Author: Tanita Davis

tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.

April 2, 2006

Religion, Part II

“…there are something like ten thousand religions in the world. What makes them think that they happen to have been born into the right…

April 2, 2006

Soul Asylum

Fourteen year old Zimmerman has a strangely mature take on the world in which he lives. He is comfortable with being one-of-a kind. He…

March 29, 2006

Desert Dreams: The Writer is Inn

Casa Libre en la Solana: I’ve never in my life gone away for a writing retreat. I don’t have kids, I don’t have pets…

March 27, 2006

Words about waiting, writing, and revising

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve put out any official update on the *S.A.M. situation and, since he’s safely out of town now…

March 27, 2006

Colt Trammel: Under Construction

It’s not your typical sports book, because we never see the protagonist play — but baseball still figures largely in A.M. Jenkins’ Out of…

March 27, 2006

Protective Coloring

Boy Proof, by Cecil Castellucci is another one of those really sensational novels that you read and feel that the characterization is so detailed,…

March 23, 2006

Caged Bird

If he could figure out why everything always conspired against him, Luke would be a lot happier. It’s not really his fault… I mean,…

March 23, 2006

Kevin Brooks' Gray Rainy World (Our 100th Post!)

I don’t know what it is, but every Kevin Brooks novel I’ve read has left me feeling more than vaguely disturbed. The man messes…

March 23, 2006

Seeing the Sights

Magical realism for young adults isn’t exactly new – most fairytales could also be listed in that genre – and modern magical realism is…

March 21, 2006

It’s “Lord of the Flies” in the Mall: Naomi Wolfe on Chick Lit

The New York Times Book Review had an article about “chick lit” last week, and people from all over wrote in this week to…

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