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renaissance2010
Turning to photography as a creative outlet during a valiant fight with breast cancer at age 34, renaissance10 survived and set up a photo contest to help raise funds for the Lavender Trust, a nonprofit that provides information and support to younger women with breast cancer. In the first two years, the competition brought in over £65,000 (that's $107,260.73 U.S.!), with entries from 130 countries last year. Renaissance10 recently joined LiveJournal to meet other passionate photographers and find supportive friends.

curiouscupcakes
Holy buttercream frosting! If you have a sweet tooth for sugary goodness or a wandering eye for whimsical confection, this is pure ecstasy iced in deliciousness. Hailing the beloved cupcake as the artisinal canvas of choice, you'll enjoy recipes, photos, and bountiful tips to bake up a batch, whether your taste leans toward French classics or funky and flavorful.

mission101
With New Years in the offing, it's an ideal time to reflect on past accomplishments, make peace with disappointments, and refocus the lens on future goals. This community welcomes you to create a bucket list of 101 things you plan to accomplish in the next 1,001 days. Offering support, guidance, and inspiration, this is a great way to jumpstart those pesky resolutions.

Laura Foster-Neal, Children's Co-ordinator from Berwick Public Library in Berwick, Maine sent this entry to our contest. It features 7th grader Celina, breaking into Deva Fagan's novel FORTUNE'S FOLLY. We bet she'll enjoy Deva's next novel, THE MAGICAL MISADVENTURES OF PRUNELLA BOGTHISTLE, coming in June 2010!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Donna Kullen from Conneaut Lake High School Library, in Conneaut Lake, PA sent this brilliant entry to our contest! Here we have her students interpreting Pam Bachor'z CANDOR. Click on the image to see it full-sized- this thumbnail view really doesn't do it justice!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Greg Kinder, Teen Programming Coordinator for Velma Teague Branch Library in Glendale, AZ sent this photo of his Teen Advisory Council enjoying Erin Dionne's MODELS DON'T EAT CHOCOLATE COOKIES. And really, this picture is so glorious, I have nothing else to add.

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Christine Porter, Youth Services Specialist for Middletown Public Library in Middletown, PA sent this entry to our contest! And I quote:

The attached photo is of our honorary library dog, Derby. Derby is a 10 year old flatcoated retriever. He started coming to the library in February when he was recovering from surgery and needed a quiet place to relax.

The kids love him and he has now become an integral part of our library in many ways: performing a dancing routine for our summer reading program, marching for the library in the town Halloween Parade, and participating in our upcoming Kids Read to Dogs program.

He loves the library and gets very excited as the car pulls up the street! On this day, we found him in the stacks reading intently (note the tongue as he concentrates...). DULL BOY (by Sarah Cross) is a good book for him to read since, like Avery, he gives the façade of a normal dog, when (as you can see) he’s anything but normal!

What an awesome dog!! Also seen in Derby's TBR pile: Sarah Rees Brennan's THE DEMON'S LEXICON, Megan Frazer's THE SECRETS OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY, Sarah Quigley's TMI, Michelle Zink's PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS, and Charity Tahmaseb & Darcy Vance's THE GEEK GIRLS GUIDE TO CHEERLEADING.

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Jessica Sullenberger, Teen Services Librarian for Green Valley Library in Henderson, NV sent this entry to our contest. She says:

The first picture includes my coworker Tawnya on the left and me on the right because, for some reason, people tend to think we're sisters. Of course, we posed with (Michelle Zink's) PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS! The next is a photo of my unofficial library cat, Oscar. He really wants to come to the library and pose with all of your books, but he isn't allowed.

But wait, you say. Where is the picture of the kitty? We need to see the kitty! Here you go:



Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Patrice Gottfried, Head of Teen Services for Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library in Garnerville, NY sent this entry to our contest. I have no idea who this mysterious and handsome patron might be, but it's obvious he has good taste. He's posing here with Sarah Cross' DULL BOY!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Kelly Friedlein from Fisher Jr./Sr. High School in Fisher, IL sent this entry to our contest- a very happy student holding a copy of Sarah Rees Brennan's THE DEMON'S LEXICON! In June 2010, he'll be able to hold the sequel, THE DEMON'S COVENANT, in the other arm!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Brandi Smits from the Lansing Public Library in Lansing, IL sent this entry to our contest. She says we can see their library beta fish, Dewey, giving Lisa Mantchev's EYES LIKE STARS a little smooch! And if Dewey thinks ELS is sweet, just wait til he gets a taste of the sequel, PERCHANCE TO DREAM, coming May 25, 2010!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Hello, Deb's watchers! 

With today's debut of STUPID CUPID by Rhonda Stapleton, our 2009 debut year is officially complete.
 
Among our 2009 books, we've had film deals, dozens of foreign rights sales, multiple printings, and even a New York Times Bestseller! Before you think the FEAST OF AWESOME is over, think again! 

