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What is KidderLit? It's a TwitterLit for kids!

And it's a fun way to discover new books and new authors. Every morning, while sensible people are sleeping, the folks at KidderLit and its sister site TwitterLit are hard at work, combing through the stacks of the local library. Why? So that when you wake up and rush to your computer, there will be a new literary teaser waiting for you. Every morning we'll post the first line of a young adult or children's book here at KidderLit.com. The trick is that we don't tell you what the book is or who the author is. To find out, you have to click the link to be taken to the book's page on Amazon (click for financial disclosure).

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School Library Journal writes: "The hip way to chat now? Tweeting—or sending text messages by cell phone. ... Want to appear even cooler? Push Twitterlit.com to teens, which provides the first line from selected books, then links to the titles on Amazon."

07-05-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult

"If I hear one more syllable about spindles, I shall surely die!"

07-04-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult

"There was no lovelier view in England, Harriet knew this."

07-03-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 9-12

"The Fossil sisters lived in the Cromwell Road."

07-02-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult

"So, basically, things were looking pretty good."

07-01-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 9-12

"Cedric himself knew nothing whatever about it."

06-30-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 4-8

"Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess."

06-29-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult

"The fight started at the Taco Bell where a lot of seniors and some juniors went for lunch."

06-28-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 9-12

"Ottoline lived on the twenty-fourth floor of the Pepperpot Building."

06-27-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 9-12

"Let's say you're writing a story and you want to describe your bedroom the night the heat went off."

06-26-09 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: 9-12

"Communication systems have existed for thousands of years."

Full Disclosure: KidderLit is an Amazon affiliate. The links that appear in the posts/tweets point to Amazon.com, and they contain KidderLit's affiliate ID. Sales resulting from clicks on those links will profit KidderLit. KidderLit is not affiliated with Twitter.com.

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