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.

July 31, 2009

A Change Will Do You Good

One of my favorite things about British school stories is the idea of girls who become sort of obsessed (asexually) with other girls. It’s…

July 30, 2009

Fang Fatigue

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July 27, 2009

Turning Pages – A Reading Recap

I’ve discovered a tree-lined riverside trail that meanders almost four miles to my favorite branch of the library. I. am. stoked. Of course, I…

July 24, 2009

Eh? And again I say, EH!?

Sometimes it cracks me up to read old science fiction. After reading Justine Larbalestier’s The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction, which was…

July 22, 2009

Pass It On…

The United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Women’s Health, is full of awesome. The Office of Women’s Health has developed…

July 16, 2009

An ALA Oops, Bitterblue, and…Squids?

The ALA Conference this year has brought us many fine things: the music video. The news that the Best Books for Young Adults is…

July 13, 2009

On More Books for Boys, and “White Culture”

The sun’s been shining in Scotland, which means I’ve been outside – not working – but all good things must come to an end….

July 8, 2009

Red and Yellow, Gay and Straight…

“It is ridiculous how many books are published each season with characters who look the same, sound the same and come from the same…

July 6, 2009

Aaargh! Too True.

Another nail on the head, from Inky Girl, Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Happy Revision-ing, writers!

July 2, 2009

No Snogging, No Thongs, but Lots of Angsting

If you’re a fan of Louise Rennison’s humorous, sort of breathless British YA lit featuring Georgia Nicolson, you just might like Helen Bailey’s Electra…

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