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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University.  Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.
Borderline by Allan Stratton
Boys without Names by Kashmira Sheth
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin [...]

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Dear Friends of USBBY and IBBY:
This week’s earthquake in Haiti has left us all shaken and shocked; our friends are there. Yet another tragic disaster has hit the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Thousands have been killed and the destruction has been devastating. Those that were spared are in critical need. We have already [...]

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Steven Bickmore, Melanie Hundley, & Jacqualine Bach, C0-editors of The ALAN Review, have released the themes for the Summer 2010 and Winter 2011 issues.  If you would like to submit a manuscript in response to one of these prompts, please refer to the submission guidelines posted here.
2010 Summer Theme:  Interplay: Influence of Film, New Media, [...]

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Beginning with only a few brief words of welcome from Dr. Sissi Carroll, the President of ALAN, the 2009 conference was immediately set into motion this morning with a keynote address by author Gregory Maguire.  Now, with arms full of new books and endless possibilities, the ALAN community has settled in for the first of [...]

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The ALAN Breakfast was attended by a record crowd in the Downtown Marriott Ballroom in Philadelphia, PA.  Attendees were served  breakfast by the Marriott banquet staff and enjoyed a keynote address by Laurie Halse Anderson.  Those in attendance also received an audiobook copy of Laurie Halse Anderson’s publication, Wintergirls.

The ALAN Breakfast featured an awards presentation [...]

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