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Banned Books Week Q&A: E. Lockhart
The fabulous E. Lockhart is one of our favorite authors at BookPeople. Her novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (just released in paperback!) garnered both a Printz Honor and a National Book Award nomination this year, and it’s one of our top sellers. Hey – Austin has great taste! When I first approached Ms. […]
Banned Books Week Q&A: Nancy Garden
Nancy Garden may best be known for her widely acclaimed – and widely challenged – 1982 novel Annie on My Mind (one of the first books for teens putting lesbian characters in a positive light), but there’s more to Nancy than Annie. She is the other of dozens of books for young readers, including Good […]
Banned Books Week Q&A: Brent Hartinger!
In honor of the upcoming Banned Books Week, BookKids is conducting Q&As with various authors of banned books. Today we have Brent Hartinger, author of various books for teens including Geography Club and its sequels The Order of the Poison Oak, Dreamquest, and Split Screen, as well as The Last Chance Texaco, and his most […]
