Hey Andi, if she's at all like Kara, Dead Boys by Royce Buckingham; Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary both by Andrew Cosby; all the Goosebumps books, but especially the Horrorland series...she's been on a kick. She's also reading a lot of tweeny manga and books about or featuring fairies.

(Not really here, I'm sick and wandering the web in search of distraction before I try to ignore the seasick to see if I can sleep.)

Hey, thanks bonny and Deena! I'll C&P those ideas over to my friend.

P.S. Deena, feel better soon!

Andi, weirdly, my favorite of Hiaasen's YA work is not listed on his page.

It's called Scat and does have a strong female protagonist.

Thanks, bonny.

How in the everloving hell is Kara nearly ten?

How in the everloving hell is Kara nearly ten?

Yes, it is unpossible. Next she'll be saying that pale little baby boy is in school or something.

And she shouldn't be sick!

Bonny

I'm thinking there should be a comma between the phrase "build character" and the phrase "to learn successful habits" in the copy for the kids section. The comma is there on the proof without the picture but then is missing on the proof with the picture. I looked at the revised one first and was going to suggest that you add a comma and then saw it on the earlier version so I think it was punctuation that got just lost in change in formatting.

Btw, teppy--I was watching an ep of big bang theory on the plane an realized you may or may not be Sheldon, but I totally know someone who is Howard...except a girl. She has hunched shoulders and the same haircut! She's Jewish and an engineer, just like him! Madness.

argh. I just found out my housemate's gf is telling him he CANNOT play a show on the 14th because it is Valentine's day. And to think I got mad at my other housemate for referring to the gf as "Yoko". I so hope musician guy sticks up for himself. You can celebrate your love any day. Gigs are hard to come by.