Tag: YA books

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Keeping the Castle, by Patricia Kindl (review)

Keeping the Castle, by Patricia Kindl (review)

Category: YA (historical romance)Book source: public library Seventeen-year-old Althea is the sole support of her entire family, and she must marry well. But there are few wealthy suitors–or suitors of any kind–in their small Yorkshire town of Lesser Hoo. Then, the young and attractive (and very rich) Lord Boring arrives,… Read more »

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This Week’s Articles — 9/16 to 9/22/2012

A new study of iPad owners shows that parents prefer paper books for co-reading with or to their children — except on trips.  The survey also goes into parents reasons for not co-reading on the iPad; their perceptions about the value of added animations, audio narration, and other features; and… Read more »

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YA Giveaways (elsewhere)

YA Giveaways (elsewhere)

Several of the blogs I read have great giveaways going on this week:  The Book Smugglers have two books available: an ARC of Libba Bray’s The Diviners (through Sept. 22) and an ARC of Phoebe North’s YA SF novel, Starglass (through Sept. 29.)   The Midnight Garden is giving away… Read more »

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NPR’s List of Best YA Books

NPR’s List of Best YA Books

NPR has just published its list of the 100 Best Young Adult novels, based on suggestions and votes from an incredible 75,220 participants.  I doubt anyone will be surprised that the Harry Potter books top the list, given their wild popularity among children, teens, and adults alike.  But the list… Read more »

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