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Happy Birthday, Libba Bray

I know because I read. . . . Your mind is not a cage. It’s a garden. And it requires cultivating. • Libba Bray • (Check out Libba Bray on BookPage.com and The Book Case.)

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What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Diviners’ by Libba Bray

The Diviners by Libba Bray Little, Brown • $19.99 • ISBN 9780316126113 On sale September 18, 2012 Ages 15 and up With the recent news that Baz Luhrmann’s take on The Great Gatsby (Fitz, help us) has been pushed back … Continue reading

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Has the vampire trend made way for mythology?

A month ago we reported on Libba Bray’s $2 million deal to write a jazz-age trilogy for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Now, it looks like the huge YA contract of the month is going to a newcomer: HarperTeen … Continue reading

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Big bucks for Bray

We were happy to hear that Libba Bray has signed a contract with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to write a new YA series for major bucks—$2 million, rumor has it. Editor Megan Tingley (who also publishes Stephenie Meyer) … Continue reading

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Best books of 2009: Teen reads

As the year draws to a close, we at BookPage are compiling our own “best of 2009″ lists. First up, our top 10 picks for teen reading—in alphabetical order. This list of favorites ranges from the realistic to the futuristic, … Continue reading

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A moo-ving book trailer worth watching

I’m not normally a fan of book trailers—most of them are either cheesy or amount to little more than a dramatic reading of the back cover copy, which doesn’t thrill me. However, this book trailer from Libba Bray promoting her … Continue reading

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