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.

May 31, 2005

Fourteen Years Later, A Whole New World

Ursula K. Le Guin. At age 74, she is still one of the best and freshest voices in YA fantasy/sci-fi bar none. Recently, Le…

May 25, 2005

Midweek: Notes and Errata

Whew!Greetings this sticky/hot/balmy Wednesday! I’ve just proudly had my first brain freeze of the season from a really cold tofu and frozen-watermelon-bananas-and-berries slushy I…

May 16, 2005

Monday Detritus

Good grief. Caribbean…YA…Sci-Fi?! Can we get any more specific!? Still — what a cool concept. Maybe. I’m hearing steel drums playing “Under the Sea”…

May 10, 2005

A Door Near Here, by Heather Quarles

Good literature is supposed to be ageless. One of the better examples of this timelessness is Heather Quarles’ A Door Near Here. Though this…

May 10, 2005

Because I really can’t write worth a brass farthing.

How much is a brass farthing worth? Is it just Mondays that bring this? This wondering why I’m doing this work, this query as…

May 4, 2005

This IS Normal! Julie Anne Peters' Define "Normal"

A recent family gathering elicited reminiscences of the first time my family met my husband. The story was told to wide-eyed guests, “He was…

May 3, 2005

Detritus from the Brainbox

Bon jour, good people, I have the dubious privilege of going to guest lecture at my alma mater on the state of publishing. The…

April 29, 2005

Wonders Never Cease: $500K book deals AND Hahvahd?

Busy Mills woman Likhaari took a moment to point out this NY Sun article on a Harvard woman who just hit the big time…

April 28, 2005

Just A Story to Frighten Children: The Hollow Kingdom

The Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA) list of Best Books for Young Adults 2005 includes an absolutely FABULOUS book by Clare B. Dunkle…

April 21, 2005

Typing Down the House

There’s the merry whine of a saws-all whirring downstairs, accompanied by the clatter of falling wood and plaster dust. Random thumping and hammering blends…

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.

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