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About Me
RILLA JAGGIA
I have the audacity to write for children without having any of my own. What I do have is one of those dreary multicultural backgrounds--I grew up in India and recently moved back to the United States after five years in Sydney, Australia. The resulting crisis of identity infects all of my writing.
Pre-Publication Sandalwood and Stone
Contemporary YA
Winner of the 2010 SCBWI Mulitcultural WIP Award
Writing Contest, SCBWI-LA Writer's Day 2012, YA, 2nd Place
The Initiate's Daughter
Middle Grade Fantasy
Highlights Foundation Whole Novel Workshop for Fantasy 2010
Writers/Illustrators Blogs
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February 11th, 2010 Cambodia | TravelRantNote: this is an ongoing series about our trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia in December, 2009. Part I of this account can be found here.
Served up by Netflix — Tomb Raider!
Yes, I did actually put this movie into my queue…for a reason.
When we were in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and told our tuk-tuk driver that our [...]
February 6th, 2010 Cambodia | TravelRantNote: this is an ongoing series about our trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia in December, 2009. Part I of this account can be found here.
Well, February has snuck up on me. It’s that sort of month. Right when I’m beginning to believe that January will go on forever, and the New Year really is still [...]
January 30th, 2010 Cambodia | TravelRantNote: this is an ongoing series about our trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia in December, 2009. Part I of this account can be found here.
So. I’m on a diet. Invariably, the holiday season has its tradeoffs. A time of reckoning when all the good food and drink must be balanced by a lean time that [...]
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I Read!
In my reading chair:
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
2012
17. The Fourth Stallby Chris Rylander
16. Breaking Stalin's Nose*by Eugene Yelchin
15. Stolen*by Lucy Christopher
14. The Search for WondLaby Tony DiTerlizzi
13. Please Ignore Vera Dietz*by A. S. King
12. The Smileby Donna Jo Napoli
11. The Clockwork Threeby Matthew Kirby
10. Down Sand Mountainby Steve Watkins
9. Startersby Lissa Price
8. Struckby Jennifer Bosworth
7. The Year the Swallows Came Earlyby Kathryn Fitzmaurice
6. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy*by Gary Schmidt
5. Pippi Longstockingby Astrid Lindgren
4. Code Name Verity*by Elizabeth E. Wein
3. Deliriumby Lauren Oliver
2. Harbingerby Sara Wilson Etienne
1. Divergentby Veronica Roth
2011
35. The Scorpio Races*by Maggie Stiefvater
34. Impossibleby NancyWerlin
33. Mockingbird*by Kathryn Erskine
32. Nothing*by Jaane Teller
31. Incarceron*by Catherine Fisher
30. Tigers's Curseby Collen Houck
29. Breadcrumbs*by Anne Ursu
28. Daughter of Smoke and Bone*by Laini Taylor
27. The Spoon in the Bathroom Wallby Tony Johnston
26. Sarah, Plain and Tall*by Patricia MacLachlan
25. Chasing Vermeerby Blue Balliett
24. Ida B*by Katherine Hannigan
23. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyesby Jonathan Auxier
22. Lucky Breaksby Susan Patron
21. Across the Universe*by Beth Revis
20. Un Lun Dunby China Mieville
19. The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth*by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, annotated by Leonard Marcus
18. The Hunger Games*by Suzanne Collins (again for to lead a teen discussion group)
17. Heart of a Samuraiby Margi Preus
16. The Gardener*by Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small
15. Hot Hot Roti for Dadajiby F. Zia, illustrated by Ken Min
14. One Crazy Summerby Rita Williams-Garcia
13. The Ranger's Apprenticeby John Flanagan
12. Fade*by Robert Cormier
11. Moon Over Manifest*by Clare Vanderpool
10. The Game of Sunken Placesby M. T. Anderson
9. Ship Breakerby Paolo Bacigalupi
8. Gingerbread*by Rachel Cohn
7. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon*by Grace Lin
6. Wintergirls*by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. The Westing Game*by Ellen Raskin
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society*by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
3. Candorby Pam Bachorz
2. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tateby Jacqueline Kelly
1. The Giver*by Lois Lowry
2010
46. Bartimaeus Trilogy-The Amulet of Samarkandby Jonathan Stroud
45. Revolutionby Jennifer Donnelly
44. Crispin The Cross of Leadby Avi
43. Notes From a Liar and her Dog*by Gennifer Choldenko
42. Defiance*by Valerie Hobbes
41. The Maze Runnerby James Dashner
40. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers*by Renni Browne & Dave King
39. Haunted: The Ghost on the Stairsby Chris Eboch
38. Liarby Justine Larbalestier
37. The Phantom Tollbooth*by Norman Juster
36. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
35. Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve
34. Nancy Drew - The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
33. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
32. Ironside* by Holly Black
31. Catherine Called Birdy* by Karen Cushman
30. Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park
29. Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville
28. The Book of Everything*by Guus Kuijer
27. The Midwife's Apprentice* by Karen Cushman
26. Ella Enchanted* by Gail Carson Levine
25. The Thief* by Megan Whalen Turner
24. Sea of the Dead by Julia Durango
23. Ever by Gail Carson Levine
22. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks*by E. Lockhart
21. Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade by Stephanie Greene, ill. by Stephanie Roth Sisson
20. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
19. The Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
18. The Shadow Theives by Anne Ursu
17. Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
16. When You Reach Me* by Rebecca Stead
15. Lily's Ghosts by Laura Ruby
14. Simon Bloom The Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman
13. Uglies* by Scott Westerfeld
12. Maze of Bones (39 Clues Book One) by Rick Riordan
11. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
10. Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
9. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
8. The Garden of Eve by K. L. Going
7. Saving Francesca* by Melina Marchetta
6. Kira Kira* by Cynthia Kadohata
5. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
4. Story of Girl* by Sara Zarr
3. City of Ember* by Jeanne Du Prau
2. Chains* by Laurie Halse Anderson
1. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
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