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Title: The Knife and the Butterfly
Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
Genre: Contemporary, Magic Realism, Young Adult
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: February 1 2011
Hardcover: 216 pages
After a marijuana-addled brawl with a rival gang, 16-year-old Azael wakes up to find himself surrounded by a familiar set [...]
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, [...]
Author: Megan Crewe
Genre: Thriller, Survival/Apocalyptic (sort of), Young Adult
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Publication date: January 2012
Hardcover: 304 Pages
It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll be [...]
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
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 [...]
Author: John Green
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Publication date: January 10 2012
Hardcover: 313 pages
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours [...]
Title: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Author: Reif Larsen
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publisher: Penguin Press HC
Publication date: May 7th 2009
Hardcover: 375 pages
When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian [...]
Author: Leanne Hall
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Text
Publication date: August 2nd 2010
Paperback: 272 pages
A guy who howls. A girl on a mission to forget.
In the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn’t rise and the border crackles with a [...]
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 [...]
Author: Cecil Castellucci
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication date: November 1st 2011
Hardcover: 160 pages
A startling, wonderful novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien world.
“We are specks. Pieces of dust in this [...]
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