Further Congrats!

It’s a week of huzzahs around here! YALSA announced some further lists today, including their 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults list (plus Top Ten), Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers, and Popular Paperbacks for Young Readers. Congrats to kt literary clients Maureen Johnson, Stephanie Perkins, Ransom Riggs, Carrie Harris, and Lili Wilkinson (again) for [...]

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Indie Next Picks!

Congratulations to all the authors on the Winter 2011 Kids’ Indie Next List, but especially to kt literary clients Maureen Johnson, Matthew Cody, and Stephanie Perkins!
Maureen’s The Name of the Star is #8 on the Top Ten list, with this great blurb:
Louisiana teen Rory Deveaux arrives in London to attend Wexford Academy just as a [...]

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Happy Halloween!

In honor of everyone’s favorite day to dress up and be someone other than yourself, I want to salute some great book-related costumes! First of all, I have to share the cutest little peddler, my friend Jay & Laura’s boy Henry, from Caps for Sale:And some publishing folk really get into the holiday — like [...]

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So Much Great News!

Whooooooo! As you may have heard, it’s been a whirlwind week of great books being released. I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to celebrate each title individually on their own Book birthdays, but I hope I’ll make up for it with a massive round-up of awesomeness. Let’s hit it!
Some of these you may have seen [...]

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“Step back!” It’s LOLA

I’m posting this on the run as I prep for a trip to New York tomorrow with Baby Beau, but I just HAD to share this great review of Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins from School Library Journal. Check it out!
Seventeen-year-old Lola lives with her two fathers in San Francisco. An [...]

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