Dear Ms. Kenneally, I’m a big fan of your contemporary YA novels. Actually, I’ll be honest. You’re currently my favorite contemporary YA author right now. I like that while your novels all contain a romance of some sort, the story always focuses on the girl and her journey of growth. ... more >
Dear Ms. Maggi, Your novel, The Forgetting, has a familiar premise if you watch lots of horror movies. Person needs an organ transplant. They get it. Then the person begins to catch glimpses of the donor’s life and discovers the donor may have been murdered. Georgie’s story has less of ... more >
No Matter What Life Throws at Them, the Grace Sisters Always Have Each Other The four Grace sisters—Liz, Sal, Tilly, and Addie—love their quiet life in the country village of Chevis Green. To some, their insular world might seem dull, but the sisters and their father, Mr. Grace, never seem ... more >
A mystery trapped in time… In 1921, infamous Italian poet Galeazzo D’Ascanio wrote his last and greatest play, inspired by his muse and mistress, actress Celia Sands. On the eve of opening night, Celia vanished, and the play was never performed. Now, two generations later, Alessandro D’Ascanio plans to stage ... more >
Dear Ms. Chupeco, Maybe because fall is fast approaching (where did the year go?), I find myself in the mood for a horror novel. Something like Anna Dressed in Blood or The Waking Dark. When I saw your debut, The Girl from the Well, I was excited. Horror influenced by ... more >
Are you a licorice or peppermint fan? Melt-in-your-mouth caramel or sticky saltwater taffy? Nothing invokes nostalgia like an old-fashioned candy shop. But nostalgia isn’t really Rosie Hopkins’s thing—not with her busy London life that includes fantastic friends and her boyfriend, Gerard. Even so, Rosie does her Aunt Lilian a favor ... more >