Several authors use the title “Lost Boys,” including Orson Scott Card and crime writer Faye Kellerman. But I want to talk about real lost boys–male tweens and teens in America who don’t read. Many grew up in book-free homes where the habit of reading was missing entirely. Others “hate” reading, though that’s often from fear […]
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(Glasshouse Images/Alamy Photos) I recently kicked the hornet’s nest on Twitter. A Minnesota author I know posted a cover photo of her forthcoming young adult novel. I tweeted back, “Excellent!” Meaning, “Congrats. I hope it does well,” etc. All the stuff there’s no space to explain on Twitter. I also added, “But how can we […]
Read articleWill says: This summer and fall I had the pleasure of working with four wonderful writers in our role as panelists (judges) for the National Book Awards, Youth Lit division. I’ve blogged some about about our experience, but now that we’ve gotten through almost 300 novels, we are starting to come up for air and […]
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