Allegiant's Cover Revealed!

by Shanleigh K - Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:46pm

It has a cover image, you guys! And a (sort of) plot description!

What if your whole world was a lie?
What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Check out Ryan Seacrest's profile on Veronica Roth here where you can watch the video where she officially unveils the cover to the last book in her Divergent trilogy.

Allegiant will be released on October 22.

Now get here sooner...

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Veronica Roth's 'Allegiant'!

by Shanleigh K - Friday, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:05pm

Veronica Roth, author of the mondo-popular Divergent and Insurgent, finally revealed the title of the last book in the Divergent trilogy.

Get ready for ALLEGIANT dystopian fans!

Allegiant will be released October 22, 2013.

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Ursula K. Le Guin's (re-issued) Earthsea Cycle

by Shanleigh K - Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 at 7:18pm

Fantasy literature legend Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of a Newbery Honor, the National Book Award, Pushcart Prize, and six Nebula Awards, is delighted that her publishers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Simon & Schuster, have cooperated to publish new editions of her classic Earthsea fantasy series in the right order with a unified cover design. Le Guin comments on her website,

"Earthsea kept getting called a 'trilogy' even after there were four books, and five, and six. Now, with these beautiful editions, it's clear at last that from the first to the sixth book - from the village of Ten Alders... to the house on the Overfell - Earthsea truly is one story."

The books with their original publication date are: A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1971), The Farthest Shore (1972), Tehanu (1990), Tales from Earthsea (2001), The Other Wind (2001).

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Amelia and Libris Award Winners

by Alexandra K - Saturday, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:56pm

The winners of the Ambelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award and the Libris Awards have been announced!

The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was established in 1971 and is presented annually to the illustrator of an outstanding children's book published during the previous calendar year. This year's award went to My Name is Elizabeth, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe and written by Annika Dunklee. Honour books are Small Saul (Kids Can Press), illustrated and written by Ashley Spires, and Migrant (Groundwood Press), illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault and written by Maxine Trottier.

The Libris Awards recognize the best in the Canadian book industry. Nominated and voted on by members of the Canadian Booksellers Association, the Libris Awards single out the best in 12 categories including best children's book and young readers' book of the year. This year's award for the Children's Book category went to Picture a Tree, written and illustrated by Barbara Reid; the award for the Young Readers' Book of the Year went to This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel. See here for a full list of the winners (opens as a pdf).

Congratulations to the authors and illustrators recognized by these awards! We at McNally Robinson can assure you that these books are all rather fantastic.

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The Newbery Award and More

by Alexandra K - Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:26am

Some very prestigious kids and teen awards were announced this weekend.

The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature went to Jack Gantos' Dead End in Norvelt.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children went to A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka.

Finally, the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults went to Where Things Come Back, written by John Corey Whaley.

Amongst the Printz Honor books are Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, which was featured in our most recent newsletter, and The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, which our Be First Club absolutely loved.

For a full listing of more ALA award winners and honor books, see the ALA press release.

Congratulations to all the authors involved!

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