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Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton

April 2012

In the aftermath of the devastating fire that tears her family apart, Grace embarks on a mission to find the person responsible and protect her children from further harm. This fire was not an accident, and her daughter Jenny may still be in grave danger. Grace is the only one who can discover the culprit, and she will do whatever it takes to save her family.

BEA 2012

Interview: Aaron Karo, author of Lexapros and Cons

Apr 25, 2012

Aaron Karo’s first young adult novel, LEXAPROS AND CONS, follows Chuck Taylor, who struggles as a social outcast due to his OCD habits. But as graduation approaches, he has one last chance to win back his best friend and, just maybe, the beautiful new girl at school. In this interview, conducted by Teenreads.com’s Norah Piehl, Karo shares the various things he has in common with Chuck. He also reaches into the depths of his memory to recall his favorite childhood book and reveals his noble reasons for writing in the YA genre.

April 2012

Each month in our Grab Bag of Books contest, five readers are awarded a Teenreads.com signature tote bag filled with some of the hottest books --- and may even include a sneak peek at titles that haven’t been released yet!

Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times bestselling author of  PICTURES OF YOU and eight other novels. Her new novel, IS IT TOMOROW, will be published by Algonquin Books, Spring 2013. She can be reached at www.carolineleavitt.com. She will also be participating in a live webcast with Anne Lamott on April 26th, which you can find out more about here. 
By the age of 25, Claire Bidwell Smith had lost both of her parents to cancer. In her recently published memoir, THE RULES OF INHERITANCE, Bidwell Smith shares her harrowing experiences, breaking the book down into the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Below she outlines her step-by-step process for how and why she chose to do this. 

April 24, 2012

The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of April 23rd and April 30th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers.

Amanda Hodgkinson is a British writer and journalist who grew up in a small Essex fishing village before moving to Suffolk, and attending the University of East Anglia. She now lives and works in south west France with her husband Guy and their two daughters. 22 BRITANNIA ROAD is Amanda Hodgkinson’s first novel. Here, she talks about being inspired by her mother and her bustling childhood home.