Barking Dawn

"to be fair to werewolves, a 3-year-old is already 21 in dog years"

- Kris Straub, responding to comments on his own Breaking Dawn Cheat Sheet

Technology and Teen Brains

Via Boing Boing.

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A Wrinkle in Time (in 90 Seconds)

"A Wrinkle In Time" In 90 Seconds from James Kennedy on Vimeo.

Via Boing Boing.

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Modelland

Apparently Tyra Banks is writing fantasy now.

Link.

(Via Boing Boing)

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Emerging trends in YA supernatural lit.

The Penny Arcade guys were having a go at trying to figure out what would gain popularity once vampires lost their allure:

Link.

But apparently they've decided that their first impressions were mistaken. The book even has it's own trailer.

Leviathan

From Scott Westerfeld:


Also Chapter 1 as an audiobook:



Via Boing Boing, etc.

Teen Texting Practices

Before I headed to Atlanta to do fieldwork, I asked folks who follow me on Twitter (@zephoria) what questions I should ask teens. Many of the questions that I received were more general questions about teens, rather than questions for teens. Still, I'm going to take a stab at very briefly answering some of the questions that I received based on what I know and what I learned.

- zephoria

More here.