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.

March 21, 2005

Warm in the Dark: Robin McKinley's 'Sunshine'

Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. Have a long flight coming up? It’s 389 pages. Reluctant Buffy, the Vampire Slayer fans will find themselves amused and…

March 15, 2005

Andre Norton SF/Fantasy Award for YA Novels

I rarely talk about my great love of fantasy and science fiction, because it’s true Geekdom, and I try to avoid the appearance of…

March 15, 2005

Weetzie Bat Lives

Okay, so you know I’m not a fan. And no, it’s not that it’s that bad of a book. It’s just a rather pretentious…

March 15, 2005

Weetzie Bat Has Company

Aaah! Francesca Lia Block, being praised for being “edgy” has an AWARD now…for lifetime achievement!!!!! The NY Times comments here. (Requires free registration!)I want…

March 10, 2005

BookCrossing Some Kind of Napster thing? Are they kidding?

No, apparently ‘they’ are not. The Guardian U.K., reported on HarperPress publisher Caroline Michel’s speech for the Guardian World Book Day Forum last Thursday,…

March 9, 2005

Barbara Seuling 2005 Manuscript Workshop

Hey, happy news for those who write for smaller kids – the phrase ‘young adult’ covers so much – prolific K-6 children’s author Barbara…

March 8, 2005

BookSense, Coming Soon!

We’ve been invited to be BookSense affiliates! Soon, the BookSense logo will be on site, and if you purchase a book through a BookSense…

March 7, 2005

Clever Maids, Those Grimm Girls…

College was such an eye-opener. We discovered that some of the men who paraded as the Vast Intellect of the Literary Canon were actually…

March 6, 2005

Three years, five months…

When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka “So go ahead, and lock me up. Take my children. Take my wife. Freeze my assets….

March 1, 2005

Mean girls… really REALLY mean girls

Man. It’s those girls again. SF Chronicle’s C.W. Nevius writes about ’em here. So, the Queen Bees and Wanna-bes thing was just the beginning,…

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.

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