Author: Jennifer Bosworth
Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR
Publication date: May 8 2012
Hardcover: 373 pages
Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her [...]
Title: A Beautiful Evil
Author: Kelly Keaton
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Greek Mythology retelling
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication date: February 2012
Hardcover/Paperback: 288 pages
A power she can’t deny. A destiny she’s determined to fight.
When Ari first arrived in [...]
Title: Someone Else’s Life
Author: Katie Dale
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK / Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication date: February 2 2012 / February 14 2012
Hardcover/Paperback: 478 pages
When seventeen-year-old Rosie’s mother, Trudie, [...]
Title: My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan
Author: Seth Rudetsky
Genre: Contemporary, LGBT, Young Adult
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date: January 24th 2012
Hardcover: 288 pages
Justin has two goals for sophomore year: to date Chuck, the hottest boy in school, and to become the [...]
Joint Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, PNR, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: October 15 2011
Hardcover: 342 pages
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. [...]
Title: Also Known as Rowan Pohi
Author: Ralph Fletcher
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication date: November 14th 2011
Hardcover: 144 pages
Bobby Steele and his pals, Marcus and Big Poobs, all public school kids from working class backgrounds, are waiting for tenth grade [...]
Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Author: Michelle Hodkin
Genre: Paranormal, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Publication date: September 27th 2011
Hardcover: 450 pages
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how [...]
Author: Veronica Wolff
Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: NAL Trade
Publication Date: September 2011
Paperback: 302 Pages
Is life offering fewer and fewer options? Then join the dead.
When Annelise meets dark and seductive Ronan, he promises her a new life-if she [...]
Joint Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Title: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Genre: Science Fiction, Gaming
Publisher: Crown (US)/Century (UK)
Publication date: August 16 2011
Hardcover/Paperback: 384 pages
It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts [...]
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. The rest of us stayed behind. And even though [...]
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