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Robert Cormier is no longer with us. While he was, he was a bril­liant writer, a good man, and a Chris­t­ian who probed the mean­ing of faith, both good and bad. Despite his tal­ents, he was not a man whose many abil­i­ties would lead to the cre­ation of trans­for­ma­tional gram­mar, New Math, word proces­sors, dig­i­tal …

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The moment of truth has come. I’ve delayed the evitable until now. It’s time to go Christ­mas shop­ping. Yes, I waited until now to start. Yes, it will be a mad rush to fin­ish. Yes, I’ll love the thrill of the rush. Yes, I’m pro­cras­ti­na­tion incar­nate. But before I do start shop­ping, I’d like to pass …

Review of GRAHAM SALISBURY: ISLAND BOY by David Macin­nis Gill School Library Jour­nal (Decem­ber 1, 2005; 0–8108–5338–8; 978–0–8108–5338–6) “Part lit­er­ary analy­sis and part biog­ra­phy, this is a well-balanced look at an unusual tal­ent, a writer who has an eye for the frail­ties of life and the rites of ado­les­cence. Gill dis­cusses how grow­ing up in Hawaii …

My fel­low boot­cam­per, lit­er­ary agent Nadia Cormier, has come up with a great idea for using blogs to dicuss books openly. Here’s what she says: Our The­ory (again): Our the­ory is that read­ers do have some power – how much, we’re not sure – but we like to think that if read­ers get really jazzed about …

My story, “Get the Door, It’s Dominique,” has taken 1st place in the YA cat­e­gory in the WIN:Shorts Com­pe­ti­tion by Smartwriters.com. Judge Mar­i­lyn Singer wrote, “When was the last time you read a great Girl Vs. Satan yarn? Well, “Get the Door, It’s Dom­inque!” fea­tur­ing a potty-mouthed hero­ine, a demon, and a Cadil­lac as main …