friday fun!

hi everyone! three things today, a School Library Journal

review for Fury of the Phoenix, awesome fan art, and a rad

YA author event and luncheon which i'll be attending in a

couple of saturdays!

First, the SLJ review of Fury:

Gr 9 Up—This sequel to Silver Phoenix (Greenwillow, 2009)

continues the adventure of Ai Ling… who follows her heart

by sneaking onto a ship carrying Chen Yong, bound for the

land of his father. Ai Ling is trying to protect him from the

harm she was warned about in a dream. Interwoven into the

story is the tale of Zhong Ye and his rise to power in the

Emperor's palace and his love for Silver Phoenix. How the

lives of Ai Ling and Zhong Ye are bound together makes for an

intriguing story. Pon engages readers immediately. [The] novel

is sensuous and descriptive, and even readers unfamiliar with

the first book will find themselves unable to put this one down.

—Kathy Kirchoefer, Prince Georges County Memorial Library

System, New Carrollton, MD

yay! thank you ms. kirchoefer for the review! and although

you could read Fury without reading Silver Phoenix first, i think

it's definitely better that you read both novels in the order they

were published.

*click for full image!

and marie, a local (for now, wah!) writer and artist was

kind enough to sketch ai ling for me. i love how loose it

is but how alive it is at the same time! don't you think?

the expression and the eyes are especially wonderful. thanks

so much marie for this lovely fan art piece!

and finally, i'll be attending the first YA in Bloom

luncheon at vroman's on saturday, june 25, 1-4pm!

it includes lunch as well as discussion and fun and

lots of raffle give aways! nancy holder, lisa yee, and

katie alender are the other authors in attendance! if you're

in the los angeles area and are a fan of young adult

novels, you should come and say HI!! click here to purchase

the $12.50 luncheon and register!

this has been a challenging week for me and i'm

looking forward to better health and less craziness

next week. =) everyone have a great weekend!