KID LIT FOR HAITI:
Matt de la Peña is giving the winner his/her pick of two of his books
! He will sign and ship to a U.S. Mailing address. Choices include:
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2014 Pura Belpre Honor book
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2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
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2014 ALSC Notable Children’s Book
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A Junior Library Guild Selection
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Starred review in Kirkus
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Starred review in Shelf Awareness
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Starred review in Voya
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The Latinidad List: Best Young Adult Novel
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2015 Texas Tayshas Reading List
“The Living seamlessly incorporates his trademarks (racial identity, class, street
slang) into a lightning-paced page-turner…De la Peña has created a rare thing:
a plot-driven YA with characters worthy of a John Green novel. A-” — Entertainment Weekly
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A Junior Library Guild Selection
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ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Reluctant
Readers
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Finalist for the 2011 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award
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Named to 2012-2013 Texas High School TAYSHAS Reading Lis
o A Junior Library Guild
Selection
o ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young
Adults
o ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for
Reluctant Readers
o 2011/2012 Texas TAYSHAS Reading
List
A Nation’s Hope — The Story of Boxing
Legend Joe Louis
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New York Times top ten best illustrated 2011
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Booklist Editor’s Choice Best Books of 2011
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School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
Sera has a secret. She’s seen the future, and it is terrifying.
Unfortunately, she can’t do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded
with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the
ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the
future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?
Each book comes packaged with a full-color, two-sided,
collectible Hystorian’s Guide, a player’s strategy guide to the online
adventure.
Follow the map, study the Guide, and save history!
Part of Scholastic’s new multi-media Infinity Ring series. For
more information about the series and the rest of the book, please visit the
Infinity Ring website: http://www.infinityring.com/
Ball Don’t Lie
o An ALA-YALSA Best Book for
Young Adults
o An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick
o Soon to be a major motion
picture starring Ludacris, Nick Cannon, Emelie de Ravin, Grayson Boucher,and
Rosanna Arquette (Movie website) (BDL on IMDB)
Sticky is a
beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and
an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so
far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white
boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong.
But Sticky can ball.
And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that
he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be.
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2008 Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Ribbon List
2009 Notable Books for a Global Society
2009 Notable Books for a Global Society
o A Junior Library Guild Selection
Bio:
Matt de la Peña is the
author of five critically-acclaimed young adult novels: Ball Don’t Lie, Mexican
WhiteBoy, We Were Here, I Will Save You and The Living. He’s also the author of
the award-winning picture book A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe
Louis (illustrated by Kadir Nelson). Matt received his MFA in creative writing
from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific
where he attended school on a full basketball scholarship. de la Peña currently
lives in Brooklyn NY. He teaches creative writing and visits high schools and
colleges throughout the country.
Peek at my Interview: I became a Matt de la Peña fan in 2011 when I read his young adult book, WE WERE HERE. In this story three troubled teens believe their crimes and the resulting
damage leave them with nothing left to lose. The boys, Miguel,
Rondell and Mong, begin their relationship with spit and fists flying. But
somehow this group of teens forms an unlikely alliance and escapes
their group home to make a daring dash to Mexico. Along their
journey of pain, humor, rejection, adventure, love
and brutality they find friendship as well as some
redeeming value in life.
WEWERE HERE is packed with crazy violence combined with deep and often bizarre conversations and circumstances. It reminded me of a YA version of the movie Pulp Fiction, both disturbing and hilarious. I laughed, I cried, I Googled the author. I had to know more. This book had such a hold on me after I read the last page that I was reluctant to open my next novel because I knew that would mean the experience I just invested my heart in with Miguel, Rondell, and Mong would fade.
WEWERE HERE is packed with crazy violence combined with deep and often bizarre conversations and circumstances. It reminded me of a YA version of the movie Pulp Fiction, both disturbing and hilarious. I laughed, I cried, I Googled the author. I had to know more. This book had such a hold on me after I read the last page that I was reluctant to open my next novel because I knew that would mean the experience I just invested my heart in with Miguel, Rondell, and Mong would fade.
In my 2011 interview
with Matt, he expressed that WE WERE HERE was a “special” book for him. I had
to know why. The answer:
Matt: First of all, thank so much for reading the book. I’m so happy you liked it. WE WERE HERE was special because the voice came so naturally. It was the first novel I wrote in first person, and I really kind of locked in with Miguel right away. I feel like I could’ve written that voice for a long time – I guess that’s why so many authors write series. Also, Miguel’s crime was something inspired by one of my basketball teammates in college. It was such an awful crime, yet the guy was a genuinely good guy. I wanted to explore that complexity, as well as the concept of survivor’s guilt. It kind of breaks my heart just thinking about it. And if something breaks my heart (I was raised as a tough, machismo dude) I know it’s a good place to start a book.
If you’d like to read the rest of
the interview, click over to INTERVIEW WITH MATT DE LA PENA
This
auction: is
for a signed copy of two books (winner’s choice) by author Matt de la Peña;
books must be mailed to a U.S. Postal
Address.
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does this particular auction item close?
**This Auction
will close on December 14**
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