http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/ Reporting on the latest in YA, while on the hunt for the perfect YA mystery. Find more (archived) posts at http://yasleuth.blogspot.com/ en-us 2010-03-16T15:19:51+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Fleur Bradley hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100316101620 For you steampunk fans (or those of you just wondering why steam is being punked), check out these cool pictures up at the Readergirlz blog. And for more steampunkery, Scott Westerfeld will be chatting about Leviathan at 9 p.m. ET tomorrow, also at Readergirlz. Steampunk is making it cool to be a bookworm. Fleur Bradley 2010-03-16T14:16:20+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100315124610 Happily stolen from the Combreviations blog: The Guardian's list of top 10 childhood heroes. And who's number one? That's right. Freckles rule. Fleur Bradley 2010-03-15T16:46:10+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100314130438 No video, but the song is great. Fleur Bradley 2010-03-14T17:04:38+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100311145208 So what are my impressions of the 2010 YA Edgar Noms, you ask (or maybe you don’t, but I’ll give my opinion anyway)? I thought every book was a solid mystery, which was so great to see this year. Where last year’s nominees were good, they weren’t quite the strong mysteries I’d hoped for. But this year was impressive. What I liked was the diversity: there was a paranormal mystery (Shadowed Summer), a suspense/mystery (Reality Check), an unexpected Victorian (Petronella Saves Nearly ... Fleur Bradley 2010-03-11T19:52:08+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100311103119 The last 2010 Edgar Nominee, and this time, a mystery with a paranormal element. Fourteen year-old Iris lives in Ondine, Louisiana, where there’s nothing better to do this summer than hang out with Colette and make up ghost stories. But then Iris starts hearing whispers of Elijah, who disappeared years ago. Scared and wanting to know what happened, Iris tries to solve the mystery of Elijah with Colette and Ben (local hot boy). I recognized a lot of Ondine’s small town boredom in this ... Fleur Bradley 2010-03-11T15:31:19+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100310162534 I like to think of myself as a pretty open-minded reader, but Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Low truly stumped me. The book felt like some Victorian English play, with lines like, “Although one may have stacks of money, not to mention an impeccable social position, there are times when one wishes for the homely pleasure of encircling parental arms.” This book was hard for me to read, something entirely my flaw, no doubt. Anyway, here’s the plot, in short: 16 year-old ... Fleur Bradley 2010-03-10T21:25:34+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/FleurBradley/index.html#20100309064711 Christopher has a job at the morgue for the summer. He cleans part-time, and finds the job pretty uneventful, until the body of Mitch Blaylock shows up at the morgue. That same day, Christopher finds $15k in cash in the medical examiner (his boss)’s office. He quickly figures out that something’s not right about the investigation into Blaylock’s murder. He joins young reporter Tina (who’s also hot) to find out why Blaylock’s murder is being covered up. With a solid mystery and suspenseful ... Fleur Bradley 2010-03-09T11:47:11+00:00