Title: The Gray Wolf Throne Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion (Disney) Publication date: August 2011 Hardcover: 528 pages Han Alister thought he had already lost everyone he loved. But when he finds his friend…
Hello everybody! To those in the areas affected by Hurricane Irene – I hope you are all ok! I was very anxious overnight since Thea lives in the area as well! Anyways, down to business! Interrobang YA: A group…
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Title: The Shattering Author: Karen Healey Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 5 2011 Hardcover: 320 pages Seventeen-year-old Keri likes to plan for every possibility. She knows what…
Title: The Postmortal Author: Drew Magary Genre: Dystopia, Satire, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Penguin Publication date: August 2011 Paperback: 320 pages John Farrell is about to get “The Cure.” Old age can never kill him now. The only problem is,…
Title: The Berlin Boxing Club Author: Robert Sharenow Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: April 2011 Hardcover: 416 pages Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But to the bullies at…
Title: The Poisoned House Author: Michael Ford Genre: Horror, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co (US)/Bloomsbury Plc (UK) Publication date: August 2011/August 2010 Hardcover: 304 pages Life can be cruel for a servant girl in 1850s London.…
Title: Nothing Author: Janne Teller Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Atheneum Publication date: February 9, 2010 Hardcover: 24o pages Pierre Anthon left school the day he found out that it was not worth doing anything as nothing mattered anyhow.…
Title: Shut Out Author: Kody Keplinger Genre: Contemporary, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Poppy Publication date: September 5 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it’s a civil war: the…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Rick Yancey’s Monstrumologist Series Gets A Reprieve! In case you haven’t heard the fantastic, amazing, wonderful news, Rick Yancey’s Monstrumologist series will get a fourth book from publisher Simon & Schuster. Here’s Rick Yancey’s…
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Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Genre: Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Doubleday (Random House US)/ Harvill Secker (UK) Publication date: September 2011 Hardcover: 387 pages The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is…
Title: Okay For Now Author: Gary D. Schmidt Genre: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: April 5th 2011 Hardcover: 368 pages Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and…
Title: This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein Author: Kenneth Oppel Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication date: August 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein. They are…
Title: Heroes at Odds Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication date: July 2011 Paperback: 352 pages Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish are steadfast in their commitment to protect Westsea no matter what disaster –…
Title: Magic Slays Author: Ilona Andrews Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication date: May 2011 Paperback: 308 pages Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has never been so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the…
Title: The Boyfriend List Author: E. Lockhart Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte (US)/ Corgi (UK) Publication date: September 2011 Paperback: 229 pages Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it’s unusual, but give her a…
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“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
Title: Juliet Immortal Author: Stacey Jay Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Publication date: August 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages “These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as…
Title: A Long Long Sleep Author: Anna Sheehan Genre: Speculative Fiction/Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fairy Tale Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick (US)/Gollancz (UK) Publication date: August 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 352 pages Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two…
Title: Ruby Red (original title Rubinrot – Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten) Author: Kerstin Gier Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (US)/Arena (Germany) Publication date: May 2011 (US)/January 2009 (Germany) Hardcover: 324 pages…
Title: Stork Author: Wendy Delsol Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick Publication date: October 2010 Hardcover: 355 pages Family secrets. Lost memories. And the arrival of an ancient magical ability that will reveal everything. Sixteen-year-old Katla LeBlanc has just…
Title: Gemini Bites Author: Patrick Ryan Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: March 2011 Hardcover: 240 pages Judy and Kyle Renneker are sixteen-year-old fraternal twins in a rambling family of nine. They have a prickly history…
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