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Francine Pascal talks about Sweet Valley Confidential (March 2011!), the movie with Diablo Cody, how Sweet Valley High was almost a TV soap opera and more.

I had no idea Francine and her husband got their start writing for the ABC soap The Young Marrieds. And I love that NBC thought Sweet Valley was "too pink" for a TV series.

A new Baby-Sitters Club book?

The Summer Before by Ann M. MartinHardcover: 224 pages ( Read more... )

I just got the new Manny Files novel, and I'm looking forward to reading it, but the mention of the Drama! series in the new TLA catalog I got today has me wondering what it's like and what are some other GLBT YA/kidlit books that are good reads ( Read more... )

YA for Obama.

What is YA for Obama ( Read more... )

Cross posted at various communities.

After regularly reading requests for feminist book recommendations I've decided to create a community for that very purpose.

fem_libraryThe Feminist Library is a community in which members can recommend books to others. With the use of the tags and memory feature it is hoped that it will eventually provide a resource to ( Read more... )

Here's a great summer read for teenage girls - I read first it in seventh grade and loved it; now I'm entering college and I still think it's brilliant. Everything is written in free verse, with beautiful illustrations. Highly recommended.


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So, there's a book series called Twilight and apparently its about vampires. I've never heard of it until I got on Facebook and the Flair application and every other piece of flair was about Twilight, and it makes me want to read them, but I don't know if they are any good. Can anyone tell me what it's about ( Read more... )

She talks about the re-launch of the Sweet Valley High books, writing Sweet Valley Confidential and yes, Sweet Valley High: The Musical.

"The updates don't bother me because the stories are still the same. I felt very taken with the ideals: love, friendship, loyalty and compassion, all the most classic values," says Pascal at her Midtown apartment ( Read more... )

Perhaps some Excedrin(tm) will help get rid of it.

Young adult novels plumb new depths of product placement.

A new series of books by HarperCollins and named for a heroine called Mackenzie Blue is offering brand sponsorship for each new novel before the books are even written.The author of the books, Tina Wells, is not even a writer by trade; she ( Read more... )