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Ready, Set…WAIT! by Patti Zelch

July 26th, 2010 by Patti R. Zelch · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall/2010
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Release Date: Aug. 10, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 9781607180722
ISBN (paperback): 9781607180838

Watch out! A hurricane is brewing! Humans prepare for the storm, but what about wild animals? How do they survive the hurricane? On a reef below the water’s surface, fish band together in large schools. Dolphin pods squeeze close and birds gather in flocks. They know the storm is coming, so they band together and wait for it to pass. The Author: Patti Zelch Location: Key Largo, FL Influenced by wildlife around her, Patti Zelch’s stories have been published in magazines and an anthology. While preparing for hurricane Wilma, her… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Animal · Creative Nonfiction · Debut · Events · Florida · Local · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Science · Stand-alone · Sylvan Dell Publishing · Zelch, Patti R.

CONTROL ISSUES by Elana Johnson

July 26th, 2010 by Elana Johnson · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer/2011
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: TBD
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In a world where Thinkers control the population and rules aren’t meant to be broken, fifteen-year-old Violet Schoenfeld does a hell of a job shattering them to pieces. When secrets about her “dead” sister and not-so-missing father hit the fan, Vi must make a choice: control or be controlled. The Author: Elana Johnson Location: Pleasant Grove, UT Elana is a young adult author, and has also penned From the Query to the Call, an ebook that every writer needs to read before they query. She runs a personal blog on publishing… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Summer · Conformity · Debut · Johnson, Elana · Local · National · Rated PG-13 · Science Fiction · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Utah · Young Adult

XVI by Julia Karr

July 20th, 2010 by Julia Karr · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2011
Publisher: Speak
Release Date: January 6, 2011
ISBN (hardcover): N/A
ISBN (paperback): 978-0142417713

In the year 2150, being a girl isn't necessarily a good thing, especially when your sixteenth (read sex-teenth) birthday is fast approaching. That in itself would be enough to make anyone more than a little nuts, what with the tattoo and all – but Nina Oberon's life has taken a definite turn for the worse. Her mother is brutally stabbed and left for dead. Before dying, she entrusts a secret book to Nina, telling her to deliver it to Nina's father. But, first Nina has to find him… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Death · Debut · Discrimination · Events · Friendship · Indiana · Karr, Julia · Local · Love · National · Rated PG-13 · Science Fiction · Speak · Stand-alone · Young Adult

ELLIOT AND THE GOBLIN WAR by Jennifer A. Nielsen

July 19th, 2010 by Jennifer A. Nielsen · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall/2010
Publisher: Jabberwocky
Release Date: October 12, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1402240195
ISBN (paperback): TBD

For most kids, accidentally starting an interspecies war on Halloween would be the biggest event of their lives. But for Elliot Penster, it was only the beginning. Three years later, the Brownies, who are hopelessly losing that war against the Goblins, make 11-year-old Elliot their king. Elliot dodges the Goblins’ attempts to do away with him, until they finally go too far and blow up his house. Now it’s time for the king to fight back and end the war once and for all. The Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Location: Northern Utah Jennifer… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Action/Adventure · Bullies · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Humor · Jabberwocky · Local · Magic · Middle Grade · Mythology · National · Nielsen, Jennifer A. · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Utah

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis

July 19th, 2010 by Beth Revis · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2011
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: March 22, 2011
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1595143976
ISBN (paperback): [XXX-X-XXXXXX-XX-X or TBD]

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules. Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone—one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship—tried to kill… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Debut · Events · Local · Mystery · National · North Carolina · Rated R · Razorbill · Revis, Beth · Science · Science Fiction · Secrecy · Stand-alone · Survival · Young Adult

THE PULL OF GRAVITY by Gae Polisner

July 16th, 2010 by Gae Polisner · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2011
Publisher: Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Release Date: Spring 2011
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Nick Gardner is having a rough year. His brother’s a jerk, his big fat dad has hit the road, and his sort-of best friend is dying. When a feverish hallucination puts Nick on a collision course with a water tower, a television news crew, and one Jaycee Amato, a girl with Siberian Husky eyes, his whole life begins to change. Together, they set out on a secret journey to keep a promise to their dying friend. Will they accomplish what they set out… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Contemporary · Death · Debut · Family · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · First Love/First Crush · Friendship · Literature · Local · Love · National · New York · Polisner, Gae · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Young Adult

