If you have read Across the Universe and A Million Suns, this review is spoiler free. Shades of EarthAuthor: Beth RevisCategory: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: RazorbillRelease Date: 1-15-13Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They’re ready to start life afresh–to build a home–on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has […]
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Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz
TeethAuthor: Hannah MoskowitzCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Simon PulseRelease Date: 1-1-13 Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at night listening to the screams […]
Gravity by Melissa West
GravityAuthor: Melissa WestFormat: eGalleyCategory: Young AdultPublisher: EntangledRelease Date: 10-30-12Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help […]
False Memory by Dan Krokos
False MemoryAuthor: Dan KrokosCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: HyperionRelease Date: 8-14-12Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability. Left with no choice but to […]
Rockoholic by CJ Skuse
RockoholicAuthor: CJ SkuseCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: ScholasticRelease Date: 11-1-12Gonna have to face it: Jody’s addicted to Jackson Gatlin, frontman of The Regulators, and after her best bud Mac scores tickets, she’s front and center at his sold-out concert. But when she gets mashed in the moshpit and bodysurfs backstage, she’s got more than a mild […]
The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
The Friday SocietyAuthor: Adrienne KressCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: DialRelease Date: 12-6-12Set in turn of the century London, The Friday Society follows the stories of three very intelligent and talented young women, all of whom are assistants to powerful men: Cora, lab assistant; Michiko, Japanese fight assistant; and Nellie, magician’s assistant. The three young women’s lives […]
Skinny by Dona Cooner
SkinnyAuthor: Donna CoonerCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: ScholasticRelease Date: 10-1-12Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies’s head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she’ll probably never be loved, and […]
Sacrifice by Cayla Kluver
SacrificeAuthor: Cayla KluverCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: Harlequin TeenRelease Date: 10-23-12Queen of a fallen kingdom, secretly in love with the enemy. Shaselle: Daughter of a murdered father, rebel with a cause.One lives behind the former Hytanican palace walls and walks the razor’s edge to keep the fragile peace in her beloved homeland. The other slips through the […]
Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally
Stealing ParkerAuthor: Miranda KenneallyCategory: Young AdultFormat: ebookPublisher: SourcebooksRelease Date: 10-1-12Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to […]
Dear Teen Me
Dear Teen MeEditors: E. Kristen Anderson and Miranda KenneallyFormat: ebookPublisher: Zest BookRelease Date: 10-30-12Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, […]