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Austin Teen Book Festival on Saturday, Oct. 24th

peterwesley wrote 2 months ago: The first Austin Teen Book Festival: Read Beyond Reality will be this weekend, on Saturday, October … more →

Tags: Events, Local Authors, bookkids, Fantasy, teen books, Teen Fiction, Vampires, ya, Young-Adult

Interview with Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Author of Crazy Beautiful1 comment

Emily wrote 2 months ago: The latest from Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Crazy Beautiful, is a unique reimaging of the classic fairy t … more →

Tags: Chapter Books, Author Interviews, teen books, Young-Adult, teen, ya, Drama, High School, Fairy Tales

BookPeople invaded by vikings on Tuesday, October 6th

peterwesley wrote 3 months ago: The Striking Viking Story Pirates, a traveling band of viking/pirates (I really can’t explain … more →

Tags: Events, John Flanagan, pirates, Ranger's Apprentice, viking pirates, Vikings

Banned Books Week Q&A: Maureen Johnson!

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Acclaimed author Maureen Johnson is one of BookPeople’s top-sellers.  Suite Scarlett, the late … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, Banned Books, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Banned Books Week, bermudez triangle, book challenges, bookkids, BookPeople, challenged books

Banned Books Week Q&A: Garret Freymann-Weyr!

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Novelist Garret Freymann-Weyr is the author of many books for young readers.  Garnering piles of pra … more →

Tags: Adult Books for Teens & Kids, Author Interviews, Banned Books, after the moment, Banned Books Week, Bisexual, Book banning, challenged books, Garret Freymann-Weyr

Banned Books Week Q&A: K.L. Going

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Acclaimed author K.L. Going has written many books for young readers, including her latest King of t … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, Banned Books, Banned Books Week, censorship, challenged books, Classics, Fat Kid Rules the World, gabriel king, intellectual freedom

Banned Books Week Q&A: Elizabeth Scott

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Since the publication of her first novel, Bloom, in 2007, Elizabeth Scott has risen to the top of he … more →

Tags: Banned Books, Author Interviews, Teen Fiction, Young-Adult, teen, ya, Abuse, stealing heaven, Elizabeth Scott

New Teen Fiction for September

Emily wrote 3 months ago: The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson This story of four friends on a road trip is both heart-breakin … more →

Tags: Staff Rec - Emily, staff recommendations, beauty and the beast, boarding school, Breathless, Coincidence?, crazy beautiful, Drama, fairy tale retellings

Banned Books Week Q&A: Nancy Garden4 comments

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Nancy Garden may best be known for her widely acclaimed – and widely challenged – 1982 n … more →

Tags: Banned Books, Author Interviews, Adult Books for Teens & Kids, Book Reviews, teen books, Young-Adult, teen, ya, challenged books

New Teen Sci Fi & Fantasy for September!1 comment

Emily wrote 3 months ago: Candor by Pam Bachorz Candor is the perfect city where perfect teens live perfect lives and make the … more →

Tags: staff recommendations, Staff Rec - Emily, Fantasy, suzanne collins, Dystopia, Teen Fiction, Young-Adult, Mary E. Pearson, ya

Banned Books Week Q&A: Brent Hartinger!

Emily wrote 3 months ago: In honor of the upcoming Banned Books Week, BookKids is conducting Q&As with various authors of … more →

Tags: Banned Books, Author Interviews, Author Interview, Banned Books Week, book burning, Book Reviews, Books, Brent Hartinger, censorship

Happy Birthday, Walter Dean Myers!

Emily wrote 4 months ago: Since celebrated writer Walter Dean Myers celebrated his birthday this month (August 12, actually) I … more →

Tags: staff recommendations, Staff Rec - Emily, Staff Rec - Other Folks, Kids Books, Book Reviews, teen books, iraq, Young-Adult, teen

New Teen Fiction & Fantasy for August!1 comment

Emily wrote 4 months ago: After by Amy Efaw Devon never knew she was pregnant. As a straight-A student, soccer star, and all-a … more →

Tags: staff recommendations, Staff Rec - Emily, teen books, Fantasy, Mystery, Young-Adult, teen, ya, Sci-Fi

BookKids Interview with Debut Novelist Isabel Kaplan!2 comments

Emily wrote 5 months ago: When I first saw the cover of Hancock Park, I knew I had to read it.  When I heard Isabel Kaplan was … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, Staff Rec - Emily, staff recommendations, Author Interview, Book Reviews, debut novel, Gossip Girl, Hancock Park, Harper Collins

Fab YA Authors on their Favorite Queer-Themed Books: Part 4

Emily wrote 6 months ago: On Day 4 of our awesome author reviews, we’ve got local sensation April Lurie, the fabulous wr … more →

Tags: Adult Books for Teens & Kids, Author Interviews, Banned Books, Communtiy Recommendations, Graphic Novels / Comics, april lurie, ariel schrag, awkward and definition, brothers boyfriends and other criminal minds

Fab YA Authors on their Favorite Queer-Themed Books: Part 1

Emily wrote 6 months ago: Because June is LGBT Pride Month, I wanted to post something really special on the BookKids blog.  I … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, Banned Books, Communtiy Recommendations, Absolutely Positively Not, Arthur Rimbaud, David LaRochelle, debbie harry sings in french, Drunken Boat, Fiction

Q&A With Lee Bantle, Author of David Inside Out

Emily wrote 6 months ago: David Inside Out, a new young adult novel by Lee Bantle, is a wonderful coming-of-age story that fol … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, Banned Books, Staff Rec - Emily, staff recommendations, activism, Author Interview, Book banning, david inside out, Gay

Delacorte Dames & Dude at BookPeople Tomorrow!

Emily wrote 6 months ago: Here in Austin we are so lucky to have a wealth of local authors in town.  We love them, and it seem … more →

Tags: Events, A Thousand Never Evers, Alpha Dog, april lurie, bookkids, BookPeople, Books, brothers boyfriends and other criminal minds, cures for heartbreak

Emily the Strange - Stranger than Ever

Emily wrote 7 months ago: As an Emily, a part of me has always resented Emily the Strange.  Sure she’s cool and mysterio … more →

Tags: Staff Rec - Emily, staff recommendations, Book Reviews, teen books, Mystery, Young-Adult, teen, ya, Cats


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