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Authors on the Web
The Atlantic Wire, May 3, 2012
...Breaking Dawn . There's Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson , which deals with the topic of rape, and Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger , which discusses oral sex and slut-shaming. There are books with evocative sex scenes. Y.A. has also expanded to include...
TheDay.com, April 15, 2012
...Old Lyme Library Director: Mary Fiorelli Youth Services Librarian: Ronna Keith Choices this week: "Gracie's Girl" by Ellen Wittlinger; "Following Fake Man" by Barbara Ware Holmes; "Power of Un" by Nancy Etchemendy AT THE BOOKSTORE "The False Prince" by...
Huffington Post, February 15, 2012
...There are two well-known young adult novels about trans characters, Luna by Julie Anne Peters and Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger. Luna is about a transgender male-to-female, Liam, who wants to transition and become known as Luna. The story is told from...
School Library Journal, December 5, 2011
...Chris Crutcher, Cynthia Leitich Smith and Joseph Bruchac (now that’s a pairing I’d like to see!), Ellen Wittlinger and James Howe, Rita Williams-Garcia and Terry Trueman, Rebecca Fjelland Davis and Terry Davis, and Sarah Ryan with Randy Powell. And...
Care2, November 28, 2011
...community about equality), and LGBT-inclusive youth homeless shelters nationwide. The project has already donated books like Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger and Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez to schools and organizations in Arizona, California, Florida,...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 10, 2011
...included Betsy and Ted Lewin, Jane Yolen, James Howe, Bruce Coville, Mary Downing Hahn, Cynthia DeFelice, Tedd Arnold, Ellen Wittlinger, and many, many other fine, famous, and fun folks. A full list (along with their individual websites) can be found...
After Elton, September 1, 2011
...Will Grayson, despite a gay protagonist, was ineligible because it was co-authored with hetero author John Green. And Ellen Wittlinger, whose incredible portraits of young queers in novels such as Parrotfish, Hard Love and Love & Lies, and had won Lambda...
Huffington Post, February 15, 2012
...There are two well-known young adult novels about trans characters, Luna by Julie Anne Peters and Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger. Luna is about a transgender male-to-female, Liam, who wants to transition and become known as Luna. The story is told from...
Huffington Post, February 15, 2012
...There are two well-known young adult novels about trans characters, Luna by Julie Anne Peters and Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger. Luna is about a transgender male-to-female, Liam, who wants to transition and become known as Luna. The story is told from...
eclectic / eccentric, September 20, 2011
...For those of you who don't know, Bitch is a feminist pop culture magazine that everyone should subscribe to! They have created a list of the Top 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader, and I thought I would (finally) share it with you guys.As with...
I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I read?, August 5, 2011
...character. And if we can tap into OUR real emotions when we write them, they’ll ring true.Ellen Wittlinger famously said (and I’m doing my best to make her famous for saying it) that she includes GLBTQ characters in everything she writes, even the...
TheHappyNappyBookseller, June 24, 2011
...God Box by Alex Sanchez The It Chicks by Tia Williams Love & Lies: Marisol's Story by Ellen Wittlinger After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson No Such Thing as the Real World: by Various Authors Woodson's "The Company" is abouta Black gay male...


