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Neal Shusterman Reviews Gary Paulsen’s Final Novel

“He will soon understand that having a direction is far more important than having a destination when one’s journey is into the unknown.”

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This is a review I did of Gary Paulsen’s last book. It was an honor to get the chance to review his final book for the New York Times.

Bruiser has entire sections in verse, when told from the point of view of the character “Brewster,” the one with the power to heal physical and emotional wounds. I was worried about pushing my own boundaries to try free verse – so I sent all the verse to my friend, author Ellen Hopkins, who is a master of verse novels – and she loved it enough to give me a blurb for the book.

How are you starting your week?

With a good cup of coffee? A good book? Writing on a journal?

What is your Monday habit?

I’m curious for inspiration!

(photo: Sebastian Dumitru)

🌟 Fan Art Friday 🌟

“This was the very first trilogy that blew my mind, the story is just pure gold and the first book is one of my all time favourites.”

Thank you @inkedval_ (IG) for this beautiful art!

#fanartfriday #fanart #fanmade #creative #art #arcofascythe #scythebook

Let’s talk book covers!

Which cover of Everlost do you prefer?

And have you read it yet?

🎬 Film/TV Update 🎬

I had an “Ask Me Anything” over at Reddit last November and was asked about updates on possible TV and film adaptations of my books.

These are my answers from questions about Scythe, Unwind, and Dry.

Do you know anyone who has been waiting so long for any of these to be on screen?

Tag them in this post to make sure they see this update!

#nealshusterman #arcofascythe #unwinddystology #drybook #bookstagram #bookstomovies #bookish #mustread #booksofig #authorlife #movieupdate...

Happy New Year! 🎉

Let’s welcome 2022 with a goal… so I’m curious, how many book are you planning to read this new year?

Go!

🌟 Fan Art Friday 🌟

Can you guess who these characters are?

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“Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.”

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Thank you for this art, allarica (IG)!

I look through the hashtags every chance I get!

Continue to use #roxybook #drybook #arcofascythe #unwinddystology #shustermaniacs #nealshusterman on your posts and I might just repost them 😊

Going over some of the previous write-ups and because Challenger Deep has been mentioned to me recently, it’s perfect timing that I saw this post from The Horn Book.

Find out a little bit more about Challenger Deep here: https://www.hbook.com/story/five-questions-for-neal-shusterman

🎬 #RoxyBook Behind-The-Scenes 🎬

So, what are 3 words to describe our writing partner and Roxy? Watch what Jarrod and I have to say!

And we’d love to know how YOU would describe Roxy!