From Alisia Leavitt
August 29, 2011 at 8:44 pm
About Progeny:
Nikalys and his sister Kenders grew up living a peaceful life in the quiet farming village of Yellow Mud... until the blistering hot day when they go to the ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
August 25, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Special thanks to Scars author Cheryl Rainfield for joining us today!
About Scars -
Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
August 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Shattered Souls: A
thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger
Lenzi
hears voices and has visions - gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes.
Her boyfriend, ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
August 11, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Title: Dream Smashers
Author: Angela Carlie
Publisher: CreateSpace, March 2011
Paperback, 242 pages
Rating: 5+/5
Readers of Ellen Hopkins, ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
July 26, 2011 at 9:00 am
Before puberty hit at the ripe old age of 11, I was a voracious reader of any Laura Ingalls Wilder and Edgar Allen Poe. I was also oddly obsessed with this book called Faeries ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 27, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Title: Don't Stop Now
Author: Julie Halpern
Publisher: Feiwell & Friends, June 2011
Hardcover, 224 pages
Rating: 5/5
On the first day of Lillian’s summer-before-college, ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 17, 2011 at 4:49 pm
He's my teacher. I shouldn't be alone with him. But I can't help that he's irresistible. I let the door silently close at my back. He stared at me, and a taut quiet stretched between ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 10, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Julie Halpern, author of Don't Stop Now (Feiwel and Friends, June 2011), shares with us some books that her former self might recommend at ages 6, 14, 16 and in her twenties.
About ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 8, 2011 at 9:47 pm
In the past few days, the blogosphere has lit up with huge reaction to this piece that The Wall Street Journal ran on on June 4, claiming that YA was seriously detrimental to our ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 6, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Alissa Grosso is the author of the YA novel, Popular (Flux, May 2011). Today she shares what she does in her downtime from writing books. Welcome, Alissa!
About Popular:
Meet ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
June 2, 2011 at 10:19 am
Micol Ostow is the author of the YA novel, Family (EdgmontUSA, April 2011), which is a haunting story loosely based on the Manson murders. Today, she joins us to tell us her favorite ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
May 30, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Give it up for Brian Farrey, author of the debut YA novel, With or Without You (Simon Pulse, May 2011)! Today, he explains his favorite opening, why it works, and how he came up ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
May 27, 2011 at 10:31 am
I'd like to give a big welcome to Adele Griffin, author of the YA paranormal book, Tighter (Knopf Books, May 2011). Today, Adele is sharing her top 10 favorite moments from ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
May 25, 2011 at 9:43 am
Title: Fanfare
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Publisher: Revolution
Paperback, 240 pages
May 31, 2011
Rating: 5+/5
Cris Pereira hates starring in a cautionary tale. Alas, her recent heartbreak ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
May 23, 2011 at 11:38 am
Today I am pleased to have Tara Hudson stop by! Tara is the author of the YA paranormal romance, Hereafter (HarperTeen, June 7, 2011).
Can there truly be love after death?
Drifting ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
May 18, 2011 at 8:30 am
A special welcome to Amy Plum! Amy is the debut author of the highly-anticipated YA novel, Die For Me.
In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 14, 2011 at 9:47 am
Top Ten Dumb Things Heard In a Tattoo Shop
by Aric Davis, author of Nickel Plated (AmazonEncore, March 2011)
Most customers in my tattoo shop are polite, well spoken individuals. ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Check out the interview below with Goddess Girls authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams as they celebrate their new book, Athena the Wise! Don't forget to enter the giveaway ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 9, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Title: The Pull of Gravity
Author: Gae Polisner
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (May 10, 2011)
Paperback, 208 pages
Rating: 4/5
While Nick Gardner’s ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 8, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Title: Nickel Plated
Author: Aric Davis
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Paperback, 172 pages
Rating: 5/5
Nickel is a survivor. He has to be. For as long as he can remember, his life ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 7, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Title: Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls series)
Author: Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
Publisher: Aladdin
Paperback, 246 pages
Rating: 4/5
Ages 8-12
Athena ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
April 6, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Today, we are joined by Christine Hurley Deriso, author of the YA novel, Then I Met My Sister (Flux, April 2011). In this post, she talks about her life at age 17 and compares ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
March 30, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Image credit: Susan Jane Bigelow
Can a shattered superhero help save humanity's hope for a better world?
Broken figured she was done with heroics when she lost the ability to ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
March 14, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Star basketball player Chelsea “Nitro” Keyes had the promise of a full ride to college—and everyone’s admiration in her hometown. But everything changed senior year, when ... (
more)
From Alisia Leavitt
March 5, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Congrats to the Glimpse giveaway winners:E-book winner - Teresa Stacey Wallace Benefiel contest entry (a chance to win a complete set of books) - Ana Lucia Thanks for entering! ... (
more)
Loading ...