Title: Ungifted Author: Gordon Korman Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication date: August 21 2012 Hardcover: 288 pages The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It’s usually more like Don’t…
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Title: Advent Author: James Treadwell Genre: Fantasy/Literary Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton / Atria/Emily Bestler Books Publication date: February 2 2012 / July 3 2012 Hardcover: 448 pages A drowning, a magician’s curse, and a centuries-old secret. “1537. A…
Title: Witch Child Author: Celia Rees Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Young Adult, Publisher: Candlewick / Bloomsbury Publication date: First published in 2000 Paperback: 240 pages Welcome to the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can…
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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…
Title: Blackbirds Author: Chuck Wendig Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publication date: April 24th 2012 Paperback: 384 pages Miriam Black knows when you will die. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. But when…
Title: Snow in Summer Author: Jane Yolen Genre: Historical, Fairytale, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Publication date: November 10th 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages With her black hair, red lips, and lily-white skin, Summer is as beautiful as her father’s garden.…
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Joint Review: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Title: The Haunting of Maddy Clare Author: Simone St James Genre: Historical, Romance, Ghost story Publisher: NAL Trade Publication date: March 6 2012 Paperback: 318 pages Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to…
Title: The Girls of No Return Author: Erin Saldin Genre: Contemporary, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: February 1st 2012 Hardcover: 348 pages Erin Saldin’s The Girls of No Return is a lacerating young adult debut about girls,…
Title: Hollow Pike Author: James Dawson Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Orion Children’s Books Publication date: February 2nd 2012 Paperback: 314 pages Something wicked this way comes… She thought she’d be safe in the country, but you can’t escape…
Title: Article 5 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,…
Title: Fracture Author: Megan Miranda Genre: Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Walker & Co/Bloomsbury PLC Publication date: January 2012 Hardcover: 264 pages Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake…
Title: Everneath Author: Brodi Ashton Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Greek Mythology, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins / Balzer + Bray (US) Simon & Schuster Childrens Books UK Publication date: January 24 2012 / February 2 2012 Hardcover/Paperback: 370 pages Last…
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Thea’s Smugglivus 2011 Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
Title: Frost Author: Marianna Baer Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer & Bray (HarperCollins) Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 400 pages Leena Thomas’s senior year at boarding school starts with a cruel shock: Frost House, the cozy…
Title: Ashfall Author: Mike Mullin Genre: Apocalypse, Disaster, Young Adult Publisher: Tanglewood Press Publication date: October 11th 2011 Hardcover: 466 pages Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don’t know…
Title: The House of Dead Maids Author: Clare B. Dunkle Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co Publication date: September 14th 2010 Hardcover: 146 pages Young Tabby Aykroyd has been brought to the dusty mansion of Seldom…
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Joint Review: Prospero Regained by L. Jagi Lamplighter
Title: Prospero Regained Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 476 pages Prospero, the sorcerer on whose island of exile William Shakespeare set his play, The Tempest, has endured these past many centuries.…
Title: The Radleys Author: Matt Haig Genre: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster (US) / Walker (UK) Publication Date: September 20, 2011 (US) / July 2010 (UK) Paperback: 384 pages Just about everyone knows a family like…
Title: Every You, Every Me Author: David Levithan with photographs by Jonathan Farmer Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 13th 2011 Hardcover: 245 pages In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented…
Title: Shut Out Author: Kody Keplinger Genre: Contemporary, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Poppy Publication date: September 5 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it’s a civil war: the…
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Joint Review The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Title: The Unwanteds Author: Lisa McMann Genre: Dystopian, Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Aladdin Publication date: August 30th 2011 Hardcover: 390 pages Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds go to university, and the…
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Blog Tour & Joint Review: Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
Title: Haunting Violet Author: Alyxandra Harvey Genre: Historical, Mystery, Supernatural, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens (US & UK) Publication date: June 2011 (US)/July 4 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages (US) Violet Willoughby doesn’t believe in ghosts. But they believe in…
Flowing from Steph Su Reads, the next stop on the MundiMoms’ LUMINOUS Blog Tour is….us! Title: Luminous Author: Dawn Metcalf Genre: Speculative Fiction / YA Publisher: Dutton Publication date: June 30 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages As reality slips and…
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Book Review: What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Title: The Company Man Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Speculative Fiction, Steampunk, Noir, Mystery Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: April 2011 Paperback: 464 Pages The year is 1919. The McNaughton Corporation is the pinnacle of American industry. They built the…