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Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles is one anthology that I am really eager to read. There are so many of my favourite authors represented in this book that I am not sure how I will wait until August to read it. Also, the format of this book is quite intriguing, and the fact that it incorporates a graphic novel and a play is so exciting!
Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles
Title: Fresh InkAuthor: Lamar Giles
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 14, 2018
In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.
Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written--whose next chapters are up to you.
Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared.
Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. All you need is fresh ink.
Book Quotes: Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles
You don’t apologize for who you are. I’m an old lady now and perhaps that doesn’t mean much in the world we live in, but I exist and I shouldn’t have to be sorry for that. As a woman, you have to know that. Don’t ever apologize for who you are
About Lamar Giles
Lamar Giles writes for teens and adults across multiple genres, with work appearing on numerous Best Of lists each and every year. He is the author of the acclaimed novels Fake ID, Endangered, Overturned, Spin, The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Not So Pure and Simple, and The Last Mirror on the Left as well as numerous pieces of short fiction. He is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and resides in Virginia with his wife.
About The Candid Cover
Olivia ❀ Canadian YA book blogger, Starbucks lover, & professional bibliophile.
I don’t read a lot of anthologies but this does have some great authors involved!
Pretty cover and sounds interesting. Hope you love it!
This sounds like a must read collection. I enjoy short stories from time to time and am always on the lookout for more diverse books. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
I hope that it is one we both enjoy! 🙂
Love the cover, the concept . Sounds like a great read ~ Enjoy!
Renee ~ My CWW
That is definitely clever to include the graphic novel and play. I don’t read many short stories, but I have enjoyed a number of graphic novels. Will watch for this one.
I’m not fan of anthologies but I really want to give this a shot! 🙂
I actually really like anthologies. They’re just so fun to read! 😀
I think this will be a pass, but I am a huge fan of the cover!
Anthologies are hit or miss for me, but you cannot argue with the talent contributing to this one.
I am the same way. I always seem to be drawn to them when there is an author that I love, though.
This is great for those students in my class who want a riveting story without the commitment of a full length novel!
Dianna
That is so true! It’s also a great way to discover a new favourite author as well. 🙂
Okay, I’m very excited about this one! Sounds like a great book for me to purchase for the high school library where I work. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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