2010: A Book Odyssey

Congrats, Guadalupe!

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:02:18 GMT

Dear Guadalupe,

Congratulations on the Belpre Award! It was so fun to see Under the Mesquite come up for honors today, in addition to the Morris nomination. Way to go!
All best,
Caragh

Congratulations

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:23:34 GMT

Congratulations to Guadalupe Garcia McCall, for her Morris Award nomination for Under the Mesquite! Guadalupe is a Tenner whose book release was rescheduled for 2011, where it has made quite the splash!

An interview in honor of AWAY's release!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:28:58 GMT

http://www.thecompulsivereader.com/2011/09/interview-with-teri-hall.html

First Kirkus, Now VOYA!

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:10:09 GMT

Kirkus gave AWAY a lovely review, and now so has VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates). Very Happy! "Hall’s imaginative dystopian world takes the concepts of good vs. evil and modern vs. primitive into fresh territory with plenty of comparisons to today’s world. For readers reluctant to dip into science fiction, this adventure is an engaging place to start. While it is not necessary to start with The Line, it would help fill out the details, and at the conclusion of Away, readers will find themselves eagerly hoping for a third installment." Full review here: http://www.voya.com/2011/08/17/this-week-in-reviews-august-16-2011/

New Agent

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:47:51 GMT

Hey all,

I'm happy to announce that I'm now being repped by the awesome Michele Rubin at Writers House. :)

Matthew Kirby: Editor's Dream

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:09:05 GMT

From Publishers Weekly, Re Middle Grade Buzz Panel at BEA:

Lisa A. Sandell, executive editor at Scholastic Press, spoke first about Icefall, describing Matthew Kirby as “an editor’s dream,” and explaining how she fell for the “uncommonly complex characters” and detail-rich setting of his first book, The Clockwork Three. Sandell said she was “totally giddy” when she received the manuscript for Icefall, which she described as the story of a Viking princess’s “journey to find herself and her place in the world.”

BN Bookfair code for AL disaster relief

Mon, 09 May 2011 06:50:05 GMT

As part of my book signing on Saturday, the manager at BN set up a bookfair for AL diaster relief and the code can be used at ANY Barnes & Noble or online on any purchase from 5/7-5/14. Code is #10486058 --just give it to seller, or input online. 10% of sales using this code go to the United Way's West Alabama chapter to help Tornado Relief Efforts. If we raise $2500, percentage goes up to 15%, 10,000 and it's 20%. Please repost this on your blogs, twitter, facebook, whatevs. If you're buying a book this week at BN anyway, use this code.
Thanks!

FINALLY! Official Book Trailer for Luminous!

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:47:38 GMT

As an original Tenner, I've watched a lot of incredible people turn out incredible books and couldn't wait to finally share some news of my own...and it's finally here!

TA DA!!

This amazing 3D-animated book trailer was created by talented artists Jesse Cabrera, Michael Jaso, Alicia Samela & Ali Phelps under the direction of Jason Wiser. I am thrilled to share it with you & invite YOU to share it with everyone else!

To celebrate & spread the word, I'm running a "Pay It Forward ARC Giveaway Contest" on my blog from now through May 7th, so please come, check it out & thanks to everyone in the Tenners for being such an unbelievable support while I was (im)patiently Ms. Wait Waiting McWaiting!

I *finally* feel like a Tenner (and Elevensie)! WOO!

"Best Books of the Year" by Bank Street College of Education

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:56:29 GMT

The Committee reviews over 6000 titles each year for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. It chooses the best 600 books, both fiction and nonfiction, which it lists with annotations, according to age and category... CONGRATULATIONS, TENNERS!

ALL UNQUIET THINGS, by Anna Jarzab (Coming of Age, ages 14 & up)
ESCAPING THE TIGER, by Laura Manivong (Coming of Age, ages 9-12)
HARMONIC FEEDBACK, by Tara Kelly (Today, ages 12-14)
LEAVING GEE'S BEND, by Irene Latham (Historical Fiction, ages 9-12)
THE MARK, by Jen Nadol (Coming of Age, ages 14 & up)
PALACE BEAUTIFUL, by Sarah Deford Williams (Historical Fiction, ages 9-12)
THE RED UMBRELLA, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Historical Fiction, ages 9-12)
SHOOTING KABUL, by N.H. Senzai (Today, ages 9-12)
THREE RIVERS RISING (Historical Fiction, ages 9-12)
TORTILLA SUN, by Jennifer Cervantes (Today, ages 9-12)

To see the entire list, click here: http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/

JUST ADD MAGIC - Book Club Promotion

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:12:50 GMT

JUST ADD MAGIC – Just the Book for your Book Club!

JUST ADD MAGIC by Cindy Callaghan is a fun new book for middle-grade readers and a great choice for your book club. A magical story packed with fabulous food, unusual ingredients, and a great cast of characters, JUST ADD MAGIC is the perfect blend of mystery, magic and fun that is sure to please ‘tweens of all different reading levels.

The author has just announced a special promotion: A Club Kit. If your club chooses JUST ADD MAGIC for its selection, you may win a special kit including:

An assortment of recipe cards
Book marks
Wooden spoons
Surprise cooking utensil
Discussion Guide
Book Club Meeting Activity Ideas
Letter and brochure for your teacher/librarian

And guess what else? The author may Skype live into your meeting.

All the 411 you need to enter to get the Club Kit:

1. You need to have at least 4 members in your book club and an adult moderator.

2. Send an email to Cindy (cindy@cindycallaghan.com) explaining in no more than 3 sentences why your book club wants to read JUST ADD MAGIC

3. Hurry! Because this promotion ends June 30, 2011

That’s it! If Cindy picks your group, she will send you the above goodies!

