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Matt de la Peña–What Was on His . . . | whatwason...
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What Was on My. What Was on Her. What Was on His. Matt de la Peña–What Was on His . . . August 20, 2014. Matt de la Peña. Our guest today is the very talented, very real, critically-acclaimed author Matt de la Peña! Matt has published five young adult novels. Mexican WhiteBoy, We Were Here. I Will Save You. Ball Don’t Lie, which was made into a film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. Last year, Matt released his first middle grade novel,. Curse of the Ancients. Last Stop on Market Street.
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Matt de la Peña @ CVU on April 1st - CVU Library
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Young Adult Books | The Hispanic Reader
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Category Archives: Young Adult Books. November 12, 2013 · 8:00 am. Book review: Matt de la Peña’s “The Living”. Shy, the main character in Matt de la Peña’s The Living. Delacorte), is not having a good week. He shouted, angrily pushing himself off one of the corpses and sloshing through the water to pick up the raft oar. Now he was pissed. On top of everything else he had to deal with this? He stood and started beating at the ocean and screaming down the sharks: ‘Get your asses away from here! Although t...
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Exercising Patience – A Few Words from Matt de la Pena | valerie r lawson
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About Valerie R Lawson. Interviews I’ve Done. What I’m Reading 2016. Books I’ve Read 2015. Books I’ve Read 2014. Books I’ve Read 2013. Other Books I’ve Read 2012. Exercising Patience – A Few Words from Matt de la Pena. September 4, 2013. September 4, 2013. I have a confession to make. I came away from the SCBWI LA Summer conference with a brand new author crush. Matt de la Peña. And it wasn’t because he said it was great to meet me. See? Or because he gave me a copy of his short story,. The first page is...
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Kreativitet: March 2014
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Monday, March 31, 2014. Back to work today and reading "Shaman" in Maxine Hong Kingston's WOMAN WARRIOR. I'm posting this today because it will be an introduction to superstitions, fear, cures, health, and wanting to believe in truths we tell ourselves to make meaning in our world. If anything, Maxine Hong Kingston achieves a wonderful narration of her mother's complicated perseverance before arriving to the U.S. - a life of another nation unrecognized in a new one. Sunday, March 30, 2014. And I'm happy ...
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Keepin' It Right: February 2013
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Blog for Sofia Quintero aka Black Artemis. Ivy League homegirl. Novelist. Filmmaker. Cultural activist. Part-time comedienne. Media literacy maverick, Urban goddess. Unapologetic dilettante. Cancer warrioress. Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Happy Cancer Chick - The Women Behind the Web Series - Part 3 of 3. Look no further than this past Sunday’s Oscar telecast. She’s not hot? She doesn’t have an accent? Or is she not hot because she’s Black? Because she’s doesn't have an accent? These are only three exampl...
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KidsEBookBestsellers.com: THE LIVING: A Number One Hit with Kobo Teens
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. THE LIVING: A Number One Hit with Kobo Teens. On May 2nd, The Living. By Matt de la Pena hit the #1 spot in the Kids and Teen section of the Kobo.com store. Was originally released in 2013, and this year it was followed by a sequel,. New York Times bestselling author of young adult novels. And picture books, and he joins us today to share about his. First, tell us what your book is about. BUY IT NOW ON AMAZON. What does your writing schedule look like? What are you working on now?
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Through The Wardrobe: February 2014
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Living the Literary Life": The Writing Barn in Austin, Texas. About a year ago I had the good fortune to visit Austin, Texas. And stay in the Writing Barn. What a fabulous experience that was. The Barn is fast becoming a mecca for writers and artists of all stripes, but especially in the kidlit world, who wish to retreat, learn, or just spend some quiet time. During my three days there I wrote over 10,000 new words of my manuscript, and felt inspired and renewed. Fast forward ...
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Denyse Phelps, LIBR267-11, Award-Winning Books: May 2011
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Denyse Phelps, LIBR267-11, Award-Winning Books. Sunday, May 1, 2011. I Will Save You By Matt De La Pena. Matt De La Pena. I Will Save You. Delacourt Press. 2010. 310 pages. $16.99. ISBN 9780385738279. Kidd has runaway from his group home and has headed to the beach to find Mr. Red for a job. He meets Olivia and finds her pretty special, but all that ends when Devon enters the picture. Kidd is only concerned with keeping Olivia safe because he knows Devon will hurt her if he gets a chance. I think this is...
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