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Showing posts with label Oprah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oprah. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2009

Oprah's YA picks and rgz

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Has everyone seen Oprah's YA picks?

Slam by Nick Hornby
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant
You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
Paper Towns by John Green
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy; illustrated by Tom Percival
Red Glass by Laura Resau
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

And have you realized how many of these works have been featured on rgz as a main feature or postergirlz recommended read? How cool is that?

Especially note that Red Glass by Laura Resau is our pick for Latina Month, and Sara Zarr is our guest in June with Sweethearts!



Thanks for highlighting YA lit, Oprah. We are definitely on the same page!

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