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Creative Girl by Katharine Sise
Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
BFF Breakup by Taylor Morris

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Saturday, May 7th, 2011 is Free Comic Book Day across the nation!

If you love comics, then you probably already have your calendar marked for Free Comic Book Day. Every year on the first Saturday in May, comic shops all around the U.S. allow patrons to pick up a free comic book.

Different stores have different rules, of course, so please observe them! Many places have designated comics which are free, while other items in stock are still regular price, so ask before you grab.

Not really into comics and/or have a reluctant young reader in the family? This could be a great time for you to venture into a comic book shop and pick up a little something.

Free Baltimore!
Rumor has it you can pick up Baltimore: A Passing Stranger by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola for free at ANY comic book shop participating in Free Comic Book Day. YES!

NHFCBD
If you live in or near New Hampshire, you should visit Jetpack Comics on Saturday, May 7th, where you can meet a plethora of comic book artists and authors including but not limited to Tom Sniegoski, Christopher Golden, Ed McGuinness, Joe Hill, Rich Woodall, and Jason Ciaramella!

Superpowers and Spandex
Superhero films always have a lot of build-up and anticipation, and many have been box office blockbusters. Now, when a film based on a novel is announced, I always encourage folks to read the book before they see the movie. I say the same for comics and graphic novels. For more of my thoughts on movies and book-to-movie adaptations, click here to jump to my blog.

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This Week's Picks
Stay by Deb Caletti
The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

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A Hundred Words for Hate by Thomas E. Sniegoski
My Evil Twin by Mimi McCoy
Trauma Queen by Barbara Dee

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The Secret Journeys of Jack London: The Wild by Christopher Golden & Tim Lebbon (Psst... Both Little Willow and Melissa Walker participated in the blog tour for this book. Check it out!)
The Ruby Notebook by Laura Resau

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All the Things You Are by Courtney Sheinmel
What's Your Status? A Top 8 Novel by Katie Finn
The Sweetness of Salt by Cecilia Galante

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A Girl's Best Friend by Leslie Margolis
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan

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Ninja Cowboy Bear Presents the Way of the Ninja by David Bruins, illustrated by Hilary Leung
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee

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The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
Red Glove by Holly Black (the second in the Curse Workers series)

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Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
Luv Ya Bunches by Lauren Myracle
Violet in Bloom by Lauren Myracle

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This Week's Pick
Self-Management for Actors by Bonnie Gillespie
An absolute must-have for working actors and actors who want to work.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see my round-up of Best Books of 2010, click over to my blog, Bildungsroman.

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*squeeeee* Our own Little Willow was recently cast in an episode of 90210! In the below trailer watch for one girl to say, "Did Naomi Clark just say hi to us?" Little Willow is the one she is talking to! Look for dark hair and glasses. When the show airs, she'll respond, "I think so."



We are so proud of you, LW! Let us know when the show is set to air!

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This Week's Picks
Will Work for Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris
Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great by Mavis Jukes and Lilian Wai-Yin Cheung
The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

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BREAKING NEWS! readergirlz and First Book are partnering to give away more than 125,000 brand-new books to low-income teen readers.

They’re great books, too, donated by generous publishers. Among the three dozen choices are P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast’s HOUSE OF NIGHT series and Alyson Noël’s SHADOWLAND.

We need your help getting the word out about the A Novel Gift campaign. Right now! Right now! As in, now!

Let's get organizations serving these teens registered with First Book so they can be matched with inventory during the holidays.

Here’s what we need you to do:

Post to Facebook and tweet your beak off about these books using the hashtag #novelgift.

Here’s a tinyurl link to their registration page: http://tinyurl.com/2a5mwpj.

Or you can link to this blog post: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/11/novel-gift-over-125000-free-books-to.html

Then, get in touch with every group you can think of that works with young adults–schools, after-school programs, church youth groups, community centers, etc.—and let them know that these books are available now. 

The five-minute online registration these groups can use is here:
http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/register/

First Book is also eager to answer questions, either by email to [email protected]

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BREAKING NEWS! readergirlz and First Book are partnering to give away more than 125,000 brand-new books to low-income teen readers.

They’re great books, too, donated by generous publishers. Among the three dozen choices are P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast’s HOUSE OF NIGHT series and Alyson Noël’s SHADOWLAND.

We need your help getting the word out about the A Novel Gift campaign. Right now! Right now! As in, now!

Let's get organizations serving these teens registered with First Book so they can be matched with inventory during the holidays.

Here’s what we need you to do:

Post to Facebook and tweet your beak off about these books using the hashtag #novelgift.

Here’s a tinyurl link to their registration page: http://tinyurl.com/2a5mwpj.

Or you can link to this blog post: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/11/novel-gift-over-125000-free-books-to.html

Then, get in touch with every group you can think of that works with young adults–schools, after-school programs, church youth groups, community centers, etc.—and let them know that these books are available now. 

