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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers

Highlights of the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers include: Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May Or May Not Exist by Roxyanne Young (author interview on the title), Kelly Milner Halls (author interview on a previous title) and illustrator Rick Spears (Darby Creek); Tyrell by Coe Booth (Scholastic); Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Knopf)(author interview); What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles (Little Brown)(author interview)(recommendation); New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)(author interview); Good Girls by Laura Ruby (HarperCollins)(author interview); A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone (Random House)(author interview); The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Dial)(author interview); The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill)(author interview); and Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton (Llewellyn). See the complete list.
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