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Astral Tide Release: Dystopian with a Sci Fi Twist!

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

Read a preview of Anna Silver's new book Astral Tide, an exciting combination of dystopian, fantasy, and sci fi. Enter her giveaway to win free books and more.

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

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.

Awesome Young Adult Books/How to encourage reading/Improving vocabulary

Vocabulary from Otherborn: Untenable

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 16 Comments

Do you know this word I found in Anna Silver's YA novel Otherborn?

Awesome Young Adult Books/Favorite Authors/How to encourage reading

Readers Favorite Books of 2013

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

I’m honored that you’re pausing in your busy holiday preparations to visit the Word Nerd.  If you’re looking for something good to read after ...

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...

Awesome Young Adult Books/Book reviews/Recommended kid lit

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&#...

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