Who: U.S. residents What: Two advance copies of WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS by Fran Cannon Slayton When: 04/18/09 - 05/04/09 11:59 CST How: Leave comment saying why you are interested in the book. Where: http://www.brimfulcuriosities.com/2009/04/when-whistle-blows-book-review-and-arc.html… Continue reading

Who: Class of 2k9 What: FIVE fabulous ARCs from 2k9 members When: 01/08/2009 - 01/24/2009 How: Send an email to The Class of 2k9. See link for details. Where: http://community.livejournal.com/classof2k9/2435.html… Continue reading

The holidays are over, but that doesn't mean you should stop giving gifts! I polled AuthorsNow! members about the books they were dying to get for the holidays and all of them were kind enough to NOT recommend their own! :) Need to do some last-minute shopping for the sad folks whose birthdays fall in the beginning of January (um.. like me?). Or maybe it's time you treat yourself after taking care of everybody else. Here are some the books our authors were dying to get their hands on this holiday season. (I hope they got them!)

• "Masterpiece by Elise

Terry Lindquist discusses how and why she teaches with historical fiction on Scholastic.com. In this article she covers seven reasons for teaching with HF, tips for choosing good HF books,  and fifteen new HF books.  She also uses the story of Pocahontas as a teaching point to discover where history stops and story starts.  Read more at http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4346

Publishers Weekly discusses upcoming teen books featuring the undead including AuthorsNow! member Carrie Ryan and other upcoming authors! Read more at http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6615438.html?industryid=47139…

• Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Release Date: June 11, 2009
• ISBN (hardcover): 978-0399250439
• ISBN (paperback): TBD

Twelve-year-old Paris Pan’s life is a mess. She’s just moved to a tiny town in Nowheresville, Oklahoma; her family life is a comical disaster; her new friends are more like frenemies; and the boy she has a crush on is a dork. Things couldn’t possibly get worse, until she discovers that a girl mysteriously died years ago while taking a seventh-grade rite of passage–the Dare– right near Paris’s new house. So when Paris starts hearing strange noises coming from the creepy run-down shed in her backyard… Continue reading

• Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
• Publisher: Speak Puffin
• Release Date: February 19, 2009
• ISBN (paperback): 978-0142411346

Chinese-born Cece was adopted when she was two years old by her American parents. Living in Texas, she’s bored of her ho-hum high school and dull job. So when she learns about the S.A.S.S. program to Xi’an, China, she jumps at the chance. She’ll be able to learn about her passion—anthropology—and it will give her the opportunity to explore her roots. But when she arrives, she receives quite a culture shock. And the closer she comes to finding out about her birth parents, the more apprehensive she gets. Enter… Continue reading