Starters Author: Lissa Price Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Random House Release Date: 3-13-12 Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who […]
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Author Interview – Siobhan Vivian
I am so pleased to have Siobhan Vivian on the blog today to answer some questions about her fabulous new book, The List! Here is a little bit about the book: The List Author: Siobhan Vivian Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Pulse/Scholastic Release Date: 4-1-12 Every year an anonymous student posts a list of […]
Life Is But A Dream by Brian James
Life Is But A Dream Author: Brian James Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Release Date: 3-27-12 Sabrina, an artist, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and her parents check her into the Wellness Center. There she meets Alec, who is convinced it’s the world that’s crazy, not the two of them. They are […]
Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
Chopsticks Author: Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral Genre: Young Adult Format: Paperback Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: 2-2-12 After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, […]
The List by Siobhan Vivian
It is rare that I feel so strongly about a YA contemporary novel, but I cannot stop thinking about this book! The List takes everything that’s complicated about being a high school girl and puts it in a glaring spotlight that you cannot avoid. It is a testament to Siobhan Vivian’s […]
Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
Goddess Interrupted Author: Aimee Carter Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 3-27-12 After 6 months of living apart from Henry, Kate returns hoping to build on what she and Henry had. Instead of courtship, she finds the gods preparing for war against a terrifying power. Now Persephone is back in the […]
Need by Carrie Jones
Need Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Bloomsbury Release Date: 12-23-08 Zara White suspects there’s a freaky guy semi-stalking her. She’s also obsessed with phobias. And it’s true, she hasn’t exactly been herself since her stepfather died. But exiling her to shivery Maine to live with her grandmother? That seems a bit […]
Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
This is a review of the third book in the Hex Hall series. If you haven’t read the first two books, you might want to skip this review. You can find my reviews here: Hex HallDemonglass Spell Bound Author: Rachel Hawkins Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Hyperion Release Date: 3-13-12 Just as Sophie Mercer […]
Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz
This is a review of the second book in the Spellbound series. If you haven’t read the first book, you might want to skip this review. You can find my review of Spellbound here. Spellcaster Author: Cara Lynn Shultz Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: 3-27-12 Emma and Brendan thought their […]
Heft by Liz Moore
Heft Author: Liz Moore Genre: Fiction Format: ARC Publisher: W.W. Norton Release Date: 1-23-12 Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn’t left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what […]