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The Class of 2k7 ezine is released quarterly and features information about the debut children’s and young adult authors of the Class as well as useful resources for booksellers, librarians, and educators. The editor of this quarter’s issue is Melissa Marr.
Welcome to Issue #4 of our E-Zine!
This is our final issue of the ezine. In addition to our usual collections of reviews, reports on our activities and upcoming events, we have two articles this time. The first is a discussion of Great Reads for Teenage Boys, and the second is a lovely article looking back over the past year. I hope you enjoy these as much as we have.
Presenting our Fourth Quarter Graduates
As always, we have a variety of texts for our readers—middle grade and young adult, fantasy and drama, tears and laughter, life and death. The Class of 2k7 would like to share our last batch of new releases:
October 1: Big Slick, by Eric Luper
October 9: Brendan Buckley’s Universe & Everything In It, by Sundee T. Frazier
October 9: Lessons from a Dead Girl, by Jo Knowles
October 13: Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
October 23: No Castles Here, by A.C.E. Bauer
October 31: The Penguins of Doom, by Greg R. Fishbone
November 1: Chess Rumble, by G. Neri
November: Don’t Get It Twisted, by Paula Chase Hyman
Upcoming Events
Our class is an active group this quarter. We are doing tours, workshops, conferences, and visits to both schools and libraries. Please take a look at our schedules. We’d love to meet you.
What We’ve Been Doing!
The summer of 2007 was sizzling with activity for 2K7 class members. Here’s a sampling of our dog-day doings:
The Class of 2k7 Wants to Share our Reviews
The reviews have been pouring in for books written by Class of 2k7 members and they’re terrific. We’d like to share some of the highlights with you!
Feature: Boy Books
With so many Class of 2k7 authors writing books for boys, we thought we’d close the year with an article on what makes a book a good choice for teen male readers. G. Neri offers both suggestions and questions to ask when making the selection.
This is the End (or maybe the beginning)
Ask experienced writers for advice about the writing process, and they will usually say at least one of the following: Take chances. Jump off a cliff. Face your fears. That is what 38 first-time authors did over one year ago, after selling our first novels. We took a chance, jumped off the marketing cliff, and created a group to help promote our books…
