Title: The Fault in Our Stars 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…
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Title: Under the Never Sky Author: Veronica Rossi Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins (US) / Atom (UK) Publication Date: January 2012 (US) / February 2012 (UK) Hardcover: 384 pages Aria is a teenager in the enclosed…
Title: The Game (previously published as Invitation to The Game) Author: Monica Hughes Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: October 2010 (originally published February 1991) Paperback: 183 pages It’s the future, and most jobs…
Title: My Name is Not Easy Author: Debby Dahl Edwardson Genre: Historical, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books Publication date: October 28 2011 Hardcover: 248 pages My name is not easy. My name is hard like ocean…
Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: January 3rd 2012 Hardcover: 387 pages Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From…
Title: Nightspell Author: Leah Cypess Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest…
Title: Blood Red Road Author: Moira Young Genre: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: June 2011 Hardcover: 459 pages Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. We will also…
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: Every Other Day Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Genre: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Egmont USA Publication date: December 27th 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Every other day, Kali D’Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to…
Title: Cleopatra’s Moon Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) Publication Date: August 2011 Hardcover: 384 pages “The Luxe” meets the ancient world in the extraordinary story of Cleopatra’s daughter. Selene…
Title: Dark Inside Author: Jeyn Roberts Genre: Speculative Fiction, Apocalypse, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (US) / Macmillan Children’s (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Since mankind began, civilizations have…
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…
Title: Icefall Author: Matthew J. Kirby Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: October 11 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Matthew J. Kirby, author of The Clockwork Three, deftly weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness…
Title: The Eleventh Plague Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is…
Title: The Dark and Hollow Places Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (US) / April 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 374 pages There are many things that…
Title: This is Shyness 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…
Title: Cold Kiss Author: Amy Garvey Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: September 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages It was a beautiful, warm summer day, the day Danny died. Suddenly Wren was alone and shattered. In…
Title: Revolver Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Thriller, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Orion Children’s Books / Square Fish Publication date: July 16th 2009 / September 27, 2011 Paperback: 224 pages 1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig…
Title: Shatter Me Author: Tahereh Mafi Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, PNR, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: October 15 2011 Hardcover: 342 pages Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was…
Inspirations and Influences
Shatter Me Blog Tour & Giveaway: Tahereh Mafi on Inspirations & Influences
“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…
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…
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…
It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these, so we are thrilled to announce that we have an audiobook up for grabs! The title is the dystopian YA sci-fi novel Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan, which Thea…
Title: First Day on Earth 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…