LIAR SOCIETY by Lisa and Laura Roecker

July 12th, 2010 by Lisa and Laura Roecker · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: March 2011
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Kate Lowry didn't think dead best friends could send e-mails. But when she gets an e-mail from Grace, who died mysteriously a year before, she’s not so sure. When the emails continue, Kate is forced to confront her school’s resident druggie, a sketchy administrator, and even her own demons. As Kate moves closer and closer to the truth, she teams up with a couple of knights-in-(not so)shining armor--the dangerously attractive, bad boy, Liam and her love-struck neighbor, Seth. The three uncover an ancient secret lurking in the halls of… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Debut · Friendship · Local · Mystery · National · Ohio · Rated PG-13 · Roecker, Laura · Roecker, Lisa · Sourcebooks · Stand-alone · Young Adult

RIVAL by Sara Bennett Wealer

July 12th, 2010 by Sara Bennett Wealer · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter, 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: Feb 15, 2011
ISBN (hardcover): 9780061827624
ISBN (paperback): 9780061827631

SUMMARY: The stage is set for a high-stakes duet between Brooke and Kathryn, two high school seniors preparing for the prestigious Blackmore singing competition. Brooke and Kathryn work toward the Blackmore with eyes not just on first prize but on one another, each still stinging from a past that started with friendship and ended in betrayal. With competition day nearing, Brooke dreams of escaping the in-crowd for life as a professional singer, but her scheming BFF Chloe has other plans. And when Kathryn, an overachieving outcast with an underachieving… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Winter · Arts, Theater, Film · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · HarperCollins Children's Books · Local · Music · Ohio · Romance · Stand-alone · Wealer, Sara Bennett · Young Adult

THE FAMILIARS by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson

July 5th, 2010 by Adam Jay Epstein · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Childrens
Release Date: September 7, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0061961083
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Meet Aldwyn as the scrappy orphan cat runs right into the biggest adventure of his life. Chosen by Jack, a young wizard in training, to be his familiar, Aldwyn’s biggest challenge seems to be convincing the two other familiars—the know-it-all blue jay Skylar and the friendly tree frog Gilbert—that he, too, has magical powers. Then the unthinkable happens. Jack and his fellow wizard apprentices are captured by the evil queen of Vastia—and the familiars must save them! At once fresh and familiar, this fantasy adventure—an irresistible blend of… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Action/Adventure · Animal · California · Debut · Epstein, Adam Jay · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · HarperCollins Children's Books · Jacobson, Andrew · Local · Middle Grade · National · Rated PG · Stand-alone

THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF JACK, by Kelly Barnhill

June 14th, 2010 by Kelly Barnhill · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2011
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date: TBD
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Jack – a lonely and strangely forgettable boy – isn’t happy about spending a summer in Hazelwood, Iowa with his crazy aunt and uncle. But his summer takes a decidedly strange turn when three astonishing things happen: Firstly, he makes friends - not imaginary friends like at home, but actual friends. Secondly, a bully beats him up - the bullies at home, like everyone else, never notice that Jack was in the room - their eyes just slick right past him. Thirdly, the richest man in town began to… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Barnhill, Kelly · Contemporary · Debut · Fantasy · Little, Brown · Local · Middle Grade · Minnesota · National · Rated PG · Stand-alone

Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr

June 7th, 2010 by Bonnie J. Doerr · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Leap Books
Release Date: January 6, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-61603-002-5

Island Sting is a contemporary eco-mystery set in the Florida Keys. Though it is fiction, details about the natural environment and endangered species are authentic. It’s a tale of intrepid teens who change the effects of disappointment and heartache by taking positive action. Kenzie Ryan has been forced to move from New York City to Nana’s cottage on an island in the Florida Keys. Talk about culture shock! She’s been torn away from her circle of lifetime friends at St. Joseph’s Academy for girls, her swim and softball… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Action/Adventure · Animal · Community · Contemporary · Crime · Death · Debut · Divorce · Doerr, Bonnie J. · Ecology/The Environment · Events · Family · First Love/First Crush · Friendship · Grief · Leap Books · Local · Middle Grade · Mystery · National · Nature · North Carolina · Rated G · Religion · Science · Stand-alone · Travel · Young Adult

THE BOY WHO HOWLED by Timothy Power

May 24th, 2010 by Timothy Power · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
Release Date: October 26, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1599905099
ISBN (paperback): TBD

As far back as Callum can really remember, he’s been living in the Wild as the furless mascot of a wolf pack. But when his pack sends him back to live with his own kind—humans—fitting in is quite a challenge. He doesn’t remember English very well, so he accidentally says his name is “Clam.” He’s spent most of his life eating fresh-killed elk, so dining with vegetarians is tricky. And when he tries to impress the Alpha student in the school cafeteria by stealing food… Continue reading

Categories: Action/Adventure · Animal · Bloomsbury · California · Contemporary · Events · Family · Humor · Local · Middle Grade · Power, Timothy · Rated G · Siblings

