Young Adult

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
by Niki Burnham, Terri Clark, Ellen Hopkins, Lynda Sandoval

Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Graphia

ISBN: 978-0547014999

Price of Book: $8.99

Release Date:
May 5, 2008

Other Titles:
Goddess Games, Sleepless, Glass, Who’s Your Daddy

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Niki Burnham is a RITA® Award Winner

Niki Burnham, Terri Clark, Ellen Hopkins, and Lynda Sandoval give us four tales about the end of first love. How does anyone survive? Read Breaking Up is Hard To Do to find out. Each story showcases the writer’s signature style: Niki Burnham keeps it smart and sassy; Terri Clark brings a touch of fantasy; Ellen Hopkins tells her story in verse; and no one does funny like Lynda Sandoval. For teens looking for something to get them through the pain, this is just the prescription!

Biography

Niki Burnham is the RITA-award winning author of six books for adults and six books for teens, including Sticky Fingers and Royally Jacked, a Teen People Pick and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Terri Clark is a teen patron specialist who’ll finally get to shelve her own books at the library when her debut YA, Sleepless, comes out in August 2008 with HarperTeen.

Ellen Hopkins is the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction books for children and four NY Times best-selling young adult novels-in-verse.

Lynda Sandoval is the Borders/Waldenbooks best-selling author of 22 books, including Who’s Your Daddy? and Chicks Ahoy, both ALA Top Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Booksellers and librarians: the authors are happy to do bookstore and library visits, or do call-in Q&A sessions with your teen groups. Just send an e-mail to the author(s) via their Web site(s )for more info!