Road Trip Wednesday

September 29, 2010

Teen Reader Awards & Best Book from September

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So, the Teen Reader Awards (a poll run by the Canadian book chain Indigo — ah, I used to spend many an afternoon at Chapters & Indigo) have been announced. Over 300,000 people voted. Way to go teens for supporting literature! So who won you ask? Here are the results:

September 15, 2010

Road Trip Wednesday: Blast from the 19th Century Past

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Thanks to that gals at YA Highway for this blog prompt. If you could travel back to any historical era for research purposes, which would you choose? Definitely late 19th century United States — specifically, 1876 Philadelphia. Boy oh boy do I wanna see the International Centennial Exhibition that’s the back drop for Eleanor’s story.