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A while back – last Christmas, to be exact – I got my buddy Kyle a book. Actually, let me backtrack. Kyle is a burgeoning reader; when I first met him, he’d just started to read the Twilight books…
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Joint Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale
Title: Rapunzel’s Revenge Author: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale Illustrator: Nathan Hale Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: August 2008 Hardcover: 144 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel.…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Alexander Gordon Smith on Inspiration and Influences (and a Giveaway)
Alexander Gordon Smith is the writer of the Inventors series for children and the YA/Fantasy Furnace series. I met Gordon in London at a Forbidden Planet’s event (the Guillermo del Toro signing) and prompted by his passionate talk about…
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Joint Review: Wake by Lisa McMann
Title: Wake Author: Lisa McMann Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: December 2008 (US) / October 2009 (UK) Paperback: 224 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the…
Title: Everlost Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: YA (Fantasy/ Paranormal) Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children (UK) Publishing Date: Nov 6 2007/ Jul 6 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: First in the Skinjacker trilogy…
Other Titles for the Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fan to Try: I wanted to review many, many more books for YA Appreciation Month, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do so. Instead, I decided to compile a…
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Double Review: The Giver & Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
When we were brainstorming our plans for the final week of our YA Appreciation month, we realized the need to do a second Apocalypse/Dystopia day. And, when looking over what titles we both wanted to read, we decided to…
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YA Appreciation Month: (Post-) Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 2
Two weeks ago, we had our first day of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal. Today, we take a look at some old favorites and…
Title: Newes From the Dead Author: Mary Hooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bodley Head Children’s (Random House UK) / Roaring Book Press (Macmillan US) Publication Date: April 2008 (UK & US) Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or…
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Joint Review: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson
Title: A Countess Below Stairs (UK Title: The Secret Countess) Author: Eva Ibbotson Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Speak (US) / Young Picador (UK) Publication Date: 1981 Paperback: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. Why…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Bonus Week Schedule
Greetings earthlings! Before you get the wrong idea and start throwing us into “prawn” slums, we have some breaking news before we give you the skinny on our final week of Young Adult Appreciation Month: District 9 totally, completely…
Since July 19th, we have been celebrating all things Young Adult with guest posts, authors interviews, reviews and giveaways. Now it is time to open the floor to you, dear reader so that you can be part of the…
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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Diana Peterfreund on Inspirations & Influences (and Giveaway)
Earlier this year, after Thea read (and loved) Secret Society Girl, Diana Peterfreund’s debut novel, we Book Smugglers started to follow her blog and look for more titles and news from this talented author. When we first heard about…
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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Joint Review: Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
Title: Rampant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a planned series, though can be read on its own. Why did…
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Soul Screamers Special: Rachel Vincent on Inspiration and a giveaway
Rachel Vincent is a popular UF novelist, author of the Shifter series. Her first book in her new Young Adult Soul Screamer series has just hit the shelves and Ana reviewed it here. We invited the author to be…
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Soul Screamers Special – Book Review: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Title: My Soul to Take Author: Rachel Vincent Genre: YA – Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publishing date: August 1, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: It is the first full length novel in the Soul Screamers series.…
Title: The Poison Garden Author: Sarah Singleton Genre: YA – Mystery/Fantasy/Historical Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Date: 5 May 2009 Paperback: 288 Pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: It is the 1850’s, and a young boy,…
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Series Review & Giveaway: The Devouring & Soulstice by Simon Holt
I happen to love horror. I love the thrill of mortal fear, the rush of terror that washes over you and drowns your logical mind, the giddy and jittery sense of having experienced something truly terrifying. Ever since I…
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Book Review: Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Title: Tender Morsels Author: Margo Lanagan Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Young Adult (US) / David Fickling Books (UK) Publication Date: October 1998 (US) / July 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 448 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel…
Title: Going too Far Author: Jennifer Echols Genre: YA – Romance Publisher: MTV Publishing Date: March 17, 2009 Paperback: 256 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from…
Title: Dull Boy Author: Sarah Cross Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superheroes, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: May 2009 Hardcover:308 pages Why did I read this book: I’d had my eye on Dull Boy since last year, and kept…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month – Guest post: a Chat with The Story Siren
For our Young Adult Appreciation Month, we invited a few bloggers to guest post about Young Adult books. This week’s guest is Kristi, from The Story Siren blog, whom we chatted with about her YA reading. The Story Siren…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Week 4 Schedule
Hello, welcome and good Sunday to all! Week 3 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month is down – 2 more to go! This week on The Book Smugglers Monday – Kristi, the Story Siren, is interviewed by us on…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: A Day In The Life of a Teen Librarian
Since July 19, we have been running our Month-long (+One Extra Week) Young Adult Appreciation event in which we exclusively review YA novels and talk about the genre. We are lucky enough to have been able to invite some…