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Author: Julianna Baggott
Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Horror
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: February 2012
Hardcover: 448 pages
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . .
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet [...]
Hello everyone, and Happy Superbowl Sunday! Just a short stash today, before diving back into pre-game preparations.
World Book Night:
As you may have heard, World Book Night has extended the book giver sign-up deadline to Monday, February 6, at midnight EST. If you haven’t signed up, or want to learn [...]
Today we are thrilled to be a part of Julianna Baggott’s blog tour, celebrating the release of her new novel. Pure is the much-buzzed about post-apocalyptic coming of age novel that has garnered praise from the varied likes of Justin Cronin (The Passage), Robert Olen Butler (Pulitzer Prize winner), and Daniel H. Wilson (
Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time – rejected by countless publishers before finally finding a home with FSG in 1962 – was a formative novel for me as a young girl. With its sympathetic heroine, the socially awkward (but mathematically savvy) Meg, the exceptionally empathetic Charles, the admittedly crushworthy Calvin, and the slew [...]
Author: Jane Yolen
Genre: Historical, Fairy Tale, Mystery, Young Adult
Publisher: Tor
Publication Date: August 1992 (original)
Paperback: 239 pages (reprint)
A powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty that is “heartbreaking and heartwarming.”
An American Library Association “100 Best Books for Teens”
An American Library Association “Best Books [...]
Author: Kristen Simmons
Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: January 2012
Hardcover: 384 pages
New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.
The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.
There are no more police [...]
Author: Daniel O’Malley
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Publication Date: January 2012
Hardcover: 496 pages
“The body you are wearing used to be mine.” So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by [...]
Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday!
Before I drive myself crazy in anticipation for the 49ers game, here are some of the things we have planned for the week, as well as some cool news and other tidbits.
World Book Night 2012
As Lavanya posted about earlier today, World Book Night is [...]
Hello fellow Smugglers!
I’m here today to talk to you about an exciting new opportunity — Nope, that sounds like an infomercial. Thea and Ana are kind enough to let me guest post about World Book Night America, so let’s get to down the basics, shall we?
What is [...]
Author: Patrick Lee
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: January 2012
Paperback: 384 pages
The anomaly called the Breach is the government’s most carefully guarded secret.
But there is another secret even less known . . . and far more terrifying.
As the U.S. President [...]
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