The weekly web ramble (10/16)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

The five finalists for The National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

<– AUTHOR TALK

Shannon Hale on why stories are for all

– Matthew J. Kirby also on why stories are for all

Melissa de la Cruz shares a story of her father

Varian Johnson on his love of Judy Blume

WEB READS –>

Need

– Read the first twenty five pages of Need by Joelle Charbonneau

Soundless

– Check out the first thirty pages of Soundless by Richelle Mead

Faceless

– Read an excerpt from Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel

Shadowshaper

– Check out the first twenty five pages of Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older