We've got a whole new line up coming in 2010!

January

Bedeviled: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Dress (Penguin) - January 7, 2010 by Shani Petroff - website - community posts  Angel's devil powers are going out of control--especially around her crush, Cole. But how do you stay away from someone and still get him to ask you to the big dance?   Order now!

Undead Much? (Razorbill) - January 21, 2010 by Stacey Jay - website - blog - community posts  Sequel to YOU ARE SO UNDEAD TO ME   Order now!

The Total Tragedy of a Girl named Hamlet (Dial) - January 7, 2010 by Erin Dionne - website - blog - community posts  What do you get when you have parents who dress and talk straight from the 1600s, a genius seven year old sister, and mysterious origami pigs left in your locker? Hamlet Kennedy's totally tragic life Order now!

March

The Line (Dial) - March 4, 2010* by Teri Hall    It's the future, and the future's not looking too bright. How mcuh would you risk to do the right thing?   Order Now!

The Dead Tossed Waves (Delacorte) - March 9, 2010 by Carrie Ryan - website - blog - community posts The companion to The Forest of Hands and Teeth Order now!

My So-Called Death (Flux) - March 1, 2010 by Stacey Jay - website - blog - community posts One second, sophomore Karen Vera's on top of the most fabulous cheer pyramid ever. The next, she's lying on the pavement with seriously unflattering cranial damage. Freakishly alive without a pulse, Karen learns that she's a genetically undead zombie. Order now!

Flirting with Disaster (Simon Pulse) -March 9, 2010 by Rhonda Stapleton - website - blog - community posts Book 2 of the Stupid Cupid Trilogy!   Preorder now!

The Body Finder (Harper) - March 16, 2010* by Kimberly Derting  Violet Ambrose can find dead bodies. Or at least, those that have been murdered. Now a serial killer has begun terrorizing Violet’s small town…and she realizes that she might be the only person who can stop him. Order Now!

April

Nine Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake (Avon/Harper Collins) - April 2010 by Sarah MacLean - blog - community posts It's a well-known rule that a proper young lady should never steal into the house of a notorious marquess and demand a passionate kiss. But to romance this rake, Lady Calpurnia Hartwell will break all the rules. Order now!

Shadow (Scholastic) - April 2010 by Jenny Moss - website - blog - community posts After death comes to her queen's castle, a young woman embarks on a journey to find herself and change the fate of a kingdom. Order now!

Swoon at Your Own Risk (Harcourt) - April 5, 2010 by Sydney Salter - blog - community posts A teen with five ex-boyfriends is afraid to fall in love again. But of course there's this guy...   Order now!

Wayfarer(HarperCollins) - April 27, 2010 by R.J. Anderson - website - blog - community posts Armed with the last of her dying people's magic, a faery girl ventures into the modern human world in search of help... but when she pulls a skeptical human boy into her quest, she inadvertently puts all their lives in jeopardy Order now!

May

The Demon's Covenant (Simon & Schuster) - May 18, 2010 by Sarah Rees Brennan - website - blog - community posts Sequel to The Demon's Lexicon Order now!

Pucker Up (Simon Pulse) -May 18, 2010 by Rhonda Stapleton - website - blog - community posts Book 3 of the Stupid Cupid Trilogy!   Preorder now!

Perchance to Dream (Feiwel & Friends) - May 25, 2010 by Lisa Mantchev - website - blog - community posts Sequel to EYES LIKE STARS.   Order Now!

Spells (HarperCollins) - May 4, 1010 by Aprilynne Pike - website - blog - community posts Sequel to the New York Times Bestselling WINGS.   Pre-Order Coming Soon!

June
 

The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle(Henry Holt) - June, 2010 by Deva Fagan - website - blog - community posts A witch who can't curse and a thief who wants to be a hero will either save the kingdom or doom it forever.   Pre-Order Coming Soon!

Sisters Red (Little, Brown) - June 7, 2010 by Jackson Pearce - blog - community posts A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood Preorder Coming Soon!

Bedeviled: Careful What You Wish For (Penguin) -June 10, 2010 by Shani Petroff - website - community posts Angel accidentally granted all of her best friend Gabi's wishes--which wouldn't be so bad if one of Gabi's secret desires wasn't dating Angel's boyfriend. Order now!

July
 

Indigo Blues (Flux) - July 1, 2010 by Danielle Joseph - website - blog - community posts Indigo Blues is told in two points of view, in which a songwriter's hit tune tells the world about his break-up with his girlfriend, but the two have no concept how much their lives are going to change.   Pre-Order Coming Soon

Mamba Point (Knopf) - July 13, 2010 by Kurtis Scaletta - website - blog - community posts After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a mystical connection with the black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told will give him some of the snake’s characteristics.   Order now!

