This work of half autofiction, half graphic novel follows a dramatic year in a teenage girl's life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
A terrific historical novel about a teenage girl who knows her husband is plotting to murder her. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-30 14:12:33 UTC ]
Half way through my interview with Kirsty Capes, she mentions the fact that most people can’t name books about children in care. I rack my brains before feebly coming out with: “Tracy Beaker ?”, which makes Capes, whose new adult novel Careless is about a teenage girl in foster care, laugh.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-26 07:46:19 UTC ]
The Borough Press has bought The Aerialists by Katie Munnik, a “haunting” novel based on the true story of teenage girl who fell to her death during the Great Exhibition of 1896. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-22 19:21:41 UTC ]
Police in Virginia arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of a teenage girl who was reported missing after she and her friends left a mosque early Sunday. Darwin Martinez Torres is suspected of murder, Fairfax County police said. Officials found what they believe is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emma Cline's story of a teenage girl in thrall to a cult in 1960s California, The Girls, is set to be one of the biggest débuts of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK Children's has acquired a teen book by Emily Barr in a six-figure deal. Editorial director Ruth Knowles bought world rights to The One Memory of Flora Banks, along with a second stand-alone novel, from Lauren Pearson at Curtis Brown. The book is about Flora, a teenage... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
First published 13 years ago, Phoebe Gloeckner’s acclaimed graphic novel 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' is getting a new, revised edition in anticipation of the August release of an independent film based on the book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 02/08/2011 - 08:53 Quercus has bought another two books by its young adult fiction author Cat Clarke. Roisin Heycock, editorial director at Quercus Children's Books, bought the rights from Victoria Birkett of Miles Stott. The first of the two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 22/03/2011 - 08:39 Puffin has acquired world rights, including film and TV, in a dystopian romance series Fever by debut author Dee Shulman. The publisher will be showcasing the trilogy at Bologna Children's Book Fair next week and has already... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]