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Title: A Brief History of Montmaray Author: Michelle Cooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, WWII Publisher: Random House Australia (Aus) / Random House Children’s Books (US) Publication Date: June 2008 (Aus) / March 2011 (US) Paperback: 320 Pages (US)…
Title: Envy Author: Elizabeth Miles Genre: Horror, Mythology/Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 320 pages The Furies are back in the second book of a chilling…
Title: A Tale of Time City Author: Diana Wynne Jones Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Firebird Publication date: This edition: 2012 / First published in 1987 Paperback: 352 pages Time City is built on a patch of time…
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Book Review Double Feature: Memory Boy by Will Weaver & Lost Girls by Ann Kelley
After two miserable experiences with apocalyptic/dystopian YA last week, I needed something to restore my faith in the subgenre. I turned to my TBR for help – and found MEMORY BOY and THE LOST GIRLS waiting. Title: Memory Boy…
Title: Skylark Author: Meagan Spooner Genre: Fantasy, Dystopia/Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab Publication Date: August 2012 Hardcover: 344 Pages Sixteen year-old Lark Ainsley has never seen the sky. Her world ends at the edge of the…
Title: Preloved Author: Shirley Marr Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Black Dog Books Publication date: April 2012 Paperback: 272 pages If you had a second chance at love, would you do it all over again? Amy has enough to…
Title: Some Kind of Fairy Tale Author: Graham Joyce Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Gollancz / Knopf Doubleday Publication date: February 1st 2012 / July 10th 2012 Hardcover: 320 pages It is Christmas afternoon and Peter Martin gets an unexpected…
Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Genre: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Random House (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 288 Pages (US) With a voice as distinctive…
Title: American Gypsy: A Memoir Author: Oksana Marafioti Genre: Memoir, YA Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: July 3 2012 Paperback: 348 pages A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti…
Title: The Silver Bowl Author: Diane Stanley Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages Unwanted at home, Molly goes to work for the king of Westria as a humble scullery maid. She arrives…
Title: Team Human Author: Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: Paranormal, Contemporary, Thriller, Satire, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: July 3 2012 Hardcover: 344 pages Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by…
Hello everybody! We have another post up at Kirkus today. Worldsoul by Liz Williams features great worldbuilding and possibly the coolest cover of the year and a most awesome tagline: “What if being a librarian was the most dangerous…
Title: The Amaranth Enchantment Author: Julie Berry Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Books Publication Date: March 2009 Hardcover: 320 Pages A delightful fairytale by a lyrical new voice. When Lucinda Chapdelaine was a small…
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What She Said: Code Name Verity and The False Prince
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
Hey everyone! Happy Friday! To start the weekend off right, we have another post up at Kirkus today… Today, our column features Thea’s review of the highly anticipated, super-meta, science fiction comedy Redshirts by the one and only John…
Title: Mr Was Author: Peter Hautman Genre: Thriller, Time Travel, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: First published: March 1st 1996 /New edition: February 2012 Paperback: 240 pages This involving tale of destiny, passion, and death takes teenager…
Title: Further: Beyond the Threshold Author: Chris Roberson Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Publisher: 47North (Amazon Publishing) Publication Date: May 2012 Paperback: 352 Pages The thirty-fourth century. Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of…
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Joint Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Title: Shadow and Bone (US) / The Gathering Dark (UK) Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication date: June 2012 Hardcover: 368 pages/ 442 pages Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation…
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Joint Review: The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman
Title: The Obsidian Blade Author: Pete Hautman Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick Publication date: April 2012 Hardcover: 308 pages Kicking off a riveting sci-fi trilogy, National Book Award winner Pete Hautman plunges us into a world where…
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Joint Review: Into the Wise Dark by Neesha Meminger
Title: Into the Wise Dark Author: Neesha Meminger Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Ignite Books (self-published) Publication date: March 2012 Paperback: 308 pages Pammi has a Secret–she is an Able. At night, she travels through time to an…
Title: Ship of Souls Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Fantasy (Contemporary/Urban Fantasy), Young Adult Publisher: Amazon Encore Publication date: February 2012 Paperback: 132 pages When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he…
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Joint Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Title: Grave Mercy Author: Robin LaFevers Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: April 3rd 2012 Hardcover: 549 pages Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent…
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Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
Title: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Author: Nancy Kress Genre: Pre/Post/Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication Date: April 2012 Paperback: 192 Pages The year is 2035. After ecological disasters nearly destroyed the…
Title: Happy Families Author: Tanita S. Davis Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBT, PoC Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Publication date: May 8 2012 Hardcover: 240 pages Teenage twins Ysabel and Justin Nicholas are lucky. Ysabel’s jewelry designs have already…