What Book Hooked You?

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls from HarperTeen is a new YA novel by author Lauren Karcz coming out on July 25th. Hear how Lauren’s debut novel was inspired by characters she created when she was in a teenager.

Episode Mentions:

* Ramona the Brave

* Fudge

* Blubber

* The Baby-Sitters Club

* Sweet Valley Twins

* Christopher Pike

* Remember Me

* RL Stine

* Perks of Being a Wallflower

* Rabbit, Run

* NaNoWriMo

* Catch 22

* Looking for Alaska

* The Gallery of Unfinished Girls

* Victoria Marini

* One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

* Something Wicked Comes This Way

* Roll

host: Brock Shelley

The Gallery of Unfinished Girls from HarperTeen is a new YA novel by author Lauren Karcz coming out on July 25th. Hear how Lauren's debut novel was inspired by characters she created when she was in a teenager.

Episode Mentions:

* Ramona the Brave

* Fudge

* Blubber

* The Baby-Sitters Club

* Sweet Valley Twins

* Christopher Pike

* Remember Me

* RL Stine

* Perks of Being a Wallflower

* Rabbit, Run

* NaNoWriMo

* Catch 22

* Looking for Alaska

* The Gallery of Unfinished Girls

* Victoria Marini

* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

* Something Wicked Comes This Way

* Roll

host: Brock Shelley

Jennifer Fenn‘s YA novel Flight Risk comes out July 18th from Roaring Brook Press. Listen as Jennifer explains the elements that inspired her new story as well as the other books and writing that motivated her to be an author.

Episode Mentions:

* Charlotte’s Web

* Stargirl

* Bunnicula

* The Indian in the Cupboard

* Fear Street

* The Baby-Sitters Club

* Girl Interrupted

* White Teeth

* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

* Everything Is Illuminated

* The Outsiders

* Flight Risk

* Maniac Magee

* Colton Harris Moore

* Rose Mount College

* Amy Tiplon

* Wegmans

* Fight Club

* Heart of Darkness

* American Street

* The Walls Around Us

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Jennifer Fenn's YA novel Flight Risk comes out July 18th from Roaring Brook Press. Listen as Jennifer explains the elements that inspired her new story as well as the other books and writing that motivated her to be an author.

Episode Mentions:

* Charlotte's Web

* Stargirl

* Bunnicula

* The Indian in the Cupboard

* Fear Street

* The Baby-Sitters Club

* Girl Interrupted

* White Teeth

* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

* Everything Is Illuminated

* The Outsiders

* Flight Risk

* Maniac Magee

* Colton Harris Moore

* Rose Mount College

* Amy Tiplon

* Wegmans

* Fight Club

* Heart of Darkness

* American Street

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Linda Williams Jackson‘s debut release Midnight Without a Moon tells the story of a young girl living in Mississippi during the days of Jim Crow. Listen as Linda talks about what inspire the book and what books have inspired her.

Episode Mentions:

* The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou

* Little House on the Prairie

* Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

* Richard Wright

* Native Son

* Black Boy

* Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

* Jubilee

* Midnight without a Moon

* A Sky Full of Stars

* Emmett Till

* Vernon Can Read!

* Victoria Mariniti

* Hunger Games

* Alexander’s and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

* Harry Potter

* The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

* The Horse and His Boy

* Scar Island

host: Brock Shelley

Linda Williams Jackson's debut release Midnight Without a Moon tells the story of a young girl living in Mississippi during the days of Jim Crow. Listen as Linda talks about what inspire the book and what books have inspired her.

Episode Mentions:

* The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou

* Little House on the Prairie

* Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

* Richard Wright

* Native Son

* Black Boy

* Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

* Jubilee

* Midnight without a Moon

* A Sky Full of Stars

* Emmett Till

* Vernon Can Read!

* Victoria Mariniti

* Hunger Games

* Alexander's and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

* Harry Potter

* The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

* The Horse and His Boy

* Scar Island

host: Brock Shelley

In this episode Blair Thornburgh talks about how her involvement in NaNoWriMo led to her YA debut Who’s That Girl and how Blair’s job as an editor gives her perspective in her own writing journey.

Episode Mentions:

* Anastasia Krupnik

* Illustrator Rebecca Thornburgh

* Ramona

* Catcher in the Rye

* Magic for Beginners

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer

* Catherine, Called Birdy

* John Green

* Smart Bitches Trashy Books

* NaNoWriMo

* Tristan and Iseult

* Who’s That Girl

* All American Rejects

* Hey There Deliah

* Quirk Books

* Emily Jenkins

* Hamline University

* Skulls

* 10 Things I Hate About You

* She’s the Man

* Pride and Prejudice

* Sense & Sensibility

* Moby Dick

* Raymond Carver

* Beowulf

* The Hate U Give

host: Brock Shelley

In this episode Blair Thornburgh talks about how her involvement in NaNoWriMo led to her YA debut Who's That Girl and how Blair's job as an editor gives her perspective in her own writing journey.

Episode Mentions:

* Anastasia Krupnik

* Illustrator Rebecca Thornburgh

* Ramona

* Catcher in the Rye

* Magic for Beginners

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer

* Catherine, Called Birdy

* John Green

* Smart Bitches Trashy Books

* NaNoWriMo

* Tristan and Iseult

* Who's That Girl

* All American Rejects

* Hey There Deliah

* Quirk Books

* Emily Jenkins

* Hamline University

* Skulls

* 10 Things I Hate About You

* She's the Man

* Pride and Prejudice

* Sense & Sensibility

* Moby Dick

* Raymond Carver

* Beowulf

* The Hate U Give

host: Brock Shelley

Sam J. Miller‘s debut YA novel is The Art of Starving. It is both personal to his own life and influenced be the books & authors he read throughout his life. Listen in as Sam share those books and his journey with us.

Episode Mentions

* Mind of My Mind

* Avatar: The Last Airbender

* Battlestar Galactica

* Story of Your Life and Others

* Isaac Asimov

* The Fog Horn

* Arthur C Clark

* H.P. Lovecraft

* Naked Lunch

* Stephen King

* Analog

* Asimovs

* Phillip Roth

* Paul Auster

* James Baldwin

* Giovanni’s Room

* Alice Walker

* The Art of Starving

* The Hunger Games

* Miller’s Short Stories

* Perks of Being a Wallflower

* HarperTeen

* Picture the Homeless

* Psycho

* Cloud Atlas...

Sam J. Miller's debut YA novel is The Art of Starving. It is both personal to his own life and influenced be the books & authors he read throughout his life. Listen in as Sam share those books and his journey with us.

Episode Mentions

* Mind of My Mind

* Avatar: The Last Airbender

* Battlestar Galactica

* Story of Your Life and Others

* Isaac Asimov

* The Fog Horn

* Arthur C Clark

* H.P. Lovecraft

* Naked Lunch

* Stephen King

* Analog

* Asimovs

* Phillip Roth

* Paul Auster

* James Baldwin

* Giovanni's Room

* Alice Walker

* The Art of Starving

* The Hunger Games

* Miller's Short Stories

* Perks of Being a Wallflower

* HarperTeen

* Picture the Homeless

* Psycho

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