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Booktalk This! Not your mother’s bedtime storytelling (Nontraditional Books and Stories for Teens)
Though storytelling comes in all forms, I tend to spend the majority of my reading life with fiction told from a 1st or 3rd person point of view, and a “first this happened, and then this, then this…” chronology. Yes, these stories are often wonderful, but I find that sometimes it’s intriguing to mix things […]
Dear Cassie: booktrailer debut and exclusive excerpt
What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do? Last year, we introduced you to one of our favorite new authors, Lisa Burstein, and her debut novel, Pretty Amy. Today, we are pleased to bring you her companion novel, Dear Cassie. It is our honor to bring […]
Some Good Advice
“Dear Abby, My parents don’t let me go out with my friends, even though I’m an A student.” “Dear Abby, My dad is overseas in the military and my mom seems like she’s under a lot of stress and is taking it out on me.” Dear Abby wrote a book for teens in 1960. Image […]
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