I've batted around this post in my mind for a few weeks. Can anyone tell me if they'd still be available next summer for our girlz? The PW post says that now the books are creeping over to the teen sections, but it's too late, right? This is just sadness. 'Over at CBR, Andy Khouri reports that DC has canceled the Minx line, the much-talked-about line of GNs aimed at the female YA market, launched with much fanfare last year.CBR News was told that Random House, DC’s book trade distributor, has not been able to successfully place MINX titles in the coveted young adult sections of bookstores like Barnes & Noble.'Īre you kidding me? They expected teen girls to find this amazing imprint for them in the graphic novel section? Not YA? And is two years really long enough to test the success? The works received star reviews!

So I found this link this morning from PW The Beat: Tada!Īnd then rgz diva HOLLY CUPALA tells me they discontinued the graphic line, MINX. We've been looking for the right graphic novels for the group. I'm psyched to get ahold of Cecil Castellucci and invite her to be a feature author for readergirlz. I do and they are awesome graphic novels for teens.

Kirkus Reviews said that the protagonist was 'almost too good to be true, but she'll appeal to teens interested in dance'.Are you kidding me? I just got a tip from GuysLitWire, Colleen Mondor, to read The Plain Janes and Janes in Love for rgz. Booklist was less positive, feeling that the grandfather's stroke was 'perhaps overly convenient' and that the 'shift in focus from ballet-studio pressures to family dynamics feels a bit jarring'. Publishers Weekly described it as 'well-wrought' with 'an air of authenticity'. School Library Journal said that the novel was 'finely written', and commented of the main character that 'the teen's voice rings true'.

It seems her dream is crushed, but when her grandfather has a stroke, losing the ability to talk and move his right side, her perspective alters. After a growth spurt, she is judged too tall for professional ballet and advised to take a dance class for adult amateurs. She hopes to be selected for City Ballet, a program for very skilled dancers, although there are only sixteen positions available. The novel centers on 16-year-old Clare, who has dreamed of becoming a dancer all her life and has worked hard to achieve her dreams. It was nominated for the 2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. On Pointe is a children's novel about an aspiring ballet dancer by Lorie Ann Grover, first published in 2004.

On pointe by lorie ann grover