First of all, we have a new steampunk feature on the sidebar, with twice as much steam and thrice as much punk as before! Click on the banner to find stories of adventure and daring, with a side of alternate history and cool technology.
Second of all, I am very happy to announce that Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black are coming out with a new anthology, Zombies vs. Unicorns. Born out of an online argument over which is better, this anthology leaves you to decide which is cooler. And deadlier. Look for it in a bookstore near you this September.
Finally, I have stumbled upon a wonderful discovery that I wanted to share. Gunnerkrigg Court is a webcomic dealing with the adventures of Antimony Carver after her mother's death and father's disappearance. The boarding school setting reminded me of Harry Potter, but Tom Siddell is no JK Rowling copycat. You can read it online - there are twenty-six chapters so far and it's updated three times a week - but if you really like it, you can order the first volume through us.
Categories: Site News, buzz, New Releases
First of all, I am terribly excited to announce that the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy has a release date! Mark your calendars for August 24, when you'll finally be able to find out exactly what happens after Catching Fire's cliffhanger ending.
Now for some more exciting news:
Categories: Awards, New Releases, Publishing News
Publishers Weekly has come out with their Best Children's Books of 2009 list. This year seems to have been a particularly good year,and here is a sample of the ones that excite me most.
Categories: buzz, Book Lists
Princess Anidori is not very comfortable around people - she would much rather be out with her horse, Falada, or talking to the birds that live around the palace. She knows she will never be the queen her mother is, but it still comes as a surprise when her mother names Ani's younger brother as heir instead and sends Ani across the Forest to marry the prince of Bayern. All is well until Ani's maidservant gains the support of the guards and declares herself princess, and Ani is forced to disguise herself as a goose girl until she can expose the imposter. As a goose girl, Ani learns more than she ever had from her tutors in the palace. She makes friends, grows in confidence, develops new powers and even falls in love (this is a fairy tale retelling, after all). But can she find the courage to stand up to the fake princess once and for all?
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick
Unicorns do not exist. And if they ever did, they've been extinct for the last 150 years. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop one from attacking Astrid's boyfriend. Now Astrid is forced to accept what her mother has believed for years - that unicorns a) exist and b) are not your friendly neighbourhood mythical creatures, but fanged, deadly, man-eating monsters. She also learns that as a virgin descendant of Alexander the Great, she is one of the few people in existence who is able to fight them. Despite her protests, her mother ships her off to the Cloisters of Ctesias in Rome to learn the art of unicorn-killing. Astrid would much rather learn how to heal than learn how to kill, and the drama that comes from living with other female virgin descendants of Alexander the Great is a pain. Meeting a guy makes living in the cloisters more bearable - and he could be the means of her escape.
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