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Author: Jane Yolen
Genre: Historical, Fairy Tale, Mystery, Young Adult
Publisher: Tor
Publication Date: August 1992 (original)
Paperback: 239 pages (reprint)
A powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty that is “heartbreaking and heartwarming.”
An American Library Association “100 Best Books for Teens”
An American Library Association “Best Books [...]
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic)
Publication Date: August 2011
Hardcover: 384 pages
“The Luxe” meets the ancient world in the extraordinary story of Cleopatra’s daughter.
Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her [...]
Today we are thrilled to bring you the first in an ongoing series of page-to-screen reviews and author interviews, starting with the incredible bestselling sensation Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, had the opportunity to chat with the lovely Sara Gruen about her writing, her influences, and the film.
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Author: Hillary Jordan
Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication Date: October 2011
Hardcover: 352 pages
Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered [...]
Author: Robert Sharenow
Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication date: April 2011
Hardcover: 416 pages
Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But to the bullies at his school in Naziera Berlin, it doesn’t matter that Karl has [...]
Title: Triangle
Author: Katharine Weber
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: May 2007
Paperback: 256 Pages
By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains mysterious: How did she [...]
To date, Ana has been the one with a monopoly on these “I Love This Series” posts – but finally it is my turn! *insert evil cackle*
Today, I’d like to tell you a bit about a series called the “Sisters of the Sword” by Maya Snow. The series currently comprises three titles: Sisters of [...]
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Genre: Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Atheneum
Publication Date: November 2004
Hardcover: 192 pages
YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND.
Bound to her father’s second wife and daughter after Xing Xing’s father has passed away. Bound to a life of servitude as [...]
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 15
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.
Who: Stephanie Dray, author of a forthcoming trilogy of historical fiction novels set in [...]
Author: Tamara Allen
Genre: LGBT/Historical fiction/ Romance
Publisher: Lethe Press
Publication date: Jan 2009
Paperback: 340 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone
New York City, 1919. His career as a concert pianist ended by a war injury, Sutton Albright [...]
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