http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Young_Adult_BooksFind stories, videos, and photos about Young Adult Books from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:13:13 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Young_Adult_Books14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Young Adult Books from CNN.com.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20297029,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20297029,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnPaul Wesley stars as gentle bloodsucker Stefan on the CW's Vampire DiariesMon, 10 Aug 2009 19:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/wisconsin.book.row/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/wisconsin.book.row/index.html#cnnSTCTextA fight over books depicting sex and homosexuality has riled up a small Wisconsin city, cost some library board members their positions and prompted a call for a public book burning.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/16/potter.activists.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/16/potter.activists.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the threat from villainous Lord Voldemort is ignored until it's almost too late.Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/potter.premiere/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/potter.premiere/index.html#cnnSTCText"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" made $22.2 million at its midnight showings Wednesday, setting a new record.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/13/potter.preview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/13/potter.preview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe end is closer than the beginning.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/03/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextA first-edition Harry Potter book was sold for about $19,000, according to an auction house in Dallas, Texas.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/29/dead.celebrities/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/29/dead.celebrities/index.html#cnnSTCTextElvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industryWed, 29 Oct 2008 16:19:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1839822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1839822,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsJ.K. Rowling's U.S. publisher is trying to match her success with a new series of children's books that adds multimedia -- but seems a little more engineeredTue, 09 Sep 2008 16:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/09/08/harry.potter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/09/08/harry.potter/index.html#cnnSTCTextA federal judge on Monday ruled against a Web site operator who was seeking to publish an encyclopedia about the Harry Potter series of novels, blocking publication of "The Harry Potter Lexicon" after concluding that it would cause author J.K. Rowling "irreparable injury."Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:12:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216287,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216287,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe fairy tale collection – due out just before Christmas – will raise money for charityFri, 01 Aug 2008 12:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/12/celebrity.power/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/12/celebrity.power/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been ranked the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running by Forbes magazine.Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/10/harry.potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn 800-word prequel to the blockbuster Harry Potter novel series fetched nearly $50,000 Tuesday for a writer's group and dyslexia charity.Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1813473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1813473,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn 800-word prequel to the Harry Potter series, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling, sold for nearly 25,000 pounds at a charity auction TuesdayWed, 11 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1813129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1813129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn 800-word prequel to the Harry Potter series, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling, will be auctioned for charity Tuesday nightTue, 10 Jun 2008 14:55:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202974,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202974,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnUnlike her usual lengthy tomes, this story clocks in at just 800 wordsThu, 29 May 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/05/29/potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/05/29/potter.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling is writing a prequel to her best-selling series to be auctioned for charity -- but at just 800 words, it may lack some of the magic fans of the boy wizard might be hoping for.Thu, 29 May 2008 13:30:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20191127,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20191127,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe author "feels her words were stolen," says her lawyerMon, 14 Apr 2008 17:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html#cnnSTCTextJ.K. Rowling has retired Harry Potter, but the fictional boy wizard lives in on college classes across the country where the children's books are embraced as literary and academic texts.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20185951,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20185951,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed," she saysMon, 24 Mar 2008 20:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/03/23/rowling.depressed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/03/23/rowling.depressed/index.html#cnnSTCTextHarry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has revealed she thought of killing herself while penniless and suffering from depression as a single mother, according to a report in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:36:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181174,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181174,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe author slaps a lawsuit on the editor of a proposed Harry Potter LexiconFri, 29 Feb 2008 14:42:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684835,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684835,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBy borrowing elements from the book series, a school in England has turned its grades aroundFri, 16 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20156138,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20156138,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnWith Harry Potter's adventures having come to their breathless end, J.K. Rowling is wasting no time when it comes to what's next.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1675622,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1675622,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsJ.K. Rowling has belatedly outed her wizard. But John Cloud doesn't see it as a triumph for gay equalityMon, 22 Oct 2007 23:55:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20153399,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20153399,00.htmlIt was a little late for National Coming Out Day, but a huge revelation nonetheless: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed Friday night that one of her main characters, Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay.Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:44:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDuring a New York City reading with delighted fans, the author explains that Dumbledore is gaySat, 20 Oct 2007 18:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1674069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHarry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/news/companies/bc.apfn.earns.scholastic.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/news/companies/bc.apfn.earns.scholastic.ap/index.htmScholastic Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed, topping analysts' estimates, on sales of the final book in the Harry Potter series.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/20/people.rowling.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/20/people.rowling.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextJ.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:30:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/news/companies/harry_potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/news/companies/harry_potter/index.htmThe last installment of the Harry Potter series sold a record-breaking 11.5 million copies in the U.S. in the first 10 days on sale, the book's publisher Scholastic announced Thursday.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/july.3.ireport/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/july.3.ireport/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's the end of the week again, and we get the feeling the days just flew by. We heard your views on important political issues, saw your photos and video from explosions in Dallas, Texas, and received all kinds of reports of fires and waterspouts around the country. You also sent us a sweet tribute to Tammy Faye Messner, who passed away Friday.Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:47:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047938,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047938,00.htmlEven though Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold an incredible 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on the American market - its author, J.K. Rowling, says reaching the finish line was bittersweet.