Title: Five Flavors of Dumb Author: Antony John Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Dial Publication date: November 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig. The Deal: If…
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Kill All Enemies Blog Tour: Melvin Burgess on Inspirations and Influences
Kill All Enemies is the newest book by Melvin Burgess, considered by many to be the grandfather of YA fiction and winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and of the Carnegie Medal. Burgess’ new book is a fictionalised…
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Nerds Heart YA Joint Review: What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson
Title: What Momma Left Me Author: Renee Watson Genre: Contemporary, PoC, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publication date: July 6th 2010 Hardcover: 240 pages How is it that unsavory raw ingredients come together to form a delicious…
Title: There Is No Dog Author: Meg Rosoff Genre: Speculative Fiction Publisher: Puffin books Publication date: September 1st 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages Meet your unforgettable protagonist: God, who, as it turns out, is a 19-year-old boy living in the…
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…
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…
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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Joint Review: Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Title: Aliens on Vacation (The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast) Author: Clete Barrett Smith Genre: Science Fiction, Contemporary, Aliens, Middle Grade Publisher: Hyperion Books Publication date: May 3rd 2011 Hardcover: 272 pages Scrub isn’t happy about leaving Florida and his…
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Joint Review: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Title: Texas Gothic Author: Rosemary Clement-Moore Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy (Rural Fantasy?), Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Children’s Books (US)/Corgi Children’s (UK) Publication date: July 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 416 pages Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal.…
Title: Wildefire Author: Karsten Knight Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Publication date: July 2011 Hardcover: 400 pages Every flame begins with a spark. Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year.…
Title: Sean Griswold’s Head Author: Lindsey Leavitt Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publication date: March 1st 2011 Hardback: 288 pages According to her guidance counselor, fifteen-year-old Payton Gritas needs a focus object-an item to concentrate her…
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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Morgan Matson on Inspirations & Influences
Today, are super excited to be the next stop on the official Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour UK blog tour with a guest post by debut author Morgan Matson on the inspirations and influences for writing the book. Please…
Title: The Freak Observer Author: Blythe Woolston Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication date: August 2010 Hardcover: 208 pages The Freak Observer is rich in family drama, theoretical physics, and an unusual, tough young woman Loa Lindgren.…
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is celebrated each year for the month of June and since we are both allies, we decided to join our voices to the celebrations today with a list of some of our favourite LGBT…
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LGBT Pride Monday – Book Review: What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
Title: What They Always Tell Us Author: Martin Wilson Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBT Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication date: August 2008 Paperback: 293 pages James: Popular, smart, and athletic, James seems to have it all. But the only thing…
Title: The 10PM Question Author: Kate de Goldi Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Templar (UK) / Candlewick (US) Publication Date: August 2010 / September 2010 (First published in NZ in 2009) Paperback/Hardcover: 252 pages Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons is a…
Title: Imaginary Girls Author: Nova Ren Suma Genre: Contemporary – Speculative Fiction YA Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication Date: 14 June 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for,…
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Book Review: What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness (inspired by an idea by the late Siobhan Dowd) and with illustrations by Jim Kay Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary YA Publisher: Walker UK / Candlewick US Publication date: 5 May 2011 (UK) / 27…
Title: The Warrior Heir Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion/Disney (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication Date: April 2006 (US)/September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 432 Pages Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life…
Title: Spinning Out Author: David Stahler Jr. Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: May 25 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages High school senior Frenchy has little ambition beyond hanging out at the smoking rock until his best friend,…
Title: Mare’s War Author: Tanita S. Davis Genre: Historical/Contemporary YA Publisher: Knopf Books Publication date: June 2009 (reprint edition 2011) Paperback: 352 pages Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once…
Title: Abandon Author: Meg Cabot Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Retellings, Paranormal Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages She didn’t fall into his world. She was taken. Seventeen-year-old Pierce knows what happens to us when we…
Title: Rotters Author: Daniel Kraus Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Horror, Contemporary Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 464 Pages Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It’s true that Leonardo da Vinci did it,…