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Title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Genre: Contemporary Young Adult, Magical Realism Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: May 13 2014 Hardcover: 240 Pages A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political…
Title: Expiration Day Author: William Campbell Powell Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: April 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages What happens when you turn eighteen and there are no more tomorrows? It is the…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. In this series, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Old School Wednesdays Round-up: Diana Wynne Jones’ The Homeward Bounders and Black Maria
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Earth Star Author: Janet Edwards Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr (US) / Harper Voyager (UK) Publication Date: April 2014 (US) / August 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 285 Pages Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Today’s review (Part I) is for The Kairos Mechanism; tomorrow we…
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Book Review: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
Title: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy Author: Kate Hattemer Genre: Contemporary YA, POC Publisher: Knopf Books Publication Date: April 8 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three friends decide to take down the reality TV…
Title: Plus One Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Girroux Publication Date: April 2014 Ebook: 373 Pages It takes guts to deliberately mutilate your hand while operating a blister-pack sealing machine, but…
Title: Fat Angie Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Genre: Contemporary YA, LGBTQIA Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: March 12 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to…
Title: Ruins Author: Dan Wells Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 464 Pages Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping…
Title: Alienated Author: Melissa Landers Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Disney Hyperion Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with…
It’s March! We like Mars! It’s March on Mars! To celebrate the popularity of Mars in speculative fiction (it seems the red planet is back in style), we are thrilled to have SFF author Sophia McDougall over for a…
Today’s the day! Divergent officially is out in theaters this evening, and like any obsessed dystopian YA fan, I’ve got my tickets and I’m ready to go. (Anyone else planning on watching the movie tonight?!) My experience with the…
Title: Every In Between Author: Erzebet YellowBoy Genre: Novella, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Publisher: Masque Books Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 136 Pages They killed my mother. You are everything I ever wished for, she said before…
Title: The Winner’s Curse Author: Marie Rutkoski Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 355 Pages Winning what you want may cost you everything you love. As a general’s daughter in…
Title: Half Bad Author: Sally Green Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin / Viking Juvenile Publication Date: March 4 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are…
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Book Review: The Posterchildren: Origins by Kitty Burroughs
Title: The Posterchildren: Origins Author: Kitty Burroughs Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superheroes, Young Adult Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: May 2013 Hardcover: 290 Pages Nestled in the Cascade mountains in the Pacific Northwest, Maillardet’s Foundation for the Future of Humanity is…
Title: Tin Star Author: Cecil Castellucci Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Roaring Book Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 240 Pages On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose,…
We are huge fans of Claire Legrand’s middle grade novels – The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls and Year of Shadows were both so excellent – so you can imagine how excited we are for her forthcoming YA…
Title: Diamonds and Deceit Author: Leila Rasheed Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (US) / Hot Key Books (UK) Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 420 Pages One house, two worlds…book two in our sumptuous and enticing YA series…
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Book Review: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Title: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Author: Meg Medina Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: March 26 2013 Hardcover: 272 Pages One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates…
Title: Grasshopper Jungle Author: Andrew Smith Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: February 11 2014 Hardcover: 388 Pages Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the storyof how he and his…
Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…