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#LastListEgmont: Once Upon an Interview: Sarah Cross and Sarah McGuire Talk Fairy Tales
As the two authors with fairy-tale retellings on Egmont USA’s Spring 2015 list, Sarah Cross (Tear You Apart) and Sarah McGuire (Valiant) thought it might be fun to interview each other about fairy tales, happy endings, and how they approach their own retellings. The conversation took place in the library of an enchanted castle, over […]
#LastListEgmont: Authors Ilsa J. Bick and Kristi Helvig Discuss Sci Fi
Today as part of our look at EgmontUSA’s Last List (#LastListEgmont), author’s Ilsa J. Bick and Kristi Helvig interview each other about writing sci fi. Ilsa: You know, Kristi, in thinking about what I wanted to ask, I realized that we have a lot in common, including that we’ve both done sci-fi. So let’s talk […]
Middle Grade Monday: Funny Cats and Crooks, Mary Amato and Patrick Jennings (#LastListEgmont)
Mary Amato and Patrick Jennings are each celebrating the release of new, humorous chapter books. Jennings’ Hissy Fitz is out now; Amato’s Good Crooks Book 3: Sniff a Skunk will be out on April 28, 2015. The authors, who have never met, finally get the chance to chat here. AMATO: Patrick, I “get into character” […]
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Book Review: A Really Awesome Mess by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin
Just when you thought Egmont Week was over….. one more review from their fall catalog! The writing pair behind Notes from the Blender, a great bit of realistic fiction about the complications and joys of becoming, through no effort of your own, part of a blended family during high school, is back for another novel […]
Friday Finds – July 19, 2013
This week at TLT: It’s Egmont USA week her on TLT, and we are all about the book reviews! Here are links to this week’s titles: Vordak, Time Travel Trouble Contaminated Quarantine 2: The Saints BZRK Reloaded Saving Thanehaven What I Came to Tell You A Summer of Sundays We’ve also had some fabulous guest […]
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Book Review – A Summer of Sundays by Lindsay Eland
Sunday Fowler is the middlest of middle children from Middlesburg, Middletonia, Middletown. At 11 (almost 12!) she is too young for her two older sisters, and too old for her three younger brothers. Everyone in her family either dismisses her, forgets her, or takes her for granted. In fact, in the first couple of chapters, […]
Summertimes by Lindsay Eland, author of A Summer of Sundays
For some reason when I picture summer evenings, I often think of porch lights—that little glow in the evening dusk and on into the thick night. Porch lights are a little smile on a house, a twinkle that blinks a warm welcome to neighbors or passersby. My parents have talked about these. How […]
Book Review: What I Came to Tell You by Tommy Hayes
Grover has been dealing with the recent death of his mother in the only way he can, by retreating from the world into the bamboo forest located in the vacant lot next to his home. There, he creates beautiful weavings using brightly colored fallen leaves and the bamboo amongst which he has built himself a […]
Book Review: Saving Thanehaven by Catherine Jinks
Just last week someone was asking me about books that took place with video games or the Internet and I wish I had read this book before they had asked that question because I would have said: Saving Thanehaven by Catherine Jinks. Catherine Jinks in the author of Evil Genius, which I adore, and The […]
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