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Shannon Hale

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Best Friends

The Princess in Black

The Goose Girl

Austenland

Rapunzel's Revenge

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Freight Train

Review

NPR Books Summer Poll 2020: Kids' Books

Welcome To Story Hour: 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers

August 31, 2020 • This year we had kids and caregivers in mind when we chose the genre for our summer poll. So here are 100 favorite kids' books, picked by readers and expert judges, to while away the hours at home.

Harry Potter Box Set

Summer Books 2012

Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

August 7, 2012 • More than 75,000 of you voted for your favorite young-adult fiction. Now, after all the nominating, sorting and counting, the final results are in. Here are the 100 best teen novels, chosen by the NPR audience.

Author Interviews

Flirting with Fiction and Fantasy in 'Austenland'

June 23, 2007 • In a modern twist to Jane Austen's classic novels, author Shannon Hale tells the coming-of-age story of a woman who grapples with her Jane Austen obsession at Pembrook Park, a British resort that caters to Austen-crazed women.

Flirting with Fiction and Fantasy in 'Austenland'

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