A BLUE SO DARK by Holly Schindler

April 26th, 2010 by Holly Schindler · Email post · Print

Publisher: Flux
Release Date: May 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): ISBN-10: 0738719269 ISBN-13: 978-0738719269

As A BLUE SO DARK opens, Aura Ambrose struggles to hide a secret. Her mother, a talented artist and art teacher, is slowly being consumed by schizophrenia, and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever since Aura’s dad left hem. Convinced that “creative” equals crazy, Aura shuns her own artistic talent. But as her mother sinks deeper into the darkness of mental illness, the hunger for a creative outlet draws Aura toward the depths of her imagination. Just as desperation threatens to swallow her whole, Aura discovers that… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Arts, Theater, Film · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Flux · Local · Mental Illness · Minnesota · Rated PG-13 · Schindler, Holly · Stand-alone · Young Adult

HOT DIGGITY DOG: THE HISTORY OF THE HOT DOG by Adrienne Sylver

April 19th, 2010 by Adrienne Sylver · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2010
Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books
Release Date: May 13, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0525478973
ISBN (paperback): TBD

HOT DIGGITY DOG: THE HISTORY OF THE HOT DOG takes readers on a kid-friendly blast into the past to discover how the hot dog came to America and became one of our favorite foods. You’ll learn how European countries fight for the credit of inventing the hot dog, and how the first hot dogs in America were sold without buns. And you’ll discover how dogs are made, and how many hot dogs a competitive eater can devour. Warning: Don’t read when hungry. You may have the… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Summer · Debut · Dutton · Events · Florida · Food · History · Humor · Local · National · Nonfiction · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone · Sylver, Adrienne

THE OWL KEEPER by Christine Brodien-Jones

March 29th, 2010 by Christine Brodien-Jones · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: April 13, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-385-73814-9
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Maxwell Unger has always loved the night. He used to do brave things like go tramping through the forest with his gran after dark. He loved the stories she told him about the world before the Destruction -- about nature, and books, and the silver owls. His favorite story, though, was about the Owl Keeper. According to Max's gran, in times of darkness the Owl Keeper would appear to unite owls and sages against the powers of the dark. Gran is gone now, and so are her… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Action/Adventure · Book Trailer · Brodien-Jones, Christine · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Local · Magic · Massachusetts · Middle Grade · National · Quest · Quiz/Discussion Guide/Activity · Rated PG · Science Fiction · Stand-alone · Young Adult

EXIT STRATEGY by Ryan Potter

March 15th, 2010 by Ryan Potter · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring/2010
Publisher: Flux
Release Date: March 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): 978-0738715735

EXIT STRATEGY tells the story of seventeen-year-old Zach Ramsey. Looming above Zach's hometown are the smokestacks of the truck assembly plant, the greasy lifeblood of his Detroit suburb. Surrounded by drunks, broken marriages, and factory rats living in fear of the pink slip, Zach is getting out of Blaine after graduation. But first, he's going to enjoy the summer before his senior year. And Zach's having a blast until he uncovers dark secrets that shake his faith in everyone, including his best friend Tank (a state wrestling champion), whose 'roid… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Connect · Contemporary · Debut · Drugs · Events · Flux · Friendship · Local · Minnesota · National · Potter, Ryan · Rated R · Sports · Stand-alone · Young Adult

DELCROIX ACADEMY: THE CANDIDATES by Inara Scott

March 8th, 2010 by Inara Scott · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2010
Publisher: Disney – Hyperion Books for Children
Release Date: August 24, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

DELCROIX ACADEMY: THE CANDIDATES: Dancia Lewis is far from popular. And that's not just because of her average grades or her less-than-glamorous wardrobe. In fact, Dancia's mediocrity is a welcome cover for her secret: whenever she sees a person threatening someone she cares about, things just ... happen. Cars skid. Structures collapse. Usually someone gets hurt. So Dancia does everything possible to avoid getting close to people, believing this way she can suppress her powers and keep them hidden. When recruiters from… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Summer · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Hyperion · Local · National · Oregon · Paranormal · Rated PG · Scott, Inara · Stand-alone · Young Adult

SOMETHING LIKE HOPE by Shawn Goodman

February 15th, 2010 by Shawn Goodman · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: December 2010
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: December 28, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-385-73939-9
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Shavonne is a fierce and desperate seventeen year-old who finds herself in a large juvenile lockup hundreds of miles from home. She wants to turn her life around before her eighteenth birthday, but her problems seem too big, and time is running out. Amidst corrupt guards, out-of-control girls, and shadows from her past, Shavonne must find the courage to fight for a redemption she’s not sure she deserves. The Author: Shawn Goodman Location: Ithaca, NY Shawn Goodman based SOMETHING LIKE HOPE on his experiences working as a psychologist in a… Continue reading