If you win, be prepared to take a picture of your book club with each member holding a copy of JUST ADD MAGIC for Cindy to post on her web site.

Visit www.cindycallaghan.com that features Cindy’s blog, recipes, a discussion guide, details about upcoming appearances, her bio, and more!

JUST ADD MAGIC (Aladdin M!x, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; $5.99)

Crystal Kite Finalists!

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:05:06 GMT

There are lots of Tenner's on the Crystal Kite Finalist List!!

Congrats to: Irene (Gee's Bend), Christina (Red Umbrella), Jessica (Nice and Mean), Matt (clockwork 3), and Denise (Losing Faith)

YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEE to all of you, and I hope I didn't miss any other names!!

Library Giveaway -- WINNER!

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:40:23 GMT

Announcing the winner of the Tenners Library Giveaway… the Chili Public Library in Rochester, NY! Check out the entry sent in by Cathy Kyle, Teen Services Librarian, here.

Thank you again to all the librarians who entered! We have been enjoying your fabulous pictures, and we wish you all could have won.

The Last Library Giveaway Entry!

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:14:45 GMT

The library giveaway is now closed!

This final entry, sent in by Lisa Watson, librarian at Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, New York, seemed like the perfect photo to close the contest. A few of AHHS's most avid readers put together this amazing artistic interpretation using FIFTY-FIVE COVERS.

Can you find your favorite tenner novel?

R:
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
The Deathday Letter by Shaun Hutchinson
The Reinvention of Edison Thomas by Jacqueline Houtman
Sea by Heid R. Kling
The Line by Teri Hall
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
The Snowball Effect by Holly Nicole Hoxter
Palace Beautiful by Sarah DeFord Williams
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl

E:
Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards
The Mark by Jen Nadol
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore

A:
Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
Nice and Mean by Jessica Leader
Everlasting by Angie Frazier
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell
Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Change of Heart by Shari Maurer
Kid vs. squid by Greg Van Eekhout
Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson
Other by Karen Kincy

D:
The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
Prophecy of Days by Christy Raedeke
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai
The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Losing Faith by Denise Jaden
The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez
The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz by Laura Toffler Corrie
Inconvenient by Margie Gelbwasser

Thanks so much to all 70+ librarians who entered! Stay tuned to find out who won all these amazing books!

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:21:23 GMT

Mistwood's littlest fan--sent in by Linda Mediati, Young Adult Librarian at Liliha Public Library in Honolulu, Hawaii. So cute!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:09:19 GMT

Joy Schnupp, Youth Services Director at Burlington Public Library in Burlington, Wisconsin, with Julie Kagawa's iron fey series--The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, and The Iron Queen!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:18:34 GMT

These two cuties diving into Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt are sixth graders--and avid readers--from Charlotte Country Day Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Thanks to librarian Megan Fink for the photo!

The Royal Treatment, sequel to Princess for Hire hits shelves May 2011, and Leavitt's YA novel Sean Griswold's Head is available March 1!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:04:24 GMT

Teresa Vadakin, Young Adult Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library -Kings Highway Branch in Brooklyn, New York, with Mistwood by Leah Cypess!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway: Ghostly cover interpretations!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:03:23 GMT

Joshua K. and Juliana C. reenact the cover of The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade in this photo submitted by Olivia Durant, Teen Services Librarian at Webster Public Library in Webster, New York. How adorably awesome is this?

And here is another amazing cover interpretation submitted by Amanda Buckner Jackson, director of Gadsden Public Library in Gadsden, Alabama. GPL Teen Department staff members Chris Carlson and Alicia Gregory, in character as Will and Alona!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:46:02 GMT

This photo was submitted by YA Librarian Kath Ann Hendricks of Pocatello, Idaho: "Jamie Bunn, Circulation Staff,(aka Master Bunn) reading Sea by Heidi Kling to enraptured fish at Marshall Public Library." That fish DOES look really into it, doesn't he?

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:36:08 GMT

Jennifer Rummel, YA Librarian at Otis Library in Norwich, Connecticut, holds up four of the books her patrons adore: The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy, Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore, Sea by Heidi Kling, and The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:03:07 GMT

Check out this amazing comic strip featuring The Scaredy Cats, library mascots from Irving Public Library in Irving, Texas! (Click on it to make it bigger.) The creator and photographer is Allison Jenkins, Teen Services Librarian, and the books and cats were carefully arranged with assistance from senior library assistant, Kristin Treviño.

Books include:
Freefall by Mindi Scott
Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
Mistwood by Leah Cypess
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
Magic Under Glass by Jackie Dolamore
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
dirty little secrets by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards
Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:19:29 GMT

Robbi Caldwell, Librarian Assistant in the junior/adult departments of Brownsburg Public Library in Brownsburg, Indiana, with Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:06:17 GMT

Kid vs. Squid by Greg Van Eekhout at the Coolidge Corner branch of the Brookline Public library!

Librarians, the giveaway ends today! Get your entries in by midnight eastern time. Click here for details on how to enter to win 55 books for your library's collection.

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:20:13 GMT

Aubri Keleman, Teen Services Coordinator at Whatcom County Library System in Bellingham, Washington, sent in these gorgeous photos of Alison with The Line by Teri Hall. Away, sequel to The Line, will be available September 2011!

Library Giveaway!

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:06:06 GMT

Emily Fleischer, Youth/Young Adult Services librarian at Brownsburg Public Library in Brownsburg, Indiana, takes a peek at The Mark by Jen Nadol. Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards and The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk are visible on the Teen New Book shelf behind her!