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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Celebrate the Release of THE WICKED WILL RISE by Danielle Paige with Harper Teen in NYC!



Join Harper Teen and celebrate the release of THE WICKED WILL RISE by Danielle Paigie on March 31st, 2015 in NYC!! 

From Harper Collins: 
Big news, fangirls and boys: The second installment in the DOROTHY MUST DIEseries by Danielle Paige, THE WICKED WILL RISE, is coming out a week from today, 3/31/15, and we are going all out to celebrate! We will be holding the festivities at the 92nd Street Y in New York City at 7:00PM, featuring a panel called “New Twists on Old Fairytales” with Danielle Paige, Sara Benincasa (GREAT), Soman Chainani (THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL), and Christopher Healy (THE HERO’S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM). Anyone under the age of 35 can get a special price ticket of $15!

BUT THERE’S MORE!

Immediately after the panel, we will be teaming up with Coolhaus to celebrate with some wickedly good desserts you will not want to miss.

Be sure to grab your tickets! Find out more about the event HERE.

Jesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally; Pre-Order Promo & Read An Excerpt!




To celebrate  the upcoming release of Miranda Kenneally's new book JESSE’S GIRL, Sourcebooks Fire is offering some really cool stuff to fans!
Everyone who emails teenfire@sourcebooks.com will automatically receive an email of the EXCLUSIVE Jesse’s Girl playlist, and will be invited to attend a LIVE online author event on July 6, the day before Jesse’s Girl goes on-sale! 
In addition, if you pre-order the book and send your proof of purchase to teenfire@sourcebooks.com, you’ll not only get the exclusive playlist and event invite, but you’ll also receive a signed/personalized bookplate, a super-cute custom guitar pick, and entered to win a $300 gift card to TicketMaster so you can go to a concert or musical or some other fun event.
Send your info to teenfire@sourcebooks.com (Subject: Jesse’s Girl), including your mailing address if you’re sending in proof of pre-order, and how you would like your bookplate signed.
Pre-Order the book from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | Indiebound | Indigo | iTunes
ABOUT THE BOOK
Practice makes perfect.

Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow the Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol. 

But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true. He’s as gorgeous as his music, but seeing all that he’s accomplished is just a reminder of everything Maya’s lost: her trust, her boyfriend, their band, and any chance to play the music she craves. Not to mention that Jesse’s pushy and opinionated. He made it on his own, and he thinks Maya’s playing back up to other people’s dreams. Does she have what it takes to follow her heart—and go solo?

REAN AN EXCERPT FROM JESSE’S GIRL: 

As much as I love music, I am generally not a fan of country. I don’t like banjos. I don’t like sappy lyrics about trucks and hauling hay. Dolly Parton is my mortal enemy—my mom plays “Jolene” over and over and over and over, and it makes me want to chop my ears off like van Gogh. Yeah, yeah, I’m from Tennessee, where it’s a crime if you don’t love country, but I like deep, rumbling beats and singing loud and fast and hard. I do not like closing my eyes and crooning to a cow in the pasture. Yet here I am at a Jesse Scott concert, getting ready to meet him and to see if he’ll let me shadow him next Friday

My school requires every senior to “shadow” a professional for a day. It’s their way of helping us figure out what kind of career we want. Like, if you want to be president when you grow up, you might get to shadow the mayor. Want to be a chef? Have fun kneading dough at the Donut Palace. When I said “I want to be a musician,” I figured they’d send me to work in the electronics section at Walmart. 

I certainly never expected to shadow the king of country music. 

It turns out that Jesse Scott is my principal’s nephew. Jesse won TV’s Wannabe Rocker when he was ten and has gone on to become very successful. In sixth grade, every girl in class—myself included—took the Teen Beat quiz: “Would Jesse Scott Like Your Kissing Style?” (Obviously the answer was yes.) In middle school, I had a Jesse Scott poster on my ceiling. It’s hard to believe he’s only eighteen, because he’s already won three Grammys. When he was younger, his songs were about family, fishing, and playing baseball, but lately they’re about love and making love and all things sexy. 

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan anymore, but I would never give up an opportunity to learn from a professional with such a gorgeous, pure voice. I want to learn what it’s like to perform day in and day out. Despite what everyone and their mom says—that I’ll struggle as a musician—all I want is to play guitar in front of a crowd and hear people cheer for me.

I can’t believe I’m backstage at the Grand Ole Opry! I bounce on my toes. Jesus, is that an archtop Super 4, the model Elvis played? I’ve never seen one in real life. It probably cost more than my house. I’m ogling the guitar when Jesse Scott comes out of the bathroom, drying his hair with a towel. He pads across the room to the couch, wearing nothing but a pair of rugged jeans with more holes than Swiss cheese. The lighting is dim, and he doesn’t seem to notice I’m here, which is good, because I’ve moved from ogling the guitar to ogling him. 