Categories: 2011 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Foster Care · Goodman, Shawn · Local · Mental Illness · Multicultural · National · New York · Rated R · Self-esteem/Self-image · Stand-alone · Young Adult

IVY’S EVER AFTER by Dawn Lairamore

February 8th, 2010 by Dawn Lairamore · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Holiday House
Release Date: May 15, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-823422-61-6
ISBN (paperback): TBD

The kingdom of Ardendale has always locked its princesses in a white tower guarded by a dragon. It’s the only way to lure gallant young princes to the tiny, out-of-the-way kingdom to marry them. But Ivy is a princess who doesn’t care to be rescued, and Elridge a dragon afraid of being slain. Neither wants anything to do with Romil, a scheming prince from the frozen North who has his own less than romantic reasons for wanting Ivy’s hand in marriage. Never mind that humans and dragons have… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Action/Adventure · Book Trailer · California · Conformity · Debut · Events · Faeries · Family · Fantasy · Friendship · Holiday House · Humor · Lairamore, Dawn · Local · Magic · Middle Grade · Quest · Rated PG · Stand-alone

FREEFALL by Mindi Scott

October 2nd, 2009 by Mindi Scott · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2010
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: October 5, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): N/A
ISBN (paperback): 1442402784 / (isbn13: 9781442402782)

How do you come back from the point of no return? Seth McCoy was the last person to see his best friend Isaac alive, and the first to find him dead. It was just another night, just another party, just another time where Isaac drank too much and passed out on the lawn. Only this time, Isaac didn’t wake up. Convinced that his own actions led to his friend’s death, Seth is torn between turning his life around .… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Contemporary · Death · Debut · Events · First Love/First Crush · Local · Music · National · Scott, Mindi · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Washington · Young Adult

CHANGE OF HEART by Shari Maurer

September 8th, 2009 by Shari Maurer · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: WestSide Books
Release Date: April 23, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

CHANGE OF HEART: When you’re 16 years old, it never occurs to you that you might die. Emmi Miller’s got a fabulous life. She has tons of friends, does great in school and is an all-star soccer player who played in Europe last summer. It even looks like Sam Hunter, a totally cute baseball player, might be interested in her. And then… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Friendship · Local · Love · Maurer, Shari · National · New York · Rated PG-13 · Sports · Stand-alone · WestSide Books · Young Adult

ROSIE AND SKATE by Beth Ann Bauman

September 4th, 2009 by Beth · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, Random House
Release Date: August 11, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-385-73735-7
ISBN (paperback): TBD

ROSIE AND SKATE is about two sisters, ages 15 and 16, in a New Jersey shore town. When their dad, a “nice drunk,” lands himself in jail, they cope in different ways. Skate and her boyfriend Perry are inseparable, until he goes off to Rutgers leaving her behind. Rosie is drawn to a boy in her support group. Within the embrace of their warmhearted community, the girls find hope for the future. The Author: Beth Ann Bauman Location: New York, NY Beth Ann… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Author Spotlight · Bauman, Beth Ann · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Interviews · Local · National · New York · Random House · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Stand-alone · Young Adult

INCONVENIENT by Margie Gelbwasser

August 26th, 2009 by Margie Gelbwasser · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
Publisher: Flux
Release Date: November 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): N/A
ISBN (paperback): 978-0738721484

Alyssa Bondar’s world is falling apart. She has just entered her sophomore year at Glenfair High, the only place to hang out is behind the CVS, Keith her cross-country crush keeps sending her mixed signals, and her best friend Lana has started the school year with large breasts and a sexy attitude–-attracting the attention of the most popular kids in the school, a group Alyssa clearly doesn’t fit into. Alyssa’s Jewish, like most of Glenfair, but since she’s also Russian, Alyssa feels even more… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Flux · Friendship · Gelbwasser, Margie · Local · Multicultural · National · New Jersey · Rated PG-13 · Stand-alone · Young Adult

BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver

August 7th, 2009 by Lauren Oliver · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: March 2, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0061726804
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Samantha Kingston has it all: the world’s most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table in the parking lot to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last. Then she gets a chance. Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Contemporary · Death · Debut · Events · Friendship · HarperTeen · Local · National · New York · Oliver, Lauren · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Stand-alone · Suicide · Young Adult

TELL ME A SECRET by Holly Cupala

August 7th, 2009 by Holly Cupala · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: June 22, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0061766664
ISBN (paperback): TBD

It’s tough, living in the shadow of a dead girl… In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda’s death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister took to the grave, and what