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.

September 28, 2005

The Joys of Short Stories and Other Musings

Okay, here’s the thing. I wanna be in an anthology. Yeah, I know, cool people like Seren are in anthologies, and it should be…

September 22, 2005

Shaking Up YA Writers & Readers Around the Bay

Litquake Rocks!!!Thanks to the ever fab Tara Weaver, our humble Finding Wonderland writers are getting a primo chance to be involved with Litquake, San…

September 19, 2005

Random Booknotes

This month’s Book Page had a great feature on Jane Smiley’s new book 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. This book sounds a…

September 15, 2005

Odds ‘n’ Ends

I’m going on a little vacation at the end of the month, and I’m not taking my computer. I’m going to try and write…

September 13, 2005

A Devil of a Bear

“In my land we have a saying,” said the pilgrim. “A man should not care if a bee buzzes in his ear or if…

September 13, 2005

Terry Pratchett

I’m not one of those people who likes, say, jokes… I’d rather just smirk sardonically at life than go to a comedy club. Surprisingly,…

September 12, 2005

Enigmatic

I agree wholeheartedly with A. Fortis’ observations on Patricia McKillip. Many readers either love her, or hate her entirely because of that elusive quality…

September 7, 2005

Wading through my brain

More hurricane stuff: There’s not much space to avoid reality when it keeps leaking into my brain via all kinds of media outlets. I’m…

September 1, 2005

Judy Blume’s Forever was first published in 1975, which is why it is held as the first Serious Book About Sex that YA’s had…

September 1, 2005

After Hurricane Katrina: Is It Too Soon To Think Of Books?

Okay, people are needing shelter. I know that.People are needing basic necessities like food and untainted water and medical care and protection from gun-toting…

Wonderland started in 2005 as a collaborative space for our writing group to share news, links, book recommendations, and thoughts on writing for young adults.

Through various iterations, we've still held to our core vision, finding Wonderland, and sharing our discoveries.

We blog to hear ourselves think, in a crowded field, and a busy social-media laden world. We blog to create a corner of community, and hope you feel welcome here.

Click the links to discover more about what makes us who we are and about what we do. You can also visit Tanita on her official author site, and aquafortis on her official author site.

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