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/10/potter.fans.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/10/potter.fans.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith a new Harry Potter movie and book coming out, CNN.com asked readers to send in their photos of the witches and wizards they love. We received a number of photos and stories from creative readers.Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:10:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047648,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047648,00.htmlIt was a night of broken curfews and late bedtimes as fans around the globe lined up to buy the final installment in the Harry Potter series at 12:01 a.m.Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:33:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/companies/scholastic_potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/companies/scholastic_potter/index.htmThe final book in the Harry Potter series sold an estimated 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of sale, setting a new record for the book industry, according to U.S. publisher Scholastic.Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:15:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/21/news/companies/harrypotter_newbook/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/21/news/companies/harrypotter_newbook/index.htmMillions of readers are still making their way through the latest Harry Potter, but book sellers are already happy with the outcome.Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/07/20/potter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/07/20/potter/index.html#cnnSTCText"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final book in J.K. Rowling's seven-book series about a youthful wizard and his magical and darkening world, arrived at 12:01 a.m. Saturday local time around the globe. Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:09:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047436,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047436,00.htmlAs millions of fans await Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the final news of their hero's fate - to be revealed once and for all 12:01 a.m. Saturday - J.K. Rowling sounds almost relieved that it is sealed.Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:02:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1637886_1637891_1644751,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1637886_1637891_1644751,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPages of what appear to be the The Deathly Hallows are turning up online, but the publisher won't confirm if they're realFri, 20 Jul 2007 15:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/19/news/newsmakers/harry_potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/19/news/newsmakers/harry_potter/index.htmThe last volume of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has already been delivered to customers and magically appeared online just days before its official release Saturday.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:41:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045085,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045085,00.htmlWill the seventh Harry Potter book, due out July 21, really be the final one in the series?Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:52:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/02/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/02/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htmOnline retailer Amazon.com said Monday pre-orders for the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series set for release on July 21 have hit an all-time record high in the U.S. and worldwide.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/14/missing.mccann/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/14/missing.mccann/index.htmlPolice investigating the disappearance of a missing British girl in Portugal said they may use sniffer dogs on Thursday to search the area where an anonymous tip-off said she was buried.Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/news/funny/harry_potter/index.htmThe latest Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will have a record-breaking 12 million copies printed in its first run, according to a release.Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:06:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/pete_mcentegart/02/09/ten.spot/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/pete_mcentegart/02/09/ten.spot/index.htmlA hot trend in the publishing industry these days is children's books "written" by sports stars. Alex Rodriguez released his effort, Out of the Ballpark, this week, featuring a baseball-crazed boy named Alex who makes an error in a key game because he's trying so darn hard. That joins, among others, Terrell Owens' trenchant Little T Learns to Share. (T.O. apparently hails from the "write what you don't know" school.) Here are some other children's books that we can imagine being penned by sport figures:Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:46:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/harrypotter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/harrypotter/index.htmThe final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it's already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:59:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/01/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/01/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmThe final Harry Potter book will hit bookstores July 21, its publishers announced early Thursday.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/21/books.potter.reut/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/21/books.potter.reut/index.htmlLess than 24 hours after the English edition of the latest Harry Potter book went on sale in China's capital on the weekend, the full text of the 672-page tome was available for free on the Internet as an unauthorized e-book, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday.Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/20/review.potter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/20/review.potter/index.htmlHarry Potter's name may be on the cover, but the star of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is his black-hearted nemesis, Lord Voldemort.Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/14/harry.potter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/14/harry.potter/index.htmlThe frenzy over the latest Harry Potter book has begun.Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/11/news/newsmakers/potter_books/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/11/news/newsmakers/potter_books/index.htmThe first truckload of new Harry Potter books arrived at a bookstore Monday, but there's apparently no wizardry on Earth that can help fans get a sneak peak before the books go on sale at midnight Saturday.Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/08/news/newsmakers/potter_preorders/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/08/news/newsmakers/potter_preorders/index.htmJ.K. Rowling's latest book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" goes on sale at the stroke of midnight, July 16th, but if pre-orders are any indication, nearly everyone who wants one will already own a copy.Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/04/potter.charges/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/04/potter.charges/index.htmlHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won a court order to stop two men leaking details of her latest work after they were arrested in a dramatic operation to recover two copies of the book.Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/30/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/30/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmThe publishers of the Harry Potter series are expecting a record-breaking performance from the sixth book, which hits stores in July.Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:17:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/21/news/international/potter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/21/news/international/potter/index.htmHarry Potter fans and investors alike cheered Tuesday when publishers announced that the sixth installment of the boy wizard's saga will hit shelves next summer.Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Careers/10/27/fired.good.thing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Careers/10/27/fired.good.thing/index.htmlWhen it happens, you might think you're the only one who has been fired or suffered a setback in your career. In reality, you are far from alone -- some of the world's best and brightest have been sacked too.Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/29/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/29/news/newsmakers/harrypotter/index.htmThe sixth book in the popular Harry Potter series will be titled "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," the books' author J.K. Rowling has announced.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/08/01/346457/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/08/01/346457/index.htmNext time you shop for a book online, try www.bestbookbuys.com first to compare the goods at 21 websites, like Amazon and Books-a-Million. A search for J.K. Rowling's fifth Harry Potter book turned...Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285593/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285593/index.htmA lot of kids (probably yours) think the four Harry Potter books are the greatest thing since The Phantom Tollbooth. They're definitely worth reading yourself, but in case you don't have the time, ...Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/07/01/282748/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/07/01/282748/index.htmJUNE Sat, 01 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDT