Victoria Scott
Book Review: Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott
Tella and her family have moved to the middle of nowhere because of her sick brother. Tella is bored, and sometimes resentful, but then she remembers why they are there and she manages to keep it in perspective. One day, a blue box arrives with very obscure instructions. She sees her father try to destroy […]
10 Titles to Look for in 2014 – Karen’s Most Coveted
Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott Victoria Scott is awesomesauce. The real deal. She totally floored me with her turn around in The Collector, which I thought I was going to hate because at first it seems shallow and superficial and bad female messaging, but then she pulled a 180 with her sexy, snarky demon […]
Speaking of Covers . . . The Warrior by Victoria Scott (aka, How I Can Scratch Off 1 of the Items on My Bucket List)
Yesterday the cover for the third and final book in The Dante Walker trilogy by Victoria Scott debuted on Hypable. If you have not been reading this series, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. The war between heaven and hell is coming. Dante was sent to collect one important soul in The Collector (book […]
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Talking Teen Fiction with Victoria Scott
This week many libraries across the nation will be celebrating Teen Read Week, a YALSA initiative designed to remind teens to read for the fun of it – even in the middle of the school year. Yesterday we announced that this week we were doing a fun contest sponsored by YA author Victoria Scott. Don’t […]
Take a Second Look, books that send empowering messages to teens about body image
At TLT, we have an ongoing discussion about books and pop culture and how it affects the body image of our kids. We are all constantly being bombarded with subtle – and sometimes not so subtle – messages about the way we look, or should look. Sometimes, as I start to read a book, alarm […]
Texas Debut Authors Panel Recap
Last night I had the honor of hosting 6 up and coming debut authors from the DFW area at my library branch in Grand Prairie, Texas. 2012 Printz and Morris winning author John Corey Whaley was our host for the evening moderating the panel, and he is a very funny guy. In fact, everyone on […]
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Texas Debut Authors: Victoria Scott, author of The Collector
Author Introduction Victoria Scott Today I am going to use my personal website to promote an upcoming event at my library, but you’ll want to be there so you can meet 6 debut authors – and the 2012 Printz Award Winning author John Corey Whaley. Victoria Scott is one of the authors we’ll be featuring […]
Book Review: The Collector by Victoria Scott
“As you know, it’ll be held in the gymnasium. We’ll be selling tickets during lunch all week. So don’t forget to buy yours or you’ll be left dateless like me.”Charlie stops. Her smile falters, but she quickly recovers. “I would know…only ugly losers…” She stops reading the cue cards. Then she gazes right into the […]
Cover Reveal: The Collector by Victoria Scott
It’s official, Dante Walker has arrived! And trust us when we say, being bad has never looked so good. You’ll need him, you’ll want him…and we’ll let you in on a little secret:He wants you too. About The Collector Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar […]
Why YA? Victoria Scott invites you to dive into YA with Between Shades of Gray
Some of the greatest war stories have been told from the point of view of teens. Anne Frank was a teenager when she hid her diary. Devon recalls his teenage years when he returns to the place that haunts him in A Separate Peace by John Knowles. And just this past week Stephanie and I […]
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