The weekly web ramble (3/28)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

–  To those who think teenage girls are the root of all evil

– The 2014 Hans Christian Andersen book award winners

<– AUTHOR TALK

Sarah Ockler challenges the expectation that girls in YA be “role models”

Christina Farley tackles her fear of misrepresenting another culture

Barbara O’Neal on how to refill the well

Elle Cosimano talks Nearly Gone

Neil Gaiman on why scary stories appeal to us

WEB READS –>

Stolen Magic

– Read the first three chapters of Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis

Expiration Day

– Check out an excerpt from Expiration Day by William Campbell Powell

Veronica Mars Tan Line

– Read the prologue from Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas

Valour and Vanity

– Check out an excerpt from Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal