Category: 3.5 Birds


The Shadow Society by Marie Rutoski

The Shadow Society Author: Marie Rutoski Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 10-16-12 Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where […]

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Wake by Amanda Hocking

Wake Author: Amanda Hocking Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: St. Martin’s Release Date: 8-7-12 Gorgeous. Fearless. Dangerous. They’re the kind of girls you envy; the kind of girls you want to hate. Strangers in town for the summer, Penn, Lexi and Thea have caught everyone’s attention—but it’s Gemma who’s attracted theirs. She’s the one […]

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Safekeeping by Karen Hesse

SafekeepingAuthor: Karen HesseGenre: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: Feiwel and FriendsRelease Date: 9-18-12Radley just wants to get home to her parents in Vermont. While she was volunteering abroad, the American People’s Party took power; the new president was assassinated; and the government cracked down on citizens. Travel restrictions are worse than ever, and when her plane finally […]

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Breathe by Sarah Crossan

BreatheAuthor: Sarah CrossanGenre: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: GreenwillowRelease Date: 10-2-12 The world is dead. The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich air.Alina has been stealing for a long time. She’s a little jittery, but not terrified. All she knows is that she’s never been caught before. […]

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The Unfinished Garden by Barbara Claypole White

The Unfinished GardenAuthor: Barbara Claypole WhiteGenre: FictionFormat: ebookPublisher: Harlequin/MiraRelease Date: 8-28-12James Nealy is haunted by irrational fears and inescapable compulsions. A successful software developer, he’s thrown himself into a new goal—to finally conquer the noise in his mind. And he has a plan. He’ll confront his darkest fears and build something beautiful: a garden. When […]

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Origin by Jessica Khoury

Origin Author: Jessica Khoury Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: 9-4-12 Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of […]

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Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Defiance Author: C.J. Redwine Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Balzer+Bray Release Date: 8-28-12 Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly […]

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The Raft by S.A. Bodeen

The Raft Author: S.A. Bodeen Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Release Date: 8-21-12 Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a […]

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Before You Go by James Preller

Before You Go Author: James Preller Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Release Date: 7-17-12 The summer before his senior year, Jude (yes, he’s named after the Beatles song) gets his first job, falls in love for the first time, and starts to break away from his parents. Jude’s house is kept […]

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The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer

The Demon Catchers of Milan Author: Kat Beyer Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Egmont Release Date: 8-28-12 Mia’s ordinary life is disrupted in the most horrifying way possible when she is possessed by a hungry and powerful demon–and only saved by the arrival of relatives from Italy, the country her grandfather fled many decades […]

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