YA fiction | YA fiction
Jul.07.2011
Consuela slipped a second finger alongside the first, parting the skin at the back of her skull easily… Her fingers broke through, melting a line of cool heat down her back. Her body opened like the seam of a sandwich bag.
She felt the cold kiss of air on her naked spine.
Almost without...
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May.27.2011
I write about what I put into my fiction & why on Where Fantasy and Reality Collide today. I talk about drawing on my own experiences to make both realistic fiction and fantasy stronger. I hope you'll check it out, maybe leave a comment. :)
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Apr.29.2011
Fifteen-year old Kendra is a cutter. To deal with splintered memories of childhood sexual abuse, she takes blade to skin – again and again. But with the help of friends, her therapist, and a new girlfriend, Kendra discovers the truth of her abuse, battles the impulse to cut, and bravely faces...
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Nov.16.2010
For those of you who missed my big Jumpstart the World blog tour...or even part of it...well, I can see how that could happen, because it was quite extensive. Twenty-five stops. As it was going on, I'm sure it would be easy to miss bits and pieces of it. The posts just kept stacking up. (In a...
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Oct.26.2010
We were notified last night that Juggler in the Wind is an “Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction & Literature: Young Adult Fiction category of the “Best Books 2010” Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.” It's always great to have our words recognized. (Two years ago Anna's World took the gold in...
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Sep.24.2010
But who counts. Right?
On the 12th of October, my new Young Adult novel, Jumpstart the World will...well, hopefully it will do what the title suggests. In a small way. Or a medium way. Or...well, I don't know what it will do out in the world. I just hope people will find it and read it...
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May.01.2010
I'm holding another "comment contest" on my blog for the third of four advance reader's copies of my Fall 2010 novel Jumpstart the World. It's a young adult novel about transgender.
To find out more, just go to:
www.catherineryanhyde.com then click on Blog, then my May 1st entry.
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Mar.15.2010
I feel like Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade. Forget the ark! All I want is a LGBT “Twilight” or “Harry Potter,” and my search efforts have been long and tiresome. I’ve long believed that mainstream YA fiction doesn’t incorporate enough LGBT-ness. Don’t get me wrong…my style isn’t to call up...
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Mar.10.2010
I'm giving away an advance reader's copy of my brand new YA novel Jumpstart the World. It's due out in October from Knopf, but you can get a copy now. It's easy. Just go out to the blog on my website, and leave a comment on the book giveaway blog. Just tell me why it sounds like something you'd...
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Dec.22.2009
Over at BiblioBuffet, my column this week is a roundup of dystopian YA fiction: Ah, Dystopia! The books covered include Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow; Candor, by Pam Bachorz; Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer; The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan; and, of course, The Hunger Games,...
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