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Barbara Bell earned her M.Ed. by reading her way through grad school. Now a member of SCBWI, she reads for pleasure. She is the owner of BBPhoto, and a clean tech neophyte.

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YA authors dish on their favorite dish.

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Thanksgiving is the one day when portion control goes out the window, and it’s allowed by the general public. Double helpings of turkey, mashed...
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Five dynamic authors presented at one amazing book bash.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 · 1 comment

Well, there’s no doubt about it – Books Inc. Opera Plaza knows how to throw a party! To open their 3rd Annual Fall Book Bash, they started...
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Publishers Weekly announces best YA books of 2009

While Publishers Weekly (PW) may not be nestled in your stack of mags to read, they do have juicy gos’ to share. In fact, did you know PW just...
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Veterans Day is Every Day

In honor of Veterans Day, I pulled some books that deal directly with teens and their interaction with parents being deployed. ‘Heart of a...
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All who wander are not lost…

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“Once Was Lost” by Sara Zarr is this amazing story about redemption from a young adult’s viewpoint. I’m not talking about just...
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Poetry Slam tonight at Kepler's

Betsy Franco’s newest release is not to be missed. ‘Metamorphosis: Junior Year’ shows us that some themes are timeless. Ovid lives...
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Have you signed on to the NaNoWriMo Young Writers' Program?

What happens every year in November and is a seat-of-your-pants event where the challenge is to write an entire novel in just 30 days? Why NaNoWriMo...
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Local author breathes new life into tale of Cinderella.

In this moving tale about love, loss, and desire, local author Malinda Lo engages readers with her new novel Ash,...
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Toe of frog, anyone?

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,...
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Let your inner werewolf out!

The next stop on our YA Halloween-themed reading list is – werewolves! While you all know how I feel about Maggie Stiefvater’s latest...
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