#book birthday
Today is my book birthday! Terrific Tails: Stories From A Pet Guardian is 2 years old today! How time flies! Or scampers. Or gallops. Depending on the pet of your choosing. This book was a lifetime in the making for me – from the day I wrote my first short story about a seal at the age of 6, to 34 years later when I clicked the ‘publish’ button on my book. And I’m not done yet!
I just want to take this moment to thank all the people who helped me and encouraged me and bought my book – all of you, Thank You! But especially to my older brother, my sister, my dad, my friends Megan & Kate, my eldest nephew. And, of course, my Grandma Ava.
Grandma, *your* book turns 2 years old today! Eat some cake for me, would ya?
- Adie Weston, author
(You can still buy Terrific Tails: Stories From A Pet Guardian on Amazon in both ebook and paperback. It’d make a great Valentine’s present for any book or pet lover).
¡Qué bonita bandera! AKA what heritage(s) do you claim?
I’m Mexican-American, but my loved ones growing up weren’t all Mexican, so I’ll often use the term Latina.
When was the first time you saw yourself represented?
Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate.
How do you connect to your heritage through your books (if at all)?
The tradition of magical realism, the heritage of my main characters, the food they cook in their mothers’ kitchens, the bedtime stories they hear growing up.
What do you hope for the future of Latinx books?
That Latinx readers can find themselves in whatever kind of book they’re looking for, and that more books feature main characters with intersectional identities.
What is the book that inspired you to write for kids/teens?
The Chronicles of NarniaorThe Little Prince.
What are you writing now?
My bi Latina girls and enchanted murderous gardens novel, Wild Beauty,is out on October 3, and I’m currently working on Blanca & Roja,a Latinx retelling of Snow-White & Rose-Red meets Swan Lake, slated for 2018.
Anna-Marie McLemore(she/her) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by her family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. She is the author of THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award, and 2017 Stonewall Honor Book WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Her latest is WILD BEAUTY, and BLANCA & ROJA is forthcoming in fall of 2018.
Website*Twitter*Facebook*BuyWild Beauty!
CAT GOT YOUR DIAMONDS is out today from our friends at Crooked Lane Books! Congrats, Julie!
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Happy publication day to Ashes of Goldby J. Elle!
Synopsis| Rue has no memory of how she ended up locked in a basement prison without her magic or her allies. But she’s a girl from the East Row. And girls from the East Row don’t give up. Girls from the East Row pick themselves back up when they fall. Girls from the East Row break themselves out.
But reuniting with her friends is only half the battle. When she finds them again, Rue makes a vow: she will find a way to return the magic that the Chancellor has stolen from her father’s people. Yet even on Yiyo Peak, Rue is a misfit—with half a foot back in Houston and half a heart that is human as well as god, she’s not sure she’s the right person to lead the fight to reclaim a glorious past.
When a betrayal sends her into a tailspin, Rue must decide who to trust and how to be the leader that her people deserve…because if she doesn’t, it isn’t just Yiyo that will be destroyed—it will be Rue herself.
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Happy publication day to The Kindred by Alechia Dow!
Synopsis| Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life — apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility’s most infamous playboy brings.
Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face.
Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne …and accused of the murders. Someone will stop at nothing until he’s dead, which means they’ll target Joy, too. Meeting in person for the first time as they steal a spacecraft and flee amid chaos might not be ideal…and neither is crash-landing on the strange backward planet called Earth. But hiding might just be the perfect way to discover the true strength of the Kindred bond and expose a scandal — and a love — that may decide the future of a galaxy.
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Happy publication day to Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn!
Synopsis| We are a people who do not forget.
Survivors from a flooded kingdom struggle alone on an ark. Resources are scant, and ravenous beasts circle. Their fangs are sharp.
Among the refugees is Iraxi: ostracized, despised, and a commoner who refused a prince, she’s pregnant with a child that might be more than human. Her fate may be darker and more powerful than she can imagine.
Zin E. Rocklyn’s extraordinary debut is a lush, gothic fantasy about the prices we pay and the vengeance we seek.
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