Saturday, January 30, 2010

The authors panel weighs in!

At the end of our tremendous teen authors panel on Wednesday night, we asked each author to share a favorite title that they read in the past year. Thanks to the authors and attendees for making the event such a success! Without further adieu, here are the results!

Christine Fletcher (Ten Cents a Dance, Tallulah Falls):

Enna Burning
by Shannon Hale

Following the events in The Goose Girl, Enna discovers that she possesses the dangerous power of fire. She must now learn to harness the gift to save her country, which is consumed by war.









L.K. Madigan (Flash Burnout):

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

Caitlin feels alone and adrift after her friend Ingrid's tragic suicide. What will it take to help her complete the healing process?










April Henry (Torched, Shock Point):

Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer

An asteroid slams into the moon, knocking it out of its orbit and throwing life on Earth into turmoil. Miranda, a girl in a small Pennsylvania town, must learn to cope with the day-to-day struggles of survival, from fending off illness to finding food.








Laini Taylor (Lips Touch Three Times
, Faeries of Dreamdark series):

Flash Burnout
by L.K. Madigan

Blake snaps a photo of a homeless woman for a school photography project. Little does he know that the woman happens to be his friend Marissa's lost, meth-addicted mother...









Lisa Schroeder (I Heart You, You Haunt Me, Far From You, Chasing Brooklyn):

Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman

Savannah's 15th summer in her town on the coast of North Carolina just so happens to be that of her first love, whose presence she believes cures her of a severe case of asthma. When he suddenly has to leave town, she must find a way to rely on herself.