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Chatting with Mindy McGinnis, Author of THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES at Books by the Banks

Teen Board Member Bryn D. recently attended the Books by the Banks festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. This regional book festival is coming up on its 10th anniversary next year and is host to over a hundred authors for different events. It sure sounds like booknerd heaven! Bryn had the chance to sit down with Mindy McGinnis, author of NOT A DROP TO DRINK and most recently THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES. Find out about her upcoming releases and the books that inspired her to write in this post. 
 

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Valentine’s Series: The Nicest Guys You Will Ever Meet in a Book

To celebrate Valentine's Day, some of our Teen Board members wrote blog posts to celebrate all things book crushes, romance novels and awesome fictional dates. Below, Bryn D. writes an ode to nice guys and YA. Read below and see if you have the same taste!

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UnBan a Book Week: THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN

Everything’s about to change for Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation in THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie --- he’s going to attend high school in all-white farm town.

First published in 2007, Alexie’s book has won multiple awards --- including the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature --- and his been praised for its authentic voice, searing wit and treatment of important issues like race and identity. It is also one of the most frequently banned books, earning the top spot on the American Library Association’s Frequently Challenged Books list this year.

Below, Sara Joiner, author of AFTER THE ASHES, and Teen Board members Bryn D. and Pranshu A. talk about why they love THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN --- and exactly what they’d say to the people trying to ban it.

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