We're an Open Book
- Release Date: October 1, 2013
- Publisher: Abrams
- Pages: 320
- Genre: Contemporary
Rebecca “Rebel” Blue is exactly what she sounds like; a rebel. Raised and home schooled by a free willing photographer, Rebel just doesn’t get most things; like wearing shoes or math. Which is why she battles daily with her aunt and cousin after her mother’s death. She’s accepted she doesn’t fit in and she’s fine with it.
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| Join Kat as she reads and reviews the works of David Levithan
from his debut novel to his National Book Award shortlisted novel, Two Boys Kissing |
In summer 2012 Jess attempted to read every Sarah Dessen novel in publication order. This winter I’m attempting a similar feat with David Levithan. If you enjoy contemporary YA, Levithan’s mix of prose, eccentricity, humor and storytelling is something you have to experience
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Synopsis : St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger…
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever
Two years ago Rose Hathaway, a half-human vampire, and her best friend Lissa Dragomir, a vampire princess, ran away from the vampire filled St. Vladimir’s Academy. We don’t know what they’ve been running from, but these girls have their reasons. Only now, they’ve been dragged back to St. Vladmir’s and the darkness has followed them….
For every great book there might be a film adaptation around the corner. While these authors not only published young their works have also been adapted into films.
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Web 2.0 and online writing communities have increased the notability of young writers. Writers can easily create content and have it read by millions of online readers…and sometimes publishers notice. When these young writers published their novels they brought their dedicated online fan base with them.
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