From the monthly archives: July 2010
It’s sayonara Week 2, and konnichiwa Week 3! The madness continues with another ridiculously full week of reviews, but first, a few announcements:
Giveaway Winners:
First up, we’ve got our winner of For the Win by Cory Doctorow:
Amanda Isabel (comment #7)
And our two [...]
Welcome to our second guest post (the first one, by Michael Grant on writing dystopian fiction is here) in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write.
We are proud [...]
Author: Zetta Elliott
Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Date: March 2009
Paperback: 254 Pages
Fifteen-year old Genna Colon believes wishes can come true. Frustrated by the drug dealers in her building, her family’s cramped apartment, [...]
Can you feel it in the air?
Is it so close you can practically taste it?
It is almost here! We’re talking about the official release of the third and final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay! To celebrate the release of the book, it is with deepest pride that we announce our [...]
Author: Jackson Pearce
Genre: YA/UF
Publisher: Hodder Children’s Book/ Little, Brown
Publication Date: June 2010
Hardcover: 352 pages
The story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who prey on teen girls – since Scarlett lost [...]
Author: Edith Pattou
Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult
Publisher: Harcort
Publication Date: September 2003
Paperback: 400 pages
Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an enormous white bear mysteriously shows up and asks [...]
Title: The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie / Art by Ellen Forney
Genre: YA/ Contemporary
Publisher: Little, Brown (US)/Andersen Press (UK)
Publication Date: Re-print April 2009 (US)/ June 2008 (UK)
Paperback: 288 pages
Title: Passing Strange
Author: Daniel Waters
Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK)
Publication Date: June 2010 (US & UK)
Hardcover: 400 pages
Karen DeSonne is used [...]
Title: Early to Death, Early to Rise
Author: Kim Harrison
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: May 2010
Hardcover: 240 Pages
Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven’s dark angels—all itching to kill someone.
Madison Avery’s dreams of [...]
Author: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Genre: YA/Contemporary
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic
Publication date: January 1st 2010
Hardcover: 272 pages
For middle schooler Reggie McKnight, being called “Pukey” is the least of his problems. School elections are coming up, but he’s as [...]
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