Who wouldn’t? He was one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” and it is a truth universally acknowledged that you should stare at people who’ve made that list. The guy’s gorgeous. Like in the boy-next-door way. His wet, wavy, brown hair curls around his ears and nearly hits his shoulders, and while he doesn’t have a six-pack or anything, his body is fit. I wish he’d look my way so I can see his famous brown eyes. They always remind me of those caramel chews Poppy gives me when I visit. Jesse has some sort of Gaelic symbol tattooed on his left shoulder blade. I want to reach out and trace the design. 

God, get ahold of yourself, Maya. Don’t be a horndog. Besides, he’s so not my type. I don’t do pretty boys.

Ten Books from My Childhood/Teen Years I'd Like To Revisit; Top Ten Tuesday #25


This weekly meme is hosted by The Broke & the Bookish

Hello & welcome to this week's Top Ten Tuesday. Today's topic is, Ten Books from My Childhood/Teen Years I'd Like To Revisit. Last week's topic was, Ten Books on My Spring TBR List. 

If I had a fraction of the children's books/middle grade books to read from back when I was pre-teen, I don't think I would be able to narrow down this list. We didn't have YA or MG back in my day. We had The Babysitter's Club, Little House on the Prairie, Choose Your Own Adventure Book, American Girl Doll (which was just coming out), Sweet Valley High, Goosebumps, and Stephen King books all lumped together. Back then, the cool kids read Stephen King, or at least you checked his book out, because let's be honest, the majority of our 5th and 6th graders were to chicken to read his books.

Today's list feature books from my pre-teen years that I loved reading. These are the first books that popped into my head, and are in no order. I read there's any where from 3rd-6th grade. 




  1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White - This was one of my all time favorite children's books. 
  2. The Babysitters Club (series) by Ann Martin -  This series was HUGE when I was in elementary school. I still have a couple of my books.
  3. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - I read this book in third grade, and I have loved it ever since. 
  4. Sweet Valley High (series) by Francine Pascals - This was another huge series that everyone read.
  5. The Little House on The Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder - This is another series everyone loved reading.
  6. The BFG by Roald Dahl - Roald Dahl books were a huge part of growing up years.
  7. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary - This was another very popular book when I was growing up.
  8. The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene - I swear this is a timeless classic.
  9. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - He was one of the first authors I got to meet when I was in middle school. I still have my signed Hatchet book.
  10. The Indian In the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks  - This was mandatory reading book, and one I hated because it was mandatory, but I secretly enjoyed reading it. lol 
  11. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - I can't make a list and not included this book. I don't think I need to say anything about this book. We read it in class, and then watched the movie *sigh* 
What are some of your favorite childhood-pre-teen reading reads?

Cassandra Clare is Scheduled To Attend The Young Adult Literature Convention (#YALC) in London!


London Shadowhunters, Cassandra Clare is coming to you! She'll be attending this year's YALC, London's first YA Lit Con at this year's London Film and Comic Con. Yes, I am seriously checking out tickets for London. I wonder if I can get away with "accidentally" purchasing tickets to London. haha If my husband is reading this, I'm totally kidding (kinda). The event is being held from Friday, July 17th- Sunday, July 19th at Olympia in London. Here's the announcement about Cassandra Clare attending: 

An initial list of just a few of the authors taking part has been announced today, including US YA superstar and creator of the Mortal Instruments series Cassandra Clare. Also appearing at the event will be TV personalities turned authors Charlie Higson and Arabella Weir; creator of the international bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series Derek Landy; and award-winning Young Adult author Patrick Ness. Joining them are Youtube star Carrie Hope Fletcher; author of the Night School series C J Daugherty; and of course, Blackman herself.
More author names, and full details of the programme, will be announced in due course.  Childrens Literature
This sounds like it's going to be an awesome event. I'm looking forward to finding out which authors will be joining Cassie. I impinge they will have an awesome line up. Who's going to London? If you're planning on attending, be sure to get your tickets HERE. Here's more information about the tickets. 
Dedicated YALC tickets are available to purchase for 2015 from the London Film and Comic Con online shop. Priced at £14 for Friday, £20 for Saturday, £17 for Sunday or £46 for the full weekend, these will give attendees not only all the benefits of a standard LFCC ticket, but also early bird access to the Book Zone, priority access to all YALC panel events, plus a free YALC goody bag while stocks last.
Thank you to our friends over at British Nephilim for sharing the news.  

Out Today!

Hello YA Readers! Check out some of today's hot new releases.

  1. Half Wild by Sally Green, 3/24/15, Penguin 
  2. The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma, 3/24/15, Algonquin Young Readers
  3. In The Time of Dragon Moon by Janet Lee Carey, 3/24/15, Kathy Dawson Books
  4. We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach, 3/24/15, Simon & Schuster
  5. Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes, 3/24/15, Harper Teen
  6. Guardians by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan, 3/24/15, Harper Teen
  7. Written in the Stars by Aisah Saeed, 3/24/15, Nancy Paulsen Books
If you know of a new YA releases, and don't see it listed here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list. Happy Reading!

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