Category: YA


Promised by Caragh M. O’Brien

This review is spoiler free, if you have read Birthmarked and Prized. PromisedAuthor: Caragh M. O’BrienGenre: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: Roaring Brook PresssRelease Date: 10-2-12After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever.  She must lead the people of Sylum back to […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr

Carnival of SoulsAuthor: Melissa MarrGenre: Young AdultFormat: ARCPublisher: Harper TeenRelease Date: 9-4-12In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a […]

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Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Ten Author: Gretchen McNeil Genre: Young Adult Format: ARC Publisher: Balzar + Bray Release Date: 9-18-12 It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward […]

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Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman

Beautiful LiesAuthor: Jessica WarmanGenre: Young AdultPublisher: Walker Children’sRelease Date: 8-7-12 Rachel and Alice are an extremely rare kind of identical twins-so identical that even their aunt and uncle, whom they’ve lived with since their parents passed away, can’t tell them apart. But the sisters are connected in a way that goes well beyond their surfaces: […]

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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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Every Day By David Levithan

Every Day Author: David Levithan Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: 8-28-12 Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines […]

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Intentions by Deborah Heiligman

Intentions Author: Deborah Heiligman Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 8-14-12 Rachel thought she was grown up enough to accept that no one is perfect. Her parents argue, her grandmother has been acting strangely, and her best friend doesn’t want to talk to her. But none of that could have prepared her […]

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