Beastly by Alex Flinn

I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog, but a horrible new creature who walks upright – a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You think I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time [...]

Hunger Games News!!

Scholastic released the title for the third book in the Hunger Games series and the cover! There are not enough exclamation points to convey my excitement.  You can go to Scholastic’s page for the official announcement.  Also making my day from David Levithan, co-author of personal favorite Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and big time [...]

Team Unicorn or Team Zombie? Wait, what?

I don’t know what to make of this. http://shelf-life.ew.com/2010/02/04/zombies-and-unicorns-natural-enemies/ Zombies vs. Unicorns is a short story collection coming out this fall that has famous YA authors campaigning for supreme dominance of either zombies or unicorns. Huh? The idea started as blog posts between YA authors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier over which is better, zombies or [...]

Heroes, Gods and Camp Half-blooders…

Less than two weeks until Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie opens!  To get ready we’re catching up on the books and so are you.  Due to demand we ordered more copies of the series.  If you have one on hold, hang in there.  We’ve got you covered. Until the new copies come in we’ve set up [...]

The Lovely Bones

Director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s bestselling novel premieres in theaters on December 11, 2009. The Lovely Bones (PG-13) tells the story of Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a 14-year-old girl who is murdered by a neighbor and watches over her family— and her killer—from heaven. As her murderer successfully covers his tracks, Susie must [...]