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Sometimes you’re craving an over-the-top, 动作大片, 到处都是无耻的外星人, 令人难以置信的CGI特效, 快速的对话, 还有滑稽的惊喜 & intrigue… and when you’re looking for that perfect thing, 没有别的办法了, 然后是好莱坞编剧大卫·欧. Russell and video game designer Andrew Auseon’s Alienated is the ticket you want to buy. But I am getting ahead of myself, since Alienatedwas just published, as a book, by Aladdin.  Clearly conceptualized and written as the beginning of a series destined for the big screen, 这本书太夸张了, crazy episode and character after another.  Middle grade guy readers (and some girls too) who阅读更多→

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In this deliciously tempting collection of  stories, Laini Taylor and illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, 提供香, 禁果，乞求品尝, 饱餐一顿.  The stories in 嘴唇接触 are three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers’ souls.  在《皇冠登录welcome》, Kizzy is the girl with a fiery spirit and dark, smoldering beauty who is always on the outside, looking in and longing for a normal life.  Her aching need is a perfume that draws Hell’s goblins to crave her soul.  当一个令人难以置信的漂亮的新男人阅读更多→

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14 year olds Stuck and Pete are best friends who live on the shores of a glacier-lake in New England, 被浓密的, dark wood. Every summer their lake gets an influx of summer visitors and their friends from the city come back for another season. But this year is different – the kids are older now, 他们的关系正在改变, and the terror in the woods that’s haunted them in the past has crossed over into their world. As part of their annual summer activities the gang of friends spend most nights around the campfire, telling ever more complicated and scary versions of the阅读更多→

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Publisher’s Weekly reports that  Daniel Handler, who had a long and successful run with his Lemony Snicket-penned A Series of Unfortunate Events series at HarperCollins, 搬到利特尔, Brown Books for Young Readers in a five-book deal announced late Wednesday afternoon. 根据协议, Handler will write four Lemony Snicket titles in a new series, 第一部将于2012年问世. 在这个系列开播之前, LBYR will release a Handler young adult novel in 2011 that will feature full-color illustrations by Maira Kalman. Read Jim Milliot’s — Publishers Weekly, 11/11/2009 3:24:00 PM — article by clicking here.阅读更多→

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November 3, 2009 was RIF’s (Reading is Fundamental) 43rd birthday!  成立于1966年, RIF is the oldest and largest children’s and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. 领土，RIF提供4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year.  All RIF programs combine three essential elements to foster children’s literacy: reading motivation, 家庭及社区参与, and the excitement of choosing free books to keep.  RIF’s accomplishments are due in part to the generous support of the U.S. 部门阅读更多→

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Like his Lightning Thief star Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan is a demigod—at least in the eyes of his readers. With the release next May of the first title in his new middle-grade fantasy series, 关于古埃及, 他将成为法老, too.  《welcome皇冠地址》, 第一本书:红色金字塔, 孩子们将见到卡特·凯恩, 14, 还有他的妹妹, Sadie, 12, descendants of Egyptian magicians who battle gods accidentally released in the present. (当心混乱之神.)“在我的教室里, there was only one thing that was more popular than ancient Greece, 那就是古埃及,赖尔登说,阅读更多→

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苏·科比特——《welcome皇冠地址》, 11/5/2009 12:15:00 PM Alex Rider’s eighth adventure, 鳄鱼的眼泪, hits stores November 17 and Penguin is partnering with MAKE magazine to challenge young inventors to come up with a gadget cool enough for the teen spy’s arsenal. After all, author Anthony Horowitz says that when he needs a new tool to get his hero out of peril, he goes to his own kids for inspiration. “I look around their bedrooms to see what kind of electronics and such they have littering the place,霍洛维茨说, 尼古拉斯之父, 20, 和Cassian, 18. 挑战在于设计一个小工具阅读更多→

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在这本开放而真诚的书中, 劳伦·斯特拉斯尼克编织悲伤, 成长的过程中, and getting comfortable in your own skin into one moving story. Six months after Holly’s mom died, she has withdrawn from the world. Numb to her feelings, she has one true friend in the world. So when popular (and already attached) Paul notices her, she welcomes the diversion his embrace brings. But when their one-night stand turns into something else, Holly enters a whole new world–especially when Paul’s girlfriend Saskia starts to become her friend. 这不仅仅是另一个青少年焦虑症&三角恋的书. While it does have a triangle (or two) propelling the plot,阅读更多→

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Publisher’s Weekly has announced its picks for the 2009年最佳儿童图书.  从民权英雄的叙述中, to harrowing (and hopeful) stories about contemporary teenagers, to picture books that perfectly capture friendship, curiosity, 或是奇思妙想, 2009 held a treasure trove of wonderful reading for children of all ages and interests. Narrowing them down to just 30 titles wasn’t an easy task, but we believe the following books stand out for their remarkable writing, 不朽的人物, 逮捕艺术品.” Publisher’s Weekly 11/2/09 Read the full Publisher’s Weekly article here. Congratulations to Chris Gall, Tucson author and illustrator of the awesome Dinotrux!阅读更多→