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EW’s Shelf Life blog has an excerpt from Maggie Stiefvater’s The Dream Thieves, the second book in her “Raven Cycle.”
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John Green's tumblr: The Commencement Address
Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.
My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
Laini Taylor’s third “Daughter of Smoke & Bone” novel title announced and a special trailer via Entertainment Weekly.
So why Tiger Eyes? You know, of all the Judy Blume books in this great, big, wonderful world, how did this become “the one”?
Judy BLume: [Larry and I had] talked about doing Tiger Eyes for years if only we could find funding to do it, because it’s the most cinematic of my books. I mean, maybe Summer Sisters (Delacorte, 1998). But Tiger Eyes has that sense of place that’s so important. When you see it, you will see that there’s Davey and there’s Wolf, and there’s the New Mexico landscape, and that’s as important a character as any of the others. Everything that happens to Davey that has meaning happens in that landscape, in those canyons, going into the caves. It’s a life-changing experience for her.
Lawrence Blume: It’s certainly something we always talked about doing. It didn’t just pop out of the blue. But at this time, it wasn’t something that was on our front burner. So it was really lucky [that the opportunity came up], and the fact that we got to do it our way, for better or worse within a very limited budget. But along with that limited budget came creative freedom. So it’s very personal.—”Tiger Eyes Set to Sparkle on the Big Screen: Betsy Bird Talks to Judy and Lawrence Blume”
The latest poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is out. What do you think?
John Green Defends 'The Fault in Our Stars' Leads. EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection
“There seems to be some concern that Ansel and Shailene are playing siblings in a different movie. I guess I can understand that, but they’re actors. They can play different roles. They’ll look different and act different and be different. I mean, no one watched Silver Linings Playbook and thought, ‘When did Katniss move to the suburbs of Philadelphia?’”—John Green
YA author Ellen Hopkins has launched Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit that is dedicated to helping underprivileged youths achieve their dreams.
“We’re new, so we’re trying to jumpstart the program now. We have purchased our first house, which will serve up to six young people, and hope to purchase another house by the end of the year so we’ll have living quarters for twelve, six boys and six girls. So it will provide housing, life skills classes, food, medical care if they need it—whatever assistance they need to be able to concentrate on learning or reaching career goals without having to, you know, struggle by living on the street, or by, or whatever. I just want to make it easy for them to be able to get that.”
Learn how to get involved on the Ventana Sierra website.
