Title: Enchanted Author: Alethea Kontis Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 305 Pages It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the…
Title: Blackbirds Author: Chuck Wendig Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publication date: April 24th 2012 Paperback: 384 pages Miriam Black knows when you will die. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. But when…
Title: The Peculiars Author: Maureen Doyle McQuerry Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Amulet Books Publication date: May 1st 2012 Hardcover: 354 pages This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and…
Title: Blue Thread Author: Ruth Tenzer Feldman Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Time Travel, Feminism Publisher: Ooligan Press Publication date: February 1st 2012 Paperback: 296 pages The women’s suffrage movement is in full swing in 1912 Portland, Oregon—the last holdout state…
Title: Company of Liars Author: Karen Maitland Genre: Historical, Speculative Fiction, Medieval Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication date: January 2008 Paperback: 576 pages In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of…
Title: White Horse Author: Alex Adams Genre: Horror, Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Publication Date: April 17, 2012 Hardcover: 292 Pages Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning…
Title: The Book of the Maidservant Author: Rebecca Barnhouse Genre: Historical, Medieval, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication date: October 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned…
Title: 172 Hours on the Moon (Original title: DARLAH) Author: Johan Harstad Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (US) / Atom (UK) Publication Date: April 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 355 Pages…
Title: Changeling Author: Delia Sherman Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication date: August 2006 Paperback 256 pages A determined heroine, a quest adventure galore! Neef is a changeling, a human baby stolen by fairies and replaced with…
Title: Wheel of the Infinite Author: Martha Wells Genre: Fantasy, PoC Publisher: Eos (but the author recently released the ebooks) Publication date: First published, 2000. Ebook was made available in 2011 Paperback: 355 pages…
Title: Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress Author: Sarwat Chadda Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Harper Collins Children / Arthur A Levine Publication date: March 1 2012 / October 2012 Paperback: 400 pages…
Title: Glamour in Glass Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Genre: Fantasy, Alternate History Publisher: Tor Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 336 Pages Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute…
Title: Snow in Summer Author: Jane Yolen Genre: Historical, Fairytale, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Publication date: November 10th 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages With her black hair, red lips, and lily-white skin, Summer is as beautiful as her father’s garden.…
Title: I Hunt Killers Author: Barry Lyga Genre: Horror, Mystery/Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 359 Pages What if the world’s worst serial killer…was your dad? Jasper (Jazz) Dent is…
Title: The False Prince Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 342 Pages THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and…
Title: Fear Author: Michael Grant Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 509 Pages Despite the hunger, despite the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are…
Title: The Wicked and the Just Author: J. Anderson Coats Genre: Historical, Medieval, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: April 17th 2012 Hardcover: 352 pages Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales,…
Title: Tankborn Author: Karen Sandler Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Tu Books Publication Date: October 2011 Hardcover: 373 Pages Best friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated for their Assignments. They are GENs, Genetically Engineered…
Title: The Rebel Wife Author: Taylor M. Polites Genre: Historical, Literary Fiction, American Civil War, PoC Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication date: February 7 2012 Hardcover: 304 pages Brimming with atmosphere and edgy suspense, The Rebel Wife presents a…
Title: Plague Town Author: Dana Fredsti Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombie Apocalypse Publisher: Titan Books Publication Date: April 2012 Paperback: 368 Pages In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu. They…
Title: Goddess of Yesterday Author: Caroline B. Cooney Genre: Fantasy, Greek Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication date: First published in 2002 Paperback: 242 pages Anaxandra is taken from her birth island at age 6…
Title: Peaceweaver Author: Rebecca Barnhouse Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Publication date: March 27 2012 Hardcover: 336 pages This is historical fantasy at its best. Sixteen-year-old Hild has always been a favorite of her uncle, king…
Title: Born Wicked Author: Jessica Spotswood Genre: Dystopia, Historical Fantasy (Alternate History), Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Date: February 2012 Hardcover: 330 Pages Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far…
Title: The Haunting of Maddy Clare Author: Simone St James Genre: Historical, Romance, Ghost story Publisher: NAL Trade Publication date: March 6 2012 Paperback: 318 pages Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to…
Title: Loss Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Graphia Publication date: March 20 2012 Paperback: 272 pages Fifteen-year-old Billy Ballard is the kid that everyone picks on, from the school bullies to the teachers. But things…