Buy Don’t Breathe A Word by Holly Cupala Special: $8.49 (Regular price: $8.99) Publisher: Harper Teen Format: Paperback Reviewer: Melissa on January 26, 2011 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Joy Delamore can’t breathe. She’s suffering from asthma, from her parent’s over protectiveness, and from her boyfriend, Asher, who is smothering the girl she is [...]
About Melissa
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Melissa has written 437 articles so far, you can find them below.
Process of YA Novel Writing
How Does YA Lit Inspire You?: Michaela MacColl Muses On Feminism & Promise The Night
Every once in awhile, an author, blogger, book marketer, or other person I happen to meet tells me a story about what inspires them to write for the children’s and young adult audience. These stories inspire me. They make me look at the books I read in a whole new way, and occasionally, they inspire [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Flying Just As Fast As We Can: Promise The Night Giveaway!
Whether you only checked out the review and interview earlier here today, or you’ve been following Michaela MacColl‘s blog tour since it began, there is one thing that many of you might be looking for from me. Your interest has been peeked, and now all you want is a chance to win a copy of [...]
YA Novelist Interviews
Interview With Michaela MacColl on Promise The Night, Prisoners In The Palace, and Everything Else
One of the things that I really love to get the chance to do, is to interview an author, who I admire. Michaela MacColl recently graciously agreed to stop by my site to answer some of my burning questions about her novels. Hopefully they burn a desire for reading into you. YA Book Shelf: In [...]
Middle Grade Fiction
Promise The Night by Michaela MacColl
Buy Promise The Night by Michaela MacColl Special: $10.69 (Regular price: $16.99) Publisher: Chronicle Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 25, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Beryl Markham may be young, but she has big dreams for herself – bigger than working on a large ranch in British East Africa where her [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
Irises by Francisco X. Stork
Buy Irises by Francisco X. Stork Special: $14.02(Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 24, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Readers of contemporary YA will be familiar with the writing of Francisco X. Stork. His novel, Marcelo In The Real World, made a splash in the [...]
Free YA Giveaways
Tempting Giveaway of Tempest by Julie Cross
Whether you’ve heard a lot of good things or have been sucked into the author bashing that’s been going on through Goodreads.com, there is much to be said for coming up with your own opinion about a YA novel. And Julie Cross‘ debut novel, Tempest is as good a time as any to form your [...]
Fantasy Books For Young Adults
Tempest by Julie Cross
Buy Tempest by Julie Cross Special: $10.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 17, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Jackson hadn’t planned on going anywhere, so he assumed that he’d have all the time in the world with his girlfriend Holly. That is, until time takes [...]
YA Gothic Lit
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman
Buy Dark Eden by Patrick Carman Special: $11.49 (Regular price: $17.99) Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 12, 2011 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Imagine what Adam and Eve saw when they opened their eyes in the Garden of Eden. Now imagine the exact opposite, and you might have some [...]
Realistic Teen Fiction
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Buy Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Special: $11.99 (Regular price: $18.99) Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on January 10, 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Back in May 2011, I heard a lot of positive buzz about Libba Bray‘s Beauty Queens, but I was a little skeptical. I should’ve listened because despite [...]
