The paperback edition of No Castles Here is scheduled to come out March 10, 2009 — yup, in a little more than a year. But they’ve already decided on a cover:
I like that they tried to make the cover look like a book cover — with pages and a spine. And that Augie is trying to escape from one reality into another — very cool.
I’m excited!
I’m tickled.
Betsy Bird of Fuse #8 Productions gave out her annual Golden Fuse Awards on January 1st. No Castles Here was mentioned under “Best Adapted Logo by a Publisher,” which pleased me to no end since I’m very fond of what the art designer, Nicole de las Heras, did with the book.
Then yesterday Betsy realized she had missed a few categories from her list and, yes NCH got three more Golden Fuses! The first for “Most Tragic Cover of the Year.” She’s worth quoting:
It’s not fair. It’s a cool image, but you can’t tell that it’s a work of grafitti in a photograph. The image is by Danny “casroc” Casu.
I’m so glad Danny got a mention. His work is awesome! She also gave NCH Golden Fuses for “Gay Characters in Kidlit” and “Good First Line.” This last makes me glow.
Thank you Betsy! I’m honored! Seriously.
The season is upon us. The American Library Association has announced one award and honor after another. I am so proud of the Class of 2k7–we appear on so many lists!
Sundee Frazier won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent for Brendan Buckley’s Universe & Everything In It (Delacorte).
G. Neri made the 2007 list for Notable Children’s Books with his Chess Rumble, illustrated by by Jesse Joshua Watson (Lee & Low).
Then three members of the Class (yes three!) were chosen as the 2007 Best Books for Young Adults:
Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why (Penguin Group USA/Razorbill);
Ann Dee Ellis’s This Is What I Did (Little, Brown); and
Sara Zarr’s Story of a Girl (Little, Brown) which was also a finalist for the National Book Awards!
Congratulations all!
You go, Class of 2k7!!!
MyShelf.com reviewed No Castles Here. . . and liked it. Yay!
The reviewer wasn’t sure at first.
I didn’t expect to like this book. I expected it to be depressing and grim.
But, fortunaly, she found out that it wasn’t. She liked the magic, the characterization, how each person mattered.
Not everything in Augie’s world turns out perfect, but Bauer takes readers on a wonderful trip through one young man’s life from fear to hope - and I enjoyed the trip tremendously.
You can read the full review here.