Posts tagged YA fiction
You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you.
Thomas Edison’s last words were ‘It’s very beautiful over there’. I don’t know where there is, but I believe it’s somewhere, and I hope it’s beautiful.
2011 Most Frequently Challenged Books List and BBW Materials now available through the ALA Store!
The Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011 as part of ALA’s State of America’s Library Report. OIF received 326 reports regarding attempts to remove or restrict materials from school curricula and library bookshelves. The list includes the following titles; each title is followed by the reasons reported for challenging the book:
[Click the link to see the list of books]
Spending the Day With Writers
Because I’m the digital sales manager for my Barnes & Noble, I gave a Nook presentation to one of the largest school districts in Texas today. We had two authors set up at our table. So, I spent the day with young adult authors Mary Lindsey (Shattered Souls) and New York Times best selling author Rachel Caine (Last Breath, etc.). I have not read any of their works, so I’m not a huge fan. But, it was pleasant to talk to Mary Lindsey about landing an agent. She gave me some great advice on how to improve my query letters and what agents are looking for in new writers. She was very helpful and friendly. She also signed a copy of her first novel (shown in the picture below). This was a day well spent learning from the professionals.
![“I shouldn’t have said it, but the word slipped out of my mouth as easy as air.” —Obert Skye, Pillage
[The first line of the book. Nice!]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9ep58nSz1qb0wfxo1_400.jpg)
“I shouldn’t have said it, but the word slipped out of my mouth as easy as air.” —Obert Skye, Pillage
[The first line of the book. Nice!]
You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.
Currently Reading.
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them.
Currently reading
Currently Re-reading: The Giver, Lois Lowry
I can’t get enough of this book. And it just breaks my heart when Jonas asks his parents if they love him…
This is on my list to re-read this year too … I’m looking forward to it.
All the quotes on this site are marked with the author's name, except those marked with TBV; those quotes are my own.
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