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The First Sentence Tour starring the 2009 Debutantes continues this week with Stacey Jay, whose novel Undead Much? (the sequel to You Are So Undead to Me) came out in January.
What’s one of your favorite first sentences from one of your favorite books?
SJ: From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne:
A throng of bearded men, in [...]
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As many of you know, I’m a member of the 2009 Debutantes. Well, our debut year may be over, but our books keep coming! So this year I’m happy to be hosting a number of Debs on the occasion of their second and even third books. All year long, we’ll be talking about first sentences [...]
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This morning, the American Library Association announced the winners of its 2010 Youth Media Awards. You may remember that Ash was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award for debut YA fiction.
Well, Ash did not win. But Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan did! I am so happy for Lisa, whom I’ve gotten to [...]
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We’re deep in the middle of List Season, which means that practically every day, there’s another “best books of 2009″ list coming out. I like lists as much as the next person, and I don’t deny they’re very helpful for gift-giving ideas, but perusing all these lists made me realize that I was missing something. [...]
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I am so happy to announce that Ash is a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. The Morris Award is given to debut young adult novels, and is granted by the American Library Association.
It is SO EXCITING to be nominated for this award!! I heard about it yesterday but it still hasn’t [...]
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