If you're looking for the scoop on Tanya Lee Stone's books for kids and teens, then you have come to the right place.

Breaking News! A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl was just named a 2008 International Reading Association (IRA) Choice!

"brave and beautiful" --Megan McCafferty

"crawl-under-the-skin true...tell-it-like-it-is wisdom...irresistible" --Libba Bray

Now out in paperback, with a Bonus Reading Guide. And...Bad Boy is heading to Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. Check out the hot cover on the right!

Don't let the title scare you. Bad Boy has been called "Sure to be the new Forever" and has gotten starred reviews. It's an ALA Quick Picks, SLJ Book of the Month, Texas Tayshas pick, Kentucky Bluegrass Master Award List pick, and more. Find out more on the Teen Fiction page. (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

More Breaking News--Theft of Bad Boy copies from libraries is up, up, up! Please email me if this has happened to your library.

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 Elizabeth Leads the Way

Coming in Spring 2008 (Holt), Elizabeth Leads the Way. This picture book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton looks at the moment this extraordinary woman decided to devote her life to getting women the right to vote--and how she changed the face of America forever.

Starred Review, Booklist: "A must for library shelves."

A Booklist Top Ten Youth Biography

School Library Journal: "energetic, lucid prose...just right for a young audience."

Kirkus: "lively prose well-matched by Gibbon's irrepressible images"

Horn Book: "Stone engages modern readers and sets the nineteenth-century stage for them...upbeat...highlights Elizabeth's energy"

A Junior Library Guild Selection.

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Ella Fitzgerald 

Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald (Viking). That voice. That smooth, silky voice. My new bio of Ella includes some never-before-published details about this legendary singer.

Starred Review, Kirkus: "adds humor, insight and spirit to an already lively subject...a remarkable look at race relations...readers will come away knowing much more about jazz history than they would have expected and will find it hard to stop reading about this fascinating woman."

Booklist: "...smooth, straightforward narrative...illuminating...inspiring portrait." 

SLJ: "a must-buy for teens"

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Sandy's Circus

Coming in Fall 2008 (Viking). Meet Alexander Calder, the man who invented the mobile and set the art world on fire with his magical, moveable Cirque de Calder. With incredible illustrations by Boris Kulikov.  

A Junior Library Guild Selection.

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And coming in 2009
ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: The True Story of the Mercury 13