Title: PIVOT POINT Author: Kasie West Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: February 12, 2013 Number of Pages: 320 Source of Book: ARC from publisher at NCTE Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the… Read More
Archives for November 2012
Holiday Blog Tour: THE CARPENTER’S GIFT Guest Post & GIVEAWAY
Title: THE CARPENTER’S GIFT: A Christmas Tale about the Rockefeller Center Tree Author: David Rubel, illustrated by Jim LeMarche Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 27, 2011 Number of Pages: 48 This new classic Christmas gift book “brings together two great traditions: the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and the neighbor-helping-neighbor program of Habitat for Humanity.” Opening… Read More
Reflecting on NCTE & ALAN 2012
One of my absolute favorite events that I get to go to in my entire year was last week, and I was lucky enough to be able to have a family, staff, and administration that understand how important this is to me and facilitate my being able to go. It was the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual… Read More
LOST IN PARIS Blog Tour – Guest Post & Giveaway
Title: MIRA’S DIARY: LOST IN PARIS Author: Marissa Moss Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Release Date: September 4, 2012 Number of Pages: 224 Mira is shocked when she receives a postcard from her missing mother from Paris. Her father decides it’s time for a trip to France to search for her. While visiting Notre Dame, Mira touches a gargoyle and is… Read More
Secrets & Lies Blog Tour, Guest Post & GIVEAWAY (THE LIAR SOCIETY)
I’m so excited to be a part of the Secrets & Lies Blog Tour because I adored Kate and her story in THE LIAR SOCIETY last year. Now that the sequel, LIES THAT BIND, is out (and is also great fun like the first book), Lisa & Laura Roecker have a little bit to say about what’s going on. Title:… Read More
ALTERED by Jennifer Rush
Title: ALTERED Author: Jennifer Rush Publisher: Little, Brown Release Date: January 2, 2013 Number of Pages: 336 Source of Book: ARC requested from publisher When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four… Read More
ALAN Workshop Anticipation
So I just want to talk for a minute about a little thing called the ALAN Workshop. ALAN stands for the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English). Their motto? Connecting the Young Adult Literature Community…One Book at a Time. It’s an organization I’ve been a member of since I started teaching eight… Read More