Danial Pinkwater's The YGGYSSEY (Read it. It's serialized online.)

- Do Hard Things (Twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris write about what they call the Rebelution...the notion that teens should reject the low-expectations of youth culture.)

- 'Patterson Aplenty' (Interesting background story to the YA and adult marketing approach with the Maximum Drive series...I guess a fan is a fan.) (Publisher's Weekly)

- What kids are reading when (The Renaissance Learning Report gives us an idea of what kids are reading and in what grade. Look for some surprises.) (Washington Post, reg. required)

- The Host (By Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight is the talk of the town. We're often talking about children's author's trying their hands at writing for adults here at Ypulse Books, so this is an interesting change. I'm curious to see how she fares.) (Omnivoracious)

- More about Stephenie Meyer (This is a great article, and I'm sorry but what stood out to me as though it were in bold faced type was that she wrote Twilight WHILE HOME WITH THREE CHILDREN UNDER 5 !!!!!!!!!!! She is supernatural!) (TIME.com)

- Good food for thought (For librarians, sometimes parents' and kid patrons' needs don't match. What do you do?) (Read Roger)

- Some constructive criticism for Neil Gaiman's camp (What's up with all of the adaptations and what about the middle readers?) (Educating Alice)

- YA sci-fi finally surpassing adult sci-fi in sales (And why it matters at Whatever.) (Fuse #8)

- Free Britannica subscriptions for bloggers (School Library Journal)

- YA for gumshoe lovers ("Kid, Private Investigator" at Bookslut)

- Book social networking (this is an older link to an NPR story but a good roundup of social networks focused on sharing book recommendations)

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