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How Does Otherborn Compare to Other Dystopian Reads?

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 12 Comments

Author Anna Silver explains why her novel Otherborn isn't your typical YA dystopian book.

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Christmas Book Recommendations

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

Do you read special holiday books at this time of year?  Do you need some suggestions? I finally read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and I wish I had found it...

Awesome Young Adult Books/Book reviews/How to encourage reading

What I Love About Eleanor and Park

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 8 Comments

First love overwhelms you. Park Sheridan learns that the hard way. In the YA novel Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell, two misfits  bond over comic books and a...

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Why You Must Read The London Eye Mystery

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

I’d been bugging my kids for weeks to read The London Eye Mystery.  And then, while child #3 sat in the barber shop chair, I held the novel for him.  It&#...

Book reviews/How to encourage reading

Author Spotlight: Jennifer Chow and The 228 Legacy

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 6 Comments

I’m excited to feature Jennifer Chow  today.  She is a writer and fellow member of Wordsmithstudio.org, and this summer she published her first novel, The...

Book reviews/How to encourage reading

Why You Should Read the Language of Flowers

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

I didn’t think I would like this book at first.  I was afraid it would be dark and depressing, like something Oprah would select for her book club. But th...

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