Tag: young adult literature
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July 25, 2008 01:53 PM EDT --
FANTASY FOR HARRY POTTER FANS
EVERYBODY loves Harry Potter, young and old. And well they should. The books are well-written, and uphold a fine tradition of children's fantasy. But the series has . . .
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December 02, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
This is the question that occurred to me in a recent gather conversation I was having with other adults about young adult books such as Twilight, Paper Towns, etc.
Would you ever consider giving a . . .
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July 22, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
Dear Ms. Rowling:
I have finished reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and my mood is somewhat melancholy. It is not that your final tome in Harry's epic fails to measure up to . . .
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June 14, 2009 05:53 PM EDT --
If you like fantasy even a little bit, you need to read this book, and if you have kids over the age of 9 or 10, they need to read it, too. (Neil won the Newberry Award for it this year.)
This . . .
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March 17, 2007 06:21 PM EDT --
Author, Shannon Hale (same as Enna Burning)
This book, like the other, has the theme of a young woman finding her "voice". In Enna Burning, the lead found she could control fire, while in Princess . . .
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February 05, 2009 05:04 PM EST --
I know some people think we should only share original work, but if I could be this amusing, I would be.
Michael Spradlin writes young adult fantasy, and has a new book for young people set in . . .
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May 14, 2007 11:47 PM EDT --
I don't read a lot of fantasy, but I do read a lot of teen literature (as a former young adult librarian). I just finished reading the book, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and it will go on record . . .
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July 25, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
I have just created a group devoted to those who love to discuss the wonderful Ms. Montgomery. Please feel free to join us, and be sure to tell me your favorite "Anne of Green Gables" moment. . . .
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June 09, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
Reviewed by Magdalena Ball
Sunny Side Up
By Marion Roberts
Allen & Unwin
Paperback, 252pages, ISBN: 9781741752366, $15.95aud
I tend not to read books that fall into genre categories, . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:37 PM EDT --
I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (February 8, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0375830995 . . .
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November 04, 2007 04:21 PM EST --
It’s hard to be a teenager…trying to fit in with the crowd while also trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be. But when you are seemingly invisible to the society . . .
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September 19, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
First, you need a little history.
Back in the early 1800s, here in our non-fictional world, the globe was getting warmer. A centuries-long . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:42 PM EDT --
The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney
by Suzanne Harper
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (May 27, 2008) . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:47 PM EDT --
Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You
by Dorian Cirrone
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: HarperTrophy (February 28, 2006) . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:51 PM EDT --
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Knopf . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:55 PM EDT --
Prom Kings and Drama Queens
by Dorian Cirrone
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (February 26, 2008)
Language: . . .
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September 06, 2009 12:00 AM EDT --
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous
by Suzanne Crowley
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition . . .
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August 04, 2009 11:07 PM EDT --
‘ Betrayed ’ is the second book in the ‘House of Night’ series. In the world created by the mother and daughter team of P. C. and Kristen Cast , teen vampires are fledglings . . .
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August 17, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
(No, not THE E.B. White. I have the fortune of sharing the name, or at least initials, of one of the greatest writers of all time. I've used it for good and evil purposes. When I . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:32 PM EDT --
Behind the Curtain (An Echo Falls Mystery Book 2)
by Peter Abrahams
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins . . .
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