PLA Buzz Panel

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PLA Buzz Panel

• Nora Rawlinson
• Time Warner Book Group

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Time Warner Book Group(Hachette Book Group, as
of 4/01 )

• Warner Books
• Time Warner Audio
• Little, Brown
• Mysterious Press
• Bulfinch
• Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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• This is my craven effort to win over the
  audience, which clearly worked. Who cannot love
  this kitten?
• Rachael Hale is a wonderful pet photographer with
  several titles to her credit
• Smitten a Kittens Guide to Happiness
• Bulfinch Press
• Oct., 06
• ISBN 0 821 25848 6

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• And, for the odd person who may not be won over
  by the kitten, here is a new approach to puppy
  training.
• My Smart Puppy
• Brian Kilcommons
• and
• Sarah Wilson
• November 06
• Warner
• ISBN 0 446 57886 X 

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• If I still havent gotten you, this guy surely
  will. The photographer, Jill Greenberg, usually
  works with human celebrities.
• Monkey Portraits
• Jill Greenberg
• September 06
• Bulfinch
• ISBN 0 821 25755 2

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• Librarians say they want to know about books as
  far in advance as possible, so I am going to tell
  you about a book I am very excited about that is
  not coming out until January.But, first, you
  must take a look at my office, to understand my
  excitement

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• A Perfect Mess
• The Hidden Benefits of Disorder
• Eric Abrahamson
• David H.Freedman
• January 07
• Little Brown
• ISBN 0 316 11475 8

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• The division between Young Adult and Adult titles
  has become pretty fluid recently, with adults
  reading Y.A. titles and vice versa.

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• This is a title that has taken hold with both
  adults and Y.A.s since it came out last year. It
  will be available in paperback this Spring.
• Maximum RideThe Angel
• Experiment
• James Patterson
• Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• ISBN 0 446 61779 2
• Paperback
• May, 06

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• Also coming this Spring, the second in the
  series
• Maximum Ride
• Schools Out
• Forever
• James Patterson
• ISBN 0 316 15559 4
• May 21, 06

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• A story about a girl who falls for the ultimate
  bad boy, a vampire, has been hugely popular and
  will be out in paperback this fall.
• Twilight
• Stephenie Meyer
• Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• In paperback
• September, 06
• ISBN 0316015849 

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• It will be followed this Fall by
• New Moon
• Stephenie Meyer
• Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• ISBN 0 316 16019 9
• September, 06

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• Incantation
• Alice Hoffman
• Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• ISBN 0 316 01019 7 
• October, 06
• Hoffmans first historical novel. Estrella is
  part of a community of Jews living during the
  Spanish Inquisition and survive by pretending to
  be Catholics

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• Alice will also be releasing an adult title in
  January.
• Skylight Confessions
• Alice Hoffman
• Little, Brown
• ISBN 0 316 05878 5 
• January 07

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• This is an adult title that will appeal to Y.A.s
  as well, about a girl determined to get into
  Harvard. Shes done everything right, but the
  dean of admissions wants her to get a life.
• Author Kaavya Viswanathan
• Little Brown
• ISBN 0 316 05988 9
• April
• The audio is charming, read by a famous Bollywood
  actress, who adds to the warm humor of the book
  by deftly interweaving the American accent of the
  daughter and the Indian accents of the parents.
• Time Warner Audio
• ISBN 1 59483 218 8

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• The Notebook Girls
• Warner Books
• ISBN(s) 0446578622
• April, 06
• This is the actual notebooks of four highschool
  girls. Its frank and will give parents an inside
  glimpse (perhaps one they dont want) into
  highschool life. Its also getting attention from
  teen magazines such as Teen People.

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• This is a book with huge buzz. When people from
  other publishing houses are calling, begging for
  copies, you have a sense of an impending hit.
  Its also been a 1 BookSense pick.
• The Girls
• Lori Lansens
• Little Brown
• ISBN 0 316 06903 5
• May, 06

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• Dead Before Dying
• Deon Meyer
• Little Brown
• May, 06
• This title is featured as part of EBSCOs new
  Next Reads program.

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• Michael Connelly is such a fan of Deon Meyer,
  that he toured with him when this book was
  released in the U.S
• Dead at Daybreak
• Deon Meyer
• Little, Brown
• ISBN 0 316 00012 4
• 2005

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• Speaking of Connelly, he has a new book coming,
  as well, in October.
• Echo Park
• Michael Connelly
• Little, Brown
• ISBN 0 316 73495 0
• October, 06

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• Another favorite mystery writer with a new book
  this Summer
• Winters Child
• Margaret Maron
• Mysterious Press
• August, 06

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AndMargaret speaks at PLA!

• The Mysterious South
• Southern Writers Explore its Secrets
• Thursday, March 23, 200 to 315 p.m.

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• And, finally, another title coming in January,
  that appeals to me personally
• Sleep Away the Pounds
• Cherie Calbom
• Warner Books
• January, 07

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