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What’s been happening this week in the world of YA lit?  Check it out!

Check out Publishers Weekly’s ‘YALLFest 2014: A Photo Essay’ with photos by David Strauss!  The 4th annual YALLFest saw thousands of fans in the streets of Charleston, S.C. with such authors onhand as Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Sara Zarr, David Levithan, Gayle Forman, Veronica Roth, and Libba Bray!


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NaNoWriMo 2014
is halfway over!  If this is the first you’re hearing about it, go sign up!  You’ll only need to write 3125 words per day to finish with 50,000 words of a novel by December 1st!

 

“The Art of Asking” by Amanda Palmer, singer/songwriter and lead singer for The Dresden Dolls (and married to YA favorite Neil Gaiman!), had her trailer reveal this week.  Its powerful message is sure to cut us all to the quick.

 

“Vivian Apple at the End of the World” by Katie Coyle had its trailer reveal this week on MTV.com, showing us a different take on The Rapture.

THE HUNGER GAMES: Stage Show Set for Summer 2016. Who’s excited?  That’s right: everyone!

 

New Sales this week include:

Sarah Griffin – 2-book deal for debut YA, Spare and Found Parts, and a second untitled novel – Greenwillow

Scott Westerfeld – postapocalypric thriller graphic novel, The Spill Zone – First Second

Meghan Rogers – historical YA, Eagles for Their Buttons: The Civil War in Black and White – Philomel

Ray A. Shepard – debut YA thriller, Crossing the Line – Boyds Mills Press’s Calkins Creek imprint

Adriana Mather – 2-book, six-figure deal for YA novel, How to Hang a Witch – Knopf

Louis Bayard – debut YA historical novel, The Gas Station Pagans – Henry Holt

Amber Smith – debut contemporary YA novel, The Way I Used to Be – S&S’s Margaret K. McElderry Books

Kara Bietz – debut YA novel, Slip – Egmont

 

And last but not least, we’re showcasing the latest book cover reveals in case you missed them!

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INFANDOUS by Elana K. Arnold
(March 2015)

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DEVIATE by Tracey Clark
(March 2015)
 
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RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard
(February 2015)
 
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KING by Ellen Oh
(March 2015)
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MARROW by Tarryn Fisher
(unknown release)
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VANISHING GIRLS by Lauren Oliver
(March 2015)