2017 debut authors Linsey Miller and Axie Oh recently chatted with Sweet Sixteen debut, Tara Sim, about her YA historical fantasy TIMEKEEPER (Sky Pony Press, November 8, 2017). About the Book In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely. It’s a … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeener Dana Langer recently interviewed Molly Booth, author of SAVING HAMLET, a YA novel coming from Disney/Hyperion on November 1, 2016. About the Book: Emma Allen couldn’t be more excited to start her sophomore year. Not only is she the assistant stage manager for the drama club’s production of Hamlet, but her crush Brandon … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeeners Leah Henderson and Mary Lambert recently chatted with Jill Diamond about her debut middle grade, LOU LOU & PEA AND THE MURAL MYSTERY (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 18, 2016). About the Book: Meet best friends, Lou Lou Bombay and Peacock Pearl! Lou Lou loves horticulture and Pea loves art. Every Friday afternoon, … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeener Emily R. King recently interviewed Elaine Vickers, author of LIKE MAGIC, a middle grade novel published by HarperCollins on October 18, 2016. About the Book: For three ten-year-old girls, their once simple worlds are starting to feel too big. Painfully shy Grace dreads starting fifth grade now that her best friend has moved … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeener Kayla Olson recently chatted with Sweet Sixteen debut author Destiny Soria, about her debut YA historical fantasy, IRON CAST (Abrams, 11 October 2016). About the Book: It’s Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths – whose “afflicted” blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art – … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeener Carlie Sorosiak recently interviewed Karen Fortunati, author of THE WEIGHT OF ZERO, a Contemporary Young Adult novel published by Delacorte/Penguin Random House on October 11, 2016. About the Book: Seventeen-year-old Catherine Pulaski knows Zero is coming for her. Zero, the devastating depression born of Catherine’s bipolar disease, has almost triumphed once, propelling Catherine … Continue reading
Swanky Seventeener Rosalyn Eves recently chatted with Sweet Sixteen debut Lisa Koosis about her YA speculative novel, RESURRECTING SUNSHINE (Albert Whitman Teen, October 1, 2016). About the Book At seventeen, Adam Rhodes is famous, living on his own, and in a downward spiral since he lost the girl he loved. Until one day, an unexpected … Continue reading
