November 25th, 2008
Happy Tuesday! Joining us in the shop today is Terri Clark, a Class of2k8 member and the author of Sleepless, a young adult thriller about Trinity Michaels, a dreamwalker who’s being stalked in her sleep by a killer.
If she dies in her dreams, she’ll die for real. To survive, she must stay awake [...]
November 24th, 2008
It’s bad enough that I’m becoming more and more of a germaphobe with each passing year. Now I need to worry about vacuum cleaners, menus and lemon wedges in my water according to this article?
The shopping carts, weights, etc., I already knew about. Still, I’m asking Santa for lots and lots of hand [...]
November 19th, 2008
When you run out of body wash and have to use your son’s Axe in the shower. The Glacier water and Deep Sea Mint, to be exact. It was kind of nice, actually. Very energizing.
November 18th, 2008
Tonight, Ellen Booraem is in the shop! Ellen is a member of the Class of 2k8 and author of The Unnameables (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2008), a middle-grade fantasy about belonging, the dangers of forgetting history, the usefulness of art, and the importance of wind control.
Medford lives on a neat, orderly island called—simply—Island. Islanders [...]
November 18th, 2008
Today we have joining Stacy Nyikos in the shop! Stacy is a Class of 2k8 member and author of Dragon Wishes, a story of how two girls find their path through pain and loss and back into the warm embrace of a loving family.
“Dragon Wishes by Stacy Nyikos is a wonderful book that [...]
November 11th, 2008
~~~~~THANK YOU veterans!~~~~~
Today we have Courtney Sheinmel joining us in the beauty shop! Courtney is a Class of 2k8 member and the author of MY SO-CALLED FAMILY.
Leah Hoffman-Ross just moved to New York and she wants her new friends to think she’s a typical thirteen-year-old. But Leah has a secret: she doesn’t have a father, [...]
November 6th, 2008
Then watch this.
Man, this video makes me cry like a baby each and every time, but it’s so uplifting! And right now, I need some major uplifting. Week One is kicking me in the rear!
November 4th, 2008
Today it’s Kristin O’Donnell Tubb’sturn in the shop talk chair! Kristin is a Class of 2k8 member and the author of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different.
Autumn has charmed a hive of bees, wrangled a flock of geese, and filched a stick of dynamite from the U.S. Government. But it’ll take a whole [...]