Perfect Pairings

Sometimes there are two things that you love, and you can't help but dream that they will someday come together to make something wonderful.  "Hey!  I like bacon and I like fudge . . . what if there were fudge with pieces of bacon in it!"  Or perhaps you think "I love the library and I love watching movies . . . what if they library showed movies!"  (By the way, we do show movies at the library--check out our calendar for details.  

Well, I'm beyond excited because two of my favorite teen fantasy writers--Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater--are collaborating on a new book, Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures.  Stiefvater has many wonderful books . . . the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, The Raven Cycle, and even one of the Spirit Animals books that I wrote about in a previous post.  She creates characters that you can't help but care about, and her plot twists boggle my mind.  Pearce wrote a gorgeous book called Sisters Red, which is a fairy tale retelling.  This book was all I could think about or talk about for weeks after reading it.  Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures comes out at the end of April . . . look for it at the library!