title: Ask Me author: Kimberly Pauley date: Soho Teen; April 2014 main character: Aria Morse Ask Me is the most recent offering from Kimberly Pauley who self describes as “half Chinese half everything else”. She was born in California and now lives in London. Pauley is the founder of YA Books Central, one… Read More book review: Ask Me
Ask Me by Kimberly Pauley was released this month by Soho Press. Aria Morse is an Oracle, blessed—or cursed—with the gift of prophecy. Ask her anything, and the truth spills out immediately. But Aria’s answers sound like nonsense, even to herself… just as they did at Delphi 2500 years ago. To cope, Aria has… Read More Blog Tour: Ask Me by Kimberly Pauley
Tim Z. Hernandez is an award winning author and performance artist. His debut collection of poetry, Skin Tax (Heyday Books, 2004) received the 2006 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the James Duval Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation, and the Zora Neal Hurston Award for writers of color dedicated to their… Read More Male Monday: Tim Z. Hernandez
They’re that eyeglass wearing black family in that cellphone commercial. They’re all over Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. They’re watching Cosmos with @neiltyson And now, they’re reaching YA Lit. Black + Nerd = Blerd The numbers of urban lit books for teens has been decreasing for quite some time and nothing had really become… Read More SundayMorningReads
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