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The studio behind the Twilight movie series has plans to adapt a buzzy young-adult novel called If I Stay with Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke at the helm …
Twilight Lexicon » Catherine Hardwicke to Work With Summit Again 2009
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But we can use our experience to help our young-adult children sort through information and evaluate their choices, which may be just as beneficial.
A Blue Chip on His Shoulder: Investing Lessons From Dad Karen Blumenthal 2011
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A representative from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) emailed me with news of a reading by Neesha Meminger and Sheba Karim, authors of the young-adult novels Shine, Coconut Moon and Skunk Girl, respectively.
Chicken Spaghetti: 2009
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That's minor league compared with Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, with 116 million copies sold and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels, with more than 400 million copies sold, both of which crossed the young-adult divide to reach a broad adult audience.
The Season of the Supernatural Alexandra Alter 2011
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A representative from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) emailed me with news of a reading by Neesha Meminger and Sheba Karim, authors of the young-adult novels Shine, Coconut Moon and Skunk Girl, respectively.
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The movie version of "The Hunger Games," based on the popular young-adult novel, has been set for a March 23, 2012 release date.
Jimmy Buffett hospitalized after concert fall; Bristol Palin offered radio gig Jen Chaney 2011
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Ms. Makkai creates a nice interplay that contrasts the pair's feelings about the trip: To Ian, it's a fantastical adventure right out of his favorite young-adult books, but to Lucy it's a foolhardy mistake that could land her in prison.
A Tale of Two Joes, One of Them Conrad Sam Sacks 2011
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But we can use our experience to help our young-adult children sort through information and evaluate their choices, which may be just as beneficial.
A Blue Chip on His Shoulder: Investing Lessons From Dad Karen Blumenthal 2011
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Profanity that would get a song or movie branded with a parental warning is, in young-adult novels, so commonplace that most reviewers do not even remark upon it.
Charlotte Safavi: Teen Reads? Charlotte Safavi 2011
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The directors were Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; they adapted the screenplay from Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel.
A Towering 'Tree,' Out on a Limb Joe Morgenstern 2011
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