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Book Talk: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Book Talk: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

by on 31. Jul, 2008 in Uncategorized

Miss the “midnight party fun” so many celebrated as each new Harry Potter was released? Stop by a local bookstore on Friday, August 1st, and you will find a celebration in full swing for the release of Breaking Dawn, Book 4 of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. Set in Seattle, these books follow the saga of [...]

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From the Editor: Mid-Issue Update: Sacrifice

by on 02. Jun, 2008 in ATG News

We’re halfway to the close of 2008 already as we reach June – a good mid-point for the 3rd issue of All Things Girl:  Sacrifice.  There has been an amazing response to this issue so far – as we explore the daily and life-changing sacrifices folks make.  Take a moment and look at your neighbors [...]

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Cover Girl Stephenie Meyer: An Interview (Part Two) with Deb Smouse

by on 02. Jun, 2008 in Everything Girl, Sacrifice (May/June 2008)

We continue our chat with Cover Girl and phenomenal author, Stephenie Meyer. (If you missed it, check out Part One) Most writers draw upon their own life, especially in early works…. How much have you drawn upon yourself and your life for each of your Novels? Since I write fantasy, I can’t draw on many [...]

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Science Fiction Novel Appeals to Mainstream Audiences

Science Fiction Novel Appeals to Mainstream Audiences

by on 07. May, 2008 in ATG News

Earth has been invaded and humans have become hosts to “The Souls”, who take over the minds of the human while leaving their body intact. Out there, however, are those rebel humans: they are the survivors…. Melanie was one such survivor. She and her brother Jamie had been hiding, resisting being taken by a soul. [...]

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From the Editor: Welcome to Sacrifice (May/June 2008)

by on 03. May, 2008 in ATG News

According to Webster’s,   one of the definitions of “sacrifice” is:  “to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end.”   Sacrifices come in both big and small ways.    We see the big sacrifices on the news and in our history books, but all around us, people are making [...]

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Cover Girl Stephenie Meyer: An Interview (Part One) with Deb Smouse

by on 02. May, 2008 in Everything Girl, Sacrifice (May/June 2008)

For those who follow the happenings of the literary world, teach junior high or have a “tweener” at home, you can’t help but have heard of our cover girl, Stephenie Meyer. After her new novel, The Host is released, the rest of the world will catch up on the works of this amazing author. Stephenie [...]

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Remembered (Excerpt from The Host) by Stephenie Meyer

by on 02. May, 2008 in Everything Girl, Sacrifice (May/June 2008)

Chapter One I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned. Not these eyes. My eyes. Mine. This was me now. The language I found myself using was odd, but it made sense. Choppy, boxy, blind, and linear. Impossibly crippled in comparison [...]

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