For the past few weeks, we have been celebrating all things YA with loads of reviews, interviews, guest posts and giveaways. Now it is time to open the floor to YOU, so that you can be part of the…
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2010
Chat With an Author Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
YA Appreciation Month – A Chat with Malinda Lo
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
Title: The Body at the Tower Author: Y.S. Lee Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Victorian Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 352 Pages Orphan Mary Quinn works for the Agency, a secret spy organization run by…
Inspirations and Influences YA Appreciation Month 2010
Notorious Victorians (T2T) Blog Tour: Guest Author Y.S. Lee
Welcome to our fourth guest post of YAAM, the 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we have invited authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write. Today…
6 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review YA Appreciation Month 2010
Joint Review & Giveaway: The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice by Stephen Deas
Title: The Thief Taker’s Apprentice Author: Stephen Deas Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Gollancz YA Publication Date: August 2010 Paperback: 320 pages Berren has lived in the city all his life. He has made his way as a thief,…
Title: Inside Out Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: April 2010 Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned series Keep Your Head Down. Don’t Get…
Title: Freak Show Author: James St James Genre: YA/ Contemporary/ LGBT Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication date: May 2007 (first edition) Paperback: 304 pages Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip by John Donovan
Title: I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip Author: John Donovan Genre: YA/ Contemporary/LGBT Publisher: Flux Publication Date 40th anniversary edition – September 2010 Paperback: 240 pages When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a…
Oh hello there, 4th week of YAAM! You look NICE! Mockingjay Fever: It looks like everyone has the Mockingjay fever – the release is so close you can practically taste it! – and a group of intrepid bloggers and…
10 Rated Books 8 Rated Books Book Reviews What She Said YA Appreciation Month 2010
What She Said: Hero & Bleeding Violet
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us…
Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Sarah Rees Brennan on Why YA
Welcome to our third guest post 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. Today’s…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Title: How I Live Now Author: Meg Rosoff Genre: YA/ Dystopian Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (US)/ Puffin (UK) Publication Date:April 2006 / June 2010 (UK – re edition) Paperback: 194 pages “Every war has turning points and every person…
6 Rated Books Book Reviews YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
Title: The Other Side of the Island Author: Allegra Goodman Genre: Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: RazorBill Publication Date: September 2008 Hardcover: 272 Pages From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Title:My Most Excellent Year Author: Steve Kluger Genre: YA: Contemporary, LGBT Publisher: Speak Publication date: February 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out.…
Title: Salt Author: Maurice Gee Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Publication Date: October 2009 Hardcover: 272 Pages In a dangerous world, Deep Salt strikes terror into the heart of…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (or Dreaming of Amelia) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Title: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (US)/ Dreaming of Amelia Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (US) / Macmillan Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 / April 2010 Paperback:(UK) 400 pages / HC (US):…
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…
Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Zetta Elliott on Diversity in YA
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…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review YA Appreciation Month 2010
Joint Review: A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
Title: A Wish After Midnight 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…
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!…
Book Discussion Book Reviews Joint Review Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Discussion: Why We Didn’t Like Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Title: Sisters Red 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…
Title: East 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…
9 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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 Sherman…
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 to pretending to be something…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Giveaways YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review & Giveaway: Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
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…