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The Hunger Games Brings Out All the Bigots (and Many Are Teens)!
The Hunger Games made a dynamic showing this past weekend and most fans seem to be generally pleased with the adaptation of the book to the big screen. They’ve praised the director and those involved...
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Steven’s Writer’s Crush on JK Rowling
I have a writers crush on JK Rowling. If life was Hogwarts, JK Rowling would be the Cho Chang to my Harry Potter, (circa books 4 & 5), the Hermione to my Ron, the Harry Potter to my obsessed Rita...
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Breaking YA News: Hunger Games Theme Park to Feature Actual Tributes from...
Universal Studios has announced that it will begin work on a theme park that will let fans live the experience of Katniss Everdeen, star of the popular Hunger Games movie and book series. Thanks to an...
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Guest Blogger Jean-Paul Bass Puts the ‘Hero’ Back in Heroine
She sighs. She huffs. She mumbles. She does everything except depend on herself. In the background, there is always a knight on a white horse just waiting to come to her rescue. Even if she pushes him...
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Riddhi Presents the Longest Ever Post on Teen Writers Bloc
The Writing for Children MFA experience at The New School — gulp, I can’t believe it’s over — was one of the most enriching educational experiences of my life. Here’s my attempt at capturing it in an...
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Steven’s Lovechildren
If I had to describe my current projects as lovechildren of different YA titles, well, I’m not really sure that that would be fair to my work and the work of those poor, poor already...
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Jean-Paul Recommends The Hunger Games Because She Didn’t Hate It
Sometimes, I try to stay away from what’s popular because I just can’t believe the hype surrounding it. I waited until the second book came out in the Harry Potter series before reading the first one,...
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Mary Rants About Movies
So … this month’s topic is YA books made into movies. How can this not turn into a rant? Folks, I seriously tried to come up with a movie based on a YA book that I loved. But the truth is, even though...
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Corey Loves Roald Dahl in Book or Movie Form
I thought this was going to be a challenging question. As a recovering actress and current writer, I’m a fan of both media and literature, and often am thrilled when a piece of literature I love is...
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Jane’s Take on the Film Adaptation Issue
I used to hate when books are made into movies. I’m the kind of person who believes that the reader should use only their imagination and the author’s descriptions to know what a character should look...
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