The five-minute online registration these groups can use is here:
http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/register/

First Book is also eager to answer questions, either by email to [email protected]

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This Week's Picks
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn

Read the latest issue of readergirlz.

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The Secret Journeys of Jack London, Book One: The Wild by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon (coming out in March 2011)

Read the latest issue of readergirlz.

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Family by Micol Ostow
What Would My Cell Phone Do? by Micol Ostow
Underfoot in Show Business by Helen Hanff (non-fiction)

For Your Younger Siblings
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Read the latest issue of readergirlz.

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This Week's Picks
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
The Good Neighbors #3: Kind by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh

For Your Younger Sibs
Cinderella Cleaners #5: Scheme Spirit by Maya Gold
Now You See Me... by Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens

Read the latest issue of readergirlz.

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With dozens of zombie stories hitting the YA shelves recently, and AMC’s new series THE WALKING DEAD hitting small screens on Halloween, there are plenty of ways to scare yourself with new tales of the undead. I strongly recommend SOULLESS by Christopher Golden, a nail-biting thriller that is, hands-down, the best zombie novel I've ever read. If you want to find out what happens when zombies take Manhattan, pick up Soulless now.

Read an excerpt.

Read my blog post about the book.

But wait! There's more!

Many of the contributors to editor Christopher Golden's THE NEW DEAD, from St. Martin's Press, got together to talk about zombies and the upcoming television show.

Check out the interview.

Have a safe and happy Halloween weekend, everyone!

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This Week's Picks
If You Live Like Me by Lori Weber

For Your Younger Sibs
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other man-made Catastrophes by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Girls' Life Guide To Being The Most Amazing You

This Month's Spotlighted Title
Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor, illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo

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Banished by Sophie Littlefield
Dark Water by Laura McNeal

This Month's Spotlighted Title
Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor, illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo

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Readergirlz, check out this amazing video made by Little Willow and her friends to celebrate Love is Louder day today!

To find out more, follow @loveislouder and check out the Love is Louder website. Thank you for sharing this, Little Willow!

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From Lorie Ann Grover, co-founder of readergirlz:


Hey rgz,

As we get ready to celebrate Teen Read Week together, we also wanted to celebrate rgz upcoming new format.

This October is our last feature as you know it. So be sure to share the love with Laini in these remaining weeks.

So what's up? Well, how about the realization that we ALL read way more than one book a month, right? And the postergirlz pick such awesome recommends. How about this:

* the divas choose a theme a month
* you nominate songs for that theme, and Little Willow will build the playlist
* we'll have a community service spotlight for the theme
* the postergirlz'll nominate the very best YA books for the theme, new releases or old
* one book will be featured EVERY Monday

*squeeeeee* Our Author Liaison diva, Micol Ostow, will be outreaching to each weekly feature for a guest blog post and will invite them to hang with us in the comments. If the author is under deadline and can't make it over, we'll still have a post and be able to chat it up, share the love, leave questions, and so on.

The readergirlz website will continue to hang with a final issue, hence that playlist you all helped build. And the fabbity archives will remain available for your book clubs and libraries.

Feel free to spread the news and be ready for quick changing content of the very best in the children's lit industry. Of course we'll still have Cover Stories and Story Secrets and other posts of awesome that the divas bring to the table. The rgz SALON and Street Team will also continue with their posts, along with reports from our rgz HOSTS across the country.

You know we are always looking for great ways to further teen literacy and social service. Watch for this changeover on November 1. So, what do you think?

Enjoy Teen Read Week, and always, always, always: Read, Reflect, and Reach Out!

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The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us by Tanya Lee Stone is now available. Love her or hate her, you can't deny the impact Barbie has had on the world. This book offers quotes and anecdotes from many people, myself included. (Thank you, Tanya!) Here's the official book flap summary:

Barbie just might be the most famous doll in the world. She's represented fifty different nationalities. She's stepped into the always-fashionable shoes of more than one hundred careers. She has been played with, studied, celebrated, and vilified for more than fifty years. And she has unquestionably influenced generations of girls - whether that influence has been positive or negative depends on who you ask.

When award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone started asking girls, boys, men, and women how they feel about Barbie, the first thing she discovered is how passionate people are about her. Here are a few things they said:

"Barbie is really only a reflection of the girl holding her. My generation of 'Barbie girls' is now entering the world and we seem to be doing just fine." -- Sara, age 17

"Barbie, I hate you!" -- Luci, age 15

"How Barbie looked was never the issue. Not to the girls who loved her. It was what she taught us that mattered. And what she taught us was that, like Barbie, we could be anything we wanted to be." -- Meg Cabot

"Barbie has been the #1 most destructive force on the self-image of women all over the globe!" -- Dr. Carole Lieberman

The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie is part biography - both of the doll and of her inventor, Ruth Handler - and part exploration of the cultural phenomenon that is Barbie. Filled with personal anecdotes, memories, and opinions from people of all ages, and featuring original color and black and white photographs, this book is for anyone who understands that we're all living in a Barbie world.

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