Hi - I am going on my first-ever real book tour in the middle of May, and just found out that I will be in these four cities: Seattle; Portland, OR; Denver;...
Jordan: Are you ever asked to, or would you consider coming to Canada on tour (particularly Toronto)? Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie is a huge success in our...
Jordan, let us know when?you get your schedule.? I'm?in the?Seattle area. Royce Buckingham Author of Demonkeeper & Goblins ... From: Jordan Sonnenblick...
I'm looking forward to seeing you in Denver - and I'll try to get some of our kids to come see you, too. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie is one of our Battle of...
I'm in Denver. It would be fun to meet. Let us know when you have your dates. Thanks, Carol Carol Edwards Children's Services Manager Denver Public Library 10...
Grayson has been on my wishlist and to-be-read pile for months now. For some reason, I didn't get around to it until tonight. All I can say is, what was I...
Richie's Picks: THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY by Siobhan Dowd, RH/David Fickling Books, February 2008, 324p. ISBN: 978-0-375-84976-3 "What goes up must come down ...
Hi All, This is my first post, and my first question to this great resource, as a new Middle School librarian. Our Language and Literacy department does genre...
Kerry, I agree with you 100%!! I'm glad it's been said. Thanks, Sue R. I think much, much manga sets back the cause of women by a furrr piece (as they say in...
This year’s Booklist Books for Youth program in Anaheim will be devoted to the new Odyssey Award, given for excellence in audiobook production. The award...
An interesting question. I am certainly not the expert in classic anything -- except, perhaps, classic rock and classic music videos -- and so I've begun...
... Hi Amy - Unfortunately, I won't be in your area any time soon. I'm thrilled to hear you're promoting my books, though! Were you involved when a bookstore...
Please join the celebration! This year's Booklist Books for Youth program in Anaheim will be devoted to the new Odyssey Award, given for excellence in...
Mr. Sonnenblick, I would like to extend my congratualtion on winning the Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award for 2008. Your book generated a lot of feelings in the...
Any ideas about books that are similar to Cirque Du Freak. I can't keep them in my library and am looking for other titles that fly of the shelves too. ...
Luci, You might want to look at Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham. While I wouldn't call it a read alike, my horror fans have enjoyed it very much. Brenda ... ...
The Cirque Du Freak series is among the most popular at my school too, and I've been recommending the following books to students as they exhaust the 12...
Richie's Picks: AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MAN: MY QUEST TO FIND THE REAL JOHN HENRY by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson, National Geographic, January 2008,...
... Lakes and Blueberry Pie...Sounds like one of your book titles!!! Tena ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
Welcome to the list, Amy! Here's the list of classic picks from postergirlz, the advisory council for readergirlz. I'm proud to head up the postergirlz...
Luci asked for books similar to Cirque Du Freak. I recommend Prowlers by Christopher Golden, a four-book series about shapeshifters. It's action-packed and...
Hey all! So, I am trying to see what everyone feels are the most difficult YA titles to recommend to teens based on their controversial content. These are the...
Easter weekend I was on a panel at Norwescon, the Pacific Northwest regional SF/F convention. A middle school teacher's school were reading Ender's Game by...
In a message dated 4/7/2008 9:17:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dander1938@... writes: Easter weekend I was on a panel at Norwescon, the Pacific Northwest...
Please excuse the personal email on the list but others may be interested as well. Jordan, Do you do school visits, and if so, please send details. Thank you, ...
I also teach *Ender's Game* to my 8th graders every year. I'm in the midst of it right now. I adore it. Orson Scott Card won the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards...
This is interesting in that I just had this discussion with my grandson, who is a HS freshman. His English teacher told him she hoped he would choose to expand...
When I took YA, the prof defined classic as a book that had remained in print for more than 25 years. For YA, that is a) a long time as many titles go out of...