! It’s a challenge for any little girl, but even more soif one happens to be a vampire like Vampirina.
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New Voice & Giveaway: Debbie Ridpath Ohi on I’m Bored
By Lena Coakley
I’m Bored by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Simon & Schuster, 2012). From the promotional copy:
There is nothing boring about being a kid, but one little girl is going to have to prove it in this anything-but-boring picture book from comedian Michael Ian Black.
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New Voice: Gina Rosati on Auracle
Gina Rosati is the first-time author of Auracle (Roaring Brook, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Sixteen-year-old Anna Rogan has a secret she’s only shared with her best friend, Rei; she can astrally project out of her body, allowing her spirit to explore the world and the far reaches of the universe.
New Voice: Heather Anastasiu on Glitch
Heather Anastasiu is the first-time author of Glitch (St. Martin’s, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
Zoe lives in a world free of pain and war. Like all members of the Community, a small implanted chip protects her from the destructive emotions that destroyed the Old World.
New Voice: Suzanne Lazear on Innocent Darkness
Suzanne Lazear is the first-time author of Innocent Darkness (Book 1, The Aether Chronicles)(Flux, 2012)(author blog), a YA fairytale steampunk story. From the promotional copy:
Wish. Love. Desire. Live.
Sixteen-year-old Noli
Braddock’s hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from
home.
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New Voice: Joanne Levy on Small Medium at Large
Joanne Levy on Small Medium at Large (Bloomsbury, 2012). From the promotional copy:
After she’s hit by lightning at a wedding, twelve-year-old Lilah Bloom develops a new talent: she can hear dead people.
Among them, there’s her over-opinionated Bubby Dora;
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