A KIND OF PARADISE By Amy Rebecca TanON SHELVES NOW! Dear Reader, I was walking along the main street of my town one evening when I noticed lights shining from inside an empty storefront. I peered inside to find a...
Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes on sale now! Dear Reader, Although it is my picture books that people seem to know best and love most, it is my novels that are nearest and dearest to my heart....
HEROINEby Mindy McGinnisON SHELVES NOW! Dear reader, I began writing Heroine after a school visit to an area particularly hard-hit by the opioid epidemic. Over lunch, staff confessed to me that nearly everyone in town had been impacted by addiction, either as...
OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS by Justin A. Reynolds on shelves now! Dear Reader, This story began with heartbreak. I’d just lost one of my closest family members, followed by the unexpected and sudden death of my best friend (still in...
THE BLOOD SPELL by C.J. Redwine on sale now! BORN IN A LIBRARY I was lucky. My family had no television. No brand name clothes or popular toys. No money for eating out at restaurants or impulse buys. What we...
NEW KIDBy Jerry CraftON SHELVES NOW! Dear Book Lover, I can honestly say that I have wanted to be an artist ever since I was old enough to hold a crayon and not stick it up my nose. Even though...
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe On shelves now! Dear Reader, My favorite superhero has always been Spider-Man. This wasn't due to his superpower or beautiful love interests permanently dangling from bridges but the fact...
You were a press witness to an execution, which led you down this path to eventually write WE’LL FLY AWAY. What effect did this experience have on you? I’ve always been against the death penalty, but it was more of...
JUSTINA IRELAND, author of the forthcoming YA novel Dread Nation, recently addressed a group of booksellers at the NEIBA Children’s Breakfast in Providence, R.I. The following is a written transcript of her moving talk on the power of stories, diversity...
How a Librarian Changed My Life By Aaron Hartzler Like most kids, from elementary school on up, I did my dead-level best to fit in. I always had a good group of friends, but there were still things about me...
We hope you have all had a chance to read KICK, the outstanding YA novel co-written by debut teen author Ross Workman and New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers. When Ross Workman, then 13, emailed his favorite author,...
