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New "ripped from the headlines" YA

10/11/2016

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT by Sarah Darer Littman
October 11, 2016 - - Scholastic Press

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Sammy Wallach has epic plans for the end of junior year over: Sneak out to the city to see her favorite band. Get crush-worthy Jamie Moss to ask her to prom. Rock all exams (APs and driver's).

With a few white lies, some killer flirting, and tons of practice, Sammy's got things covered. That is, until the bank her dad works for is attacked by hacktivists who manage to steal everything in the Wallach family's private cloud, including Sammy's entire digital life. Literally the whole world has access to her emails, texts, photos, and, worst of all, journal.

Life. Is. Over.

Now Sammy's best friends are furious about things she wrote, Jamie thinks she's desperate, and she can barely show her face at school. Plus, her parents know all the rules she broke. But Sammy's not the only one with secrets -- her family has a few of its own that could change everything. And while the truth might set you free, no one said it was going to be painless. Or in Sammy's case, private.

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Your New Must-Read Picture Book

10/4/2016

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ALSO AN OCTOPUS  
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Benji Davies
Candlewick Press, October 4, 2016

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ALSO AN OCTOPUS is a goofy, whimsical delight about waffles and ukulele-playing octopods and rocket-scientist bunny rabbits. BUT! IT is also about creativity, storytelling, and how stories are structured, and how to write a book, basically. And it will no doubt fuel the imaginations of kids and their grown-ups alike. 

Debut author Tokuda-Hall offers a capricious crash course in the elements and boundless possibilities of story. --Publishers Weekly

Mixing deadpan humor with whimsical, endearing characters, Tokuda-Hall spins a reader-friendly metanarrative out of a wickedly absurd premise...A perceptive how-to for beginner storytellers. --Kirkus 

Funny and engaging, this book has an interactive quality that will inspire kids to imagine a story of their own.
--Booklist

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