Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Book Details Paperback, 448 pages 2007, Simon Pulse ISBN: 0689865384 Synopsis Playing on every teen’s passionate desire to look as good as everybody else, Scott Westerfeld ( Midnighters ) projects a future world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. The "New Pretties"...
Abby (the) Librarian (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
In My Mailbox is one of my favorites memes and it's hosted by the lovely Kristi at The Story Siren . I got one non- Cybils book in my mailbox this week and I'm very excited about it! The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott. Simon Pulse, April 2010. Publisher copy from ARC: Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don't like your best friend's boyfriend. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan for years....
Kelly Gay (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
So those who have been following along for a while might remember me discussing, here and there, 'Le Super Secret YA' project I'd been working on. It sold to Simon Pulse in a two-book deal, and they'll release as hardcovers. I'm enormously happy to be staying at Simon & Schuster. Pulse publishes some amazing books, and I still can't believe I'm going to be part of their...
Editorial Ass (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... complex family dynamics, and first loves"--Horn Book Hannah Moskowitz/BREAK (Contemporary YA, Simon Pulse, August): With his dysfunctional family falling apart around him, Jonah goes on a mission to break every bone in his body. Aprilynne Pike/WINGS (YA, HarperTeen, May): Everything changes when fifteen-year-old Laurel learns she's a fairy. Cindy Pon/SILVER PHOENIX: BEYOND THE...
Booktalks -- Quick and Simple blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Westerfeld, Scott. BOGUS TO BUBBLY : AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF THE UGLIES Westerfeld, Scott. BOGUS TO BUBBLY : AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF THE UGLIES New York : Simon Pulse, 2008 IL YA ISBN 1416974369 Have you read Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series? Well, if not let me tell you a little about it. It takes place in the future when physical beauty is very important. As a...
Bookfoolery and Babble (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Copyright 2005 Simon Pulse - YA/Sci-Fi/Dystopian 370 pages I readand reviewed Uglies ( Pretties is the second. It's not giving anything away to say that in Pretties , Tally (the heroine of Uglies ) has gone through the surgery to make her beautiful and now lives in New Pretty Town. However, there's a little bit of spoilery stuff, here. ****WARNING*****Skip...
spookycyn (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... 2009); Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors (Walker, 2009); Far From You by Lisa Schroeder (Simon Pulse, 2009); How to Be a Vampire: A Fangs-On Guide for the Newly Undead by Amy Gray (Candlewick, November 2009); Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (Harcourt, 2009); Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler (Simon Pulse, 2008); and Vamped by Lucienne...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... understanding of formal dress. LEVIATHANBy Scott WesterfeldIllustrated by Keith Thompson440 pp. Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. $19.99. (Ages 12 and up)Special SectionPicture books and novels for kids and teens — plus the best illustrated children’s books of the year.Westerfeld is best known for his sci-fi Uglies series (“Pretties,” “Specials,” “Extras,”...
spookycyn (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Learn about Lisa Schroeder . We last spoke in May 2008, after the release of I Heart You, You Haunt Me (Simon Pulse). Could you briefly remind us what it's about? Do you have any updates for us on this title? I Heart You, You Haunt Me is the story of a girl, Ava, whose boyfriend dies and he loves her so much, he doesn’t want to leave her and comes back as a ghost. It’s a story...
cynsations (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Learn about Lisa Schroeder . We last spoke in May 2008, after the release of I Heart You, You Haunt Me (Simon Pulse). Could you briefly remind us what it's about? Do you have any updates for us on this title? I Heart You, You Haunt Me is the story of a girl, Ava, whose boyfriend dies and he loves her so much, he doesn’t want to leave her and comes back as a ghost. It’s a story...
Guide to Literary Agents (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... my behalf at FinePrint Literary Management. I’ve sold YAs to Saint Martin’s Press and Simon Pulse. GLA : I read online that you're looking for gritty urban fiction. This still true? If so, can you give readers a few examples of books you love so they can get a feel for what to send you? AT : Yes, but I don't want authors to think I'm talking about crime novels or hard...
