That Starcrossed book that I liked (though I had some issues with the sequel) is currently on sale at Amazon.
From the NYT:
On a trip that Mr. Waters said took him eight days and about 15 hitchhiked rides to get him from one end of the country to the other, he has accumulated numerous anecdotes for a book he has tentatively titled “Carsick” and which will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
If I'd been one of the lucky 15 to have picked him up, I'd totally have driven him as far as he wanted...
...then again, that probably would have made for a less interesting book.
ETA: Josh says that he'd have brought him home like a stray animal. "Honey! I found a John Waters on the side of the road!"
I'm not going to get all worried about the possibility—I doubt very much it'll happen.
Anyway, I'm still rooting for Jesse Williams.
She hooked me with the title: Bums, Poops, and Pees: A Scholarly Examination of Why Children Love and Adults Censor the Scatological in Children’s Books.
From USAToday:
Chuck Nelson said Friday that County Manager Howard Tipton and Assistant County Manager Stockton Whitten, who oversees library operations, told him during separate briefings Thursday and Friday that the novel once more will be available to library patrons. Details are being worked out.
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*Or, well, probably returning. A paragraph later, the article says that the county spokesman said that 'no decision has been made'. Thanks, USAToday, for being massively confusing.
...isn't YA, but it's a pick of interest in our household: a collection of seven Norwegian crime novels by Karin Fossum.
The titles/series in the Children's category are: