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"Taut and emotionally wrenching . . . I couldn't put it down. Josie Bloss is an author to watch."--Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and the Airhead series

In an industry without a lot of good news to report, the one consistent bright spot has been publishing for teens. While adult trade sales are expected to fall 4% this year, juvenile and young adult sales are expected to increase 5.1%, according to the PW/IPR Book Sales Index. ...

Micol Ostow, author of So Punk Rock (And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, and 30 Guys in 30 Days , is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.

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Laurie Faria Stolarz grew up in Salem, MA, attended Merrimack College, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston. She is currently working on a companion novel to BLEED, also for young adults.

Despite his dreams of hipster rock glory, Ari Abramson's band, the Tribe, is more white bread than indie-cred. Made up of four suburban teens from a wealthy Jewish school, their Mötley Crüe is about as hardcore as SAT prep and scripture studies.

"It’s a testament to Smith’s skills that although her central character speaks only through other people’s recollections, his identity emerges distinctly by the end of the novel."