Novel trend.Recently, the number of girl authors--and novels about them!--has skyrocketed. Check out this reading list! * How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller (Dutton) by Julia DeVillers. What if a 14-year-old's diary became majorly ma·jor·ly adv. Slang To a great or an intense degree; extremely: got majorly depressed when she saw her test scores. famous? * Lionboy (Dial) by Zizou Corder, a.k.a mother-daughter writing team Louisa Young and Isabel Adomakoh. Speak the language of cats? Now, you will! * I Was Born to Be a Sister (Platypus platypus (plăt`əpəs), semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata (see monotreme), the most primitive group Media) by Akaela S. Michels-Gualtieri, 14. A kid's book really written by a kid! * Moonbeams A defunct childrens' cancer charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before ceasing activities, it was the subject of a scandal surrounding the use of donated money. £3 milllion were donatyed by the public with only £70,000 going to cancer victims and their families [1]. & Shooting Stars (Prentice Hall Prentice Hall is a leading educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher education market. History In 1913, law professor Dr. ) by Gwinevere Rain, 19. Teen "goddess" Rain helps you find your spirit. * The Prophecy of the Stones (Miramax) by Flavia Bujor, 15. Three girls battle for a kingdom in this Harry Potter-esque tale. * The Icarus Girl (Bloomsbury) by Helen Oyeyemi, 18. Young Jessamy travels to Nigeria and befriends a dangerous ghost. (Forthcoming; not pictured.) |
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