Title: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Author: Laini Taylor Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Publication date: September 27th Hardcover: 432 pages “Errand requiring immediate attention. Come.” The note was on vellum,…
Title: The Girl of Fire and Thorns Author: Rae Carson Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 432 pages Once a century, one person is chosen for…
Title: The Name of the Star Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: Mystery, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (US) / Harper Collins (UK) Publication date: September 29th 2011 Hardcover/Paperback: 384 pages The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London…
Title: Dead End in Norvelt Author: Jack Gantos Genre: Historical, Realistic, Mystery, Middle Grade Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: September 13th 2011 Hardcover: 224 pages Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt…
Title: The Isle of Blood Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 448 Pages When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting the “Holy Grail of Monstrumology” with his eager…
Title: Five Flavors of Dumb Author: Antony John Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Dial Publication date: November 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig. The Deal: If…
Title: Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars Author: Nick James Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Publisher: Flux Publication date: September 8th 2011 Paperback: 384 pages A devastated Earth’s last hope is found in Pearls: small, mysterious orbs that fall…
Title: Fury Author: Elizabeth Miles Genre: Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse US / Simon & Schuster Childrens Books UK Publication date: August 30th 2011 / Septemnber 1st 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages It’s winter break in…
Title: What Momma Left Me Author: Renee Watson Genre: Contemporary, PoC, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publication date: July 6th 2010 Hardcover: 240 pages How is it that unsavory raw ingredients come together to form a delicious…
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,…
Title: The Shattering Author: Karen Healey Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 5 2011 Hardcover: 320 pages Seventeen-year-old Keri likes to plan for every possibility. She knows what…
Title: The Berlin Boxing Club Author: Robert Sharenow Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: April 2011 Hardcover: 416 pages Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But to the bullies at…
Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Genre: Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Doubleday (Random House US)/ Harvill Secker (UK) Publication date: September 2011 Hardcover: 387 pages The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is…
Title: Okay For Now Author: Gary D. Schmidt Genre: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: April 5th 2011 Hardcover: 368 pages Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and…
Title: The Boyfriend List Author: E. Lockhart Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte (US)/ Corgi (UK) Publication date: September 2011 Paperback: 229 pages Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it’s unusual, but give her a…
Title: Juliet Immortal Author: Stacey Jay Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Publication date: August 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages “These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as…
Title: Gemini Bites Author: Patrick Ryan Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: March 2011 Hardcover: 240 pages Judy and Kyle Renneker are sixteen-year-old fraternal twins in a rambling family of nine. They have a prickly history…
Title: Working Stiff Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication date: August 2011 Paperback: 306 pages Bryn Davis was killed on the job after discovering her bosses were selling a drug designed to resurrect the dead. Now,…
Title: Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day Author: Ben Loory Genre: Speculative Fiction, Short Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Penguin Books Publication date: July 2011 Paperback: 208 pages Loory’s collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contemporary…
Title: The Near Witch Author: Victoria Schwab Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion Books Publication date: August 2nd 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at…
Title: Slice of Cherry Author: Dia Reeves Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: January 2011 Hardcover: 505 pages Kit and Fancy Cordelle are sisters of the best kind: best friends, best confidantes, and best…
Title: The Freak Observer Author: Blythe Woolston Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication date: August 2010 Hardcover: 208 pages The Freak Observer is rich in family drama, theoretical physics, and an unusual, tough young woman Loa Lindgren.…
Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Books Publication date: June 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious…
Title: What They Always Tell Us Author: Martin Wilson Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBT Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication date: August 2008 Paperback: 293 pages James: Popular, smart, and athletic, James seems to have it all. But the only thing…
Title: The Demon’s Surrender Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: UF/YA Publisher: Simon Pulse UK / Margaret K. McElderry US Publication date: June 9 2011 (UK) / June 14 2011 (US) Paperback/Hardcover: 400 pages The Goblin Market has always been…