Sleepless(Delacorte) - July 13, 2010 by Cyn Balog - website - blog - community posts   A sandman falls for a mortal whose sleep he controls.    Order now!

August

 

You Wish (Razorbill) - August 5, 2010 by Mandy Hubbard - website - blog - community posts Kayla makes a wish at her sweet sixteen: for every wish she'd ever made to come true. Too bad they do, starting with a life-sized MY LITTLE PONY.    Order now!

Guardian of the Gate (Little, Brown) - August 1, 2010 by Michelle Zink - website - community posts  Lia continues her journey to end the Prophecy in London with a mysterious new guy, an epic journey, and a betrayal of unimaginable proportions.   Order now!

Fall

Silver Phoenix #2 (Greenwillow) - Fall 2010 by Cindy Pon - website - blog - community posts A Sequel to Silver Phoenix   Preorder Coming Soon!

Drought (Egmont) - Fall, 2010 by Pam Bachorz - website - blog - community posts Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation where she's been enslaved for hundreds of years---but if she leaves to pursue love and a modern life, her family will die without her. Pre-order Coming Soon!

My Fake Boyfriend is Better than Yours (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) - Fall, 2010 by Kristina Springer - website - blog - community posts Two BFFs find themselves caught up in a crazy fun competition of fake boyfriends Pre-Order Coming Soon!

The Haunted (Simon Pulse) - Fall 2009 by Jessica Verday - website - blog - community posts Book 2 of THE HOLLOW trilogy    Preorder Coming Soon!

December
 

Sugar On Snow (Walker) - December, 2010 by Kate Messner - website - blog - community posts A figure skater from a small-town maple farm earns a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid -- and realizes that her sweet dream come true comes with sharper edges than she could have imagined. Pre-Order Coming Soon!

** Denotes a book from a Debutante whose debut novel was bumped from 2009 to 2010

For more great books coming in 2010, visit 10_ers!

About Stupid Cupid

Felicity Walker believes in true love. That’s why she applies for a gig at the matchmaking company Cupid’s Hollow. But when Felicity gets the job, she learns that she isn’t just a matchmaker…she’s a cupid! (There’s more than one of them, you know.) Armed with a hot pink, tricked-out PDA infused with the latest in cupid magic (love arrows shot through email), Felicity works to meet her quota of successful matches.

But when she bends the rules of cupidity by matching her best friend Maya with three different boys at once, disaster strikes. Felicity needs to come up with a plan to set it all right, pronto, before she gets fired…and before Maya ends up with her heart split in three.

About Rhonda Stapleton

Rhonda Stapleton started writing a few years ago to appease the voices in her head. She has a Master’s degree in English and a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. Rhonda works as an editor for a legal publishing company and enjoys offering editing workshops. Rhonda lives in Northeast Ohio with her lovely, energetic family, who are more than enough to keep her busy when she’s not writing.

In the twelve minutes of free time she has each day, Rhonda enjoys reading, photography, writing poetry, singing in the shower (and in the car, at work, or basically anywhere that provides oxygen), drinking chai tea, and playing on the Internet.

i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

Sharon Gibson,Media Specialist for Northview IB Candidate School in Statesville, NC sent this awesome pic for our contest. These handsome turtles, Constellation and Orion, were name by astronaut, Tom Marshburn. And they're enjoying Shani Petroff's BEDEVILED: DADDY'S LITTLE ANGEL. In just a few weeks (January 7th!) they can enjoy the sequel, BEDEVILED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY DRESS!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Gillian Dawson of the Orange County Public Library in Orange, VA sent this entry to our contest, and I quote:

I’m sending you a photo of Mr. Robinson, one of our teen area staff/mascot. He thoroughly enjoyed "You are So Undead to Me," and is looking forward to the sequel (Undead Much?), and "My So Called Death."

Deb Stacey Jay has some devoted fans, eh??

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Suzanne Vetter, Director for the Kellogg Free Library in Cincinnatus, NY sent this pic of a very intent patron reading Carrie Ryan's THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH. I bet he's at the zombaby scene!

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.

Hollie Brosseau, Teen Services Librarian for Westminster Public Library-College Hill branch in Westminster, CO sends this entry, and I quote:

Here is our picture, including Chunk & Mr. Squiggles! Yes, they are real live zhu zhu hamsters - a very rare breed this time of year, but they wanted to check out the 2009 debut novels here at the College Hill branch of the Westminster Public Library.

And boy howdy, are they checking out some Debs! On the table: Michelle Zink's PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS, Cheryl Renée Herbsman's BREATHING, Aprilynne Pike's WINGS, Mandy Hubbard's PRADA & PREJUDICE. In hands: Cindy Pon's SILVER PHOENIX, Deva Fagan's FORTUNE'S FOLLY, and L.K. Madigan's FLASH BURNOUT.

Are you a library professional? You can enter to win 46 brand new YA & MG novels for YOUR collection! See this entry for details.