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more about #yabooks more comments → Red-headed bookworm: Awwww, I love Silver. I wish I knew where my copy went, I would so read it again, right now, in her memory. I loved that cover of it. I wanted her swe... more » Lolita Hazed: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Silver was the SHIT!! I thought Patty was SO COOL!! #normafoxmazer more » mizzmarvel: God, I loved her books so much; she wrote some of the best, most real teenage girls in YA. RIP, Ms. Mazer. #normafoxmazer more » I Will Not Stop Feeding My Fat Baby: Loved Silver. #normafoxmazer more » justcallmeangel: I had to look them up to remember, but I read Taking Terri Mueller and Mrs. Fish, Ape and Me, The Dump Queen. Great stuff. #normafoxmazer more » la.donna.pietra: Oh man. I loved Silver. #normafoxmazer more » cait98: I definitely had and read this book... but I can't remember what it was about. Any takers? #normafoxmazer more » whatwouldjanedo: When I was in fifth grade this was THE book to read. Almost every girl in the class did a book report on it at some point, including one who made a po... more » sallyfloyd: Ben and Maria were my model for what I wanted my marriage and subsequent domestic life to be like. Ben was my template for a husband in 6th grade. Th... more » rocknrollunicorn: This has got to be my favorite YA book ever. And I usually tended to read horror novels. I bought a used library copy last summer and re-read it, and ... more » JennyTeflon: The image that sticks with me the most from A Summer to Die is an ill Molly lying on a sofa in the kitchen. I dream of having a sofa in my kitchen for... more » emilyanne: oooh I just got back from Barnes and Noble and Shelf Discovery is very prominently displayed on their new paperbacks table, which made me unnecessaril... more » corruptsuperspy: Is this the book in which the dying girl gets a nosebleed and her sister wakes up and there's blood all over the wall and the bed? Because I read that... more » RudyWaltz: Oh, man. I actually just re-read this not so long ago and was thrilled that it's as wonderful as I remember it being. Yes, the characters are much m... more » bangers: I read the title as "the Nature of Unleavening" and hoped it was a YA book on the intricacies of baking matzoh and the struggles of being a young Jewi... more » -
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R.I.P. Norma Fox Mazer
Sad news: Norma Fox Mazer, the author of several critically acclaimed books for children and young adults, including When She Was Good, Silver, and Newbery Honor Book After The Rain, has died at the age of 78. [PublishersWeekly] -
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A Summer To Die: The Nature Of Unleaving
Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the feature in which we give a wrinkled look at the books we loved as youth. Today, Lizzie Skurnick rereads Lois Lowry's tearjerker 'A Summer to Die', in which — spoiler alert! — the girl dies.
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Fine Lines Quiz Spectacular: Partial Coverage
I'm not sure if you've heard anything about it but...our old, wrinkled pensive Fine Lines feature has spawned a brightly covered book, 'Shelf Discovery, out today! Want to show your YA chops and win a copy? Please click through...
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Little Women: The Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the feature in which we give a wrinkled look at the books we loved in our youth. This week, Lizzie Skurnick rereads 'Little Women', Louisa May Alcott's 1868 uber-girl guide to solace through sacrifice and scrubbing.
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Down A Dark Hall: Getting The Spirit In The Dark
Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the feature in which we give a wrinkled look at the YA books we loved as youth. Today, Lizzie Skurnick rereads Down A Dark Hall, Lois Duncan's thriller about a residence where artists can really colonize.
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Kinflicks: Coming To Rest
It's time for another edition of 'Shelf Pleasuring', in which we revisit the sexiest books we stole off our parents' shelves. Today, Fine Lines proprietrix Lizzie Skurnick writes about 'Kinflicks', Lisa Alther's 1976 spine-teaser.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret: How Have I Not Written About This Book Yet?
Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the feature where we give a sentimental look at the YA books we loved in our youth. This week, Lizzie Skurnick tackles Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.'
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