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Mar

29

2012

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Really, 'It's OK' to Read YA: an Interview with Klindt's Color-Coding, Zombie-Loving, Event-Promoting Superstar Angela Hanson

When Angela Hanson moved to the small Oregon town of The Dalles from Salem nine years ago, Klindt’s Booksellers was her “saving grace.” Hanson spent so much time there that the manager, Tina Ontiveros, finally asked if the store could hire her so she wouldn’t go broke buying books. While Hanson says she’s reputed to …

Jul

12

2011

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Going Bovine by Libba Bray

I’m books behind; Libba Bray has recently come out with Beauty Queens, and I haven’t read any of the Gemma Doyle trilogy. But I am awed by Going Bovine.

Jun

8

2011

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An Amazing Day for YA in The Dalles

Portland author and librarian Sara Ryan has a great post about the recent YA extravaganza at Klindt’s Bookstore in The Dalles. It’s a nice response to Meghan Cox Gurdon’s recent Wall Street Journal essay about contemporary YA fiction being overly dark—and the storm caused by it, which is outlined well by bestselling YA author Laurie …