Title: The Game (previously published as Invitation to The Game) Author: Monica Hughes Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: October 2010 (originally published February 1991) Paperback: 183 pages It’s the future, and most jobs…
Title: My Name is Not Easy Author: Debby Dahl Edwardson Genre: Historical, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books Publication date: October 28 2011 Hardcover: 248 pages My name is not easy. My name is hard like ocean…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: January 3rd 2012 Hardcover: 387 pages Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From…
Title: Nightspell Author: Leah Cypess Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest…
Title:Trance Author: Kelly Meding Genre: Urban Fantasy, Superheroes Publisher: Pocket Books Publication Date: October 25 2011 Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Kelly Meding’s war-ravaged Los Angeles is ground zero for the ultimate Meta human showdown in this sexy, action-packed…
Title: The Woman in Black Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror, Gothic, Historical Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (originally published by Hamish Hamilton, UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (originally October 1983) Paperback: 176 pages A classic ghost story: the chilling tale of…
Title: The Song of Achilles Author: Madeline Miller Genre: Historical Fantasy, Greek Mythology, LGBT Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication date: September 5 2011 Hardcover: 368 pages Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to…
Title: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Movie directed by Rupert Wyatt; screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver; starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto, and John Lithgow How did I get this movie: Review Copy from…
Title: Blood Red Road Author: Moira Young Genre: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: June 2011 Hardcover: 459 pages Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland…
Title: Hugo The Invention of Hugo Cabret written by Brian Selznick; Published by Scholastic in 2007 Movie directed by Martin Scorsese; Starring, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, and Jude Law.…
Title: Frost Author: Marianna Baer Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer & Bray (HarperCollins) Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 400 pages Leena Thomas’s senior year at boarding school starts with a cruel shock: Frost House, the cozy…
Title: Every Other Day Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Genre: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Egmont USA Publication date: December 27th 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Every other day, Kali D’Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to…
Title: Cleopatra’s Moon Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) Publication Date: August 2011 Hardcover: 384 pages “The Luxe” meets the ancient world in the extraordinary story of Cleopatra’s daughter. Selene…
Title: Dark Inside Author: Jeyn Roberts Genre: Speculative Fiction, Apocalypse, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (US) / Macmillan Children’s (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Since mankind began, civilizations have…
Title: Legend Author: Marie Lu Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (US) / Puffin (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / February 2012 (UK) Hardcover: 305 pages What was once the western United States is now…
Warning: this post contains ALL THE SPOILERS. This is another entry in the Ana-is-catching-up-with-the-fantasy-classics-which-were-not-available-to-her-as-a-child-growing-up-in-Brazil series. So, The Last Unicorn. A book that has been published over 40 years ago (in fact, my edition celebrates its 40th anniversary) and which…
Title: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Author: Reif Larsen Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Press HC Publication date: May 7th 2009 Hardcover: 375 pages When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the…
Title: Icefall Author: Matthew J. Kirby Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: October 11 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Matthew J. Kirby, author of The Clockwork Three, deftly weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness…
Title: Heaven and Hell Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson (translated by Philip Roughton) Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Publisher: Quercus Publishing Publication date: September 2011 (first edition: 2010) Paperback: 240 pages In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his…
Title: The Eleventh Plague Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is…
Title: The Dark and Hollow Places Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (US) / April 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 374 pages There are many things that…
Title: This is Shyness Author: Leanne Hall Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Text Publication date: August 2nd 2010 Paperback: 272 pages A guy who howls. A girl on a mission to forget. In the suburb of Shyness, where…
Title: Liesl and Po Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Publication date: October 4th 2011 Hardcover: 307 pages We meet Liesl the night after the day her young father has died. That same…