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Book Trailer of the Week– Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

This week’s book trailer of the week is for Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger. In this Finishing School Book the First, Sophronia has been enrolled in finishing school. Set in an alternate steampunk England in 1851, Sophronia’s finishing school is like no other. It teaches the art of poisoning, eye lash fluttering, self defense, and other skills to make one an expert in espionage. Being no ordinary girl, Sophronia is thriving at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy, and she tests the limits of her new training as she tries to solve the mystery of the missing prototype. Click here to find Etiquette & Espionage in the Library today!

Teen Book Cover Art: Papercuts

Figment’s Tumblr recently posted about about a new trend of papercuts on teen book covers: http://figmentdotcom.tumblr.com/post/50037988275/ya-cover-trend-paper-cuts.

These covers are actually pretty cool looking and got me wondering– how does someone actually make papercuts? I checked out some of the books we have in the Library on paper cutting and let me tell you, you need some serious scissor skills. However, they aren’t as complicated as you might think. Part of the trick of papercutting is folding the paper to make more than one cut at a time. There are also different cutting tools you can use to create more detailed cuts.

Here are some of the most recent Teen novels that feature papercuts on their covers, click on the cover or the title link to find more information about the book:

by Leigh Bardugo

by Brenna Yovanoff

by Sean Beaudoin

by Kelly Link

Shiver, Linger, Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Fall trilogy)

by Maggie Stiefvater

If you want to find out more about how to create papercuts, check out this books at the Library! (just click on the cover or title link to find it in the Library):

Paper Cuts: 35 Inventive Projects