Winner!

And the winner of Riley Carney's THE FIRE STONE is...

Lea Nolan

Congratulations! Please send your mailing instructions to gerb (@) lindagerber (.) com and we'll get that out to you. Everyone, thanks for your comments - especially for sharing what you can to do promote literacy. I see I am not the only one who was inspired this week to make more of an effort in that area. Come on back on Friday for another Freebie, featuring tips from writing moms and a chance to win a signed copy of Margaret Peterson Haddix's newest, SABOTAGED.

What else is up this week?

The kids are back in school! Yay!!!! (No, really. I love my kids. I also love uninterrupted writing time...)

SO many great MG/YA releases. I blogged about some of the books I've been waiting for over at Teen Fiction Cafe. Pop on over. I'd love to hear what books on your want list, too. (Because, yanno, I don't have enough books in my TBR piles.) Here's a more complete list of this week's releases (including books I missed in my TFC post, but have since added to the list!)

DEAD IS JUST A RUMOR by Marlene Perez, THE CANDIDATES: DELCROIX ACADEMY by Inara Scott, DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS by Beth Kephart, DEVASTATION by Gloria Skurzynski, JOHN BELUSHI IS DEAD by Kathy Charles, HOTHOUSE by Chris Lynch, KISSES FROM HELL anthology featuring Kelley Armstrong, Alyson Noel, & more, MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins, SABOTAGED by Margaret Peterson Haddix, THE WHITE HORSE TRICK by Kate Thompson, YOU by Charles Benoit, THE JULIAN GAME by Adele Griffin

This week's video link - a book trailer that made me laugh: