Valkyrie RisingAuthor: Ingrid PaulsonGenre: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: Harper TeenRelease Date: 10-9-12 Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she’ll finally get out from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big brother, Graham, while […]
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Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
Eve and Adam Authors: Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Release Date: 10-2-12 Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really […]
Live Through This by Mindi Scott
Live Through This Author: Mindi Scott Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: 10-2-12 From the outside, Coley Sterling’s life seems pretty normal . . . whatever that means. It’s not perfect—her best friend is seriously mad at her and her dance team captains keep giving her a hard time—but Coley’s adorable, […]
Hanging By A Thread by Sophie Littlefield
Hanging By A ThreadAuthor: Sophie LittlefieldGenre: Young AdultPublisher: DelacorteRelease Date: 9-11-12Summer is the best part of the year in Winston, California, and the Fourth of July is the highlight of the season. But the perfect town Clare remembers has changed, and everyone is praying that this summer will be different from the last two—that this […]
The Stone Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
The Stone GirlAuthor: Alyssa B. SheinmelGenre: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: KnopfRelease Date: 8-28-12 Sethie Weiss is hungry, a mean, angry kind of hunger that feels like a piece of glass in her belly. She’s managed to get down to 111 pounds and knows that with a little more hard work—a few more meals skipped, a few […]
Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle
Kissing Shakespeare Author: Pamela Mingle Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Delacorte Release Date: 8-14-12 Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents. At least, she does until her disastrous performance in her school’s staging of The Taming of the Shrew. Humiliated, Miranda skips […]
The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse
The Forsaken Author: Lisa M. Stasse Genre: Young Adult Format: Hardcover Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: 7-10-12 As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do […]
Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
Dark Companion Author: Marta Acosta Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Tor Release Date: 7-3-12 When foster teen Jane Williams is invited to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She’s even offered her own living quarters, the groundskeeper’s cottage in […]
Easy by Tammara Webber
Easy Author: Tammara Webber Genre: New Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: 5-25-12 When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she’s single, attending a state university instead of a […]
Little Night by Luanne Rice
Little Night Author: Luanne Rice Genre: Fiction Format: ebook Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Release Date: 6-5-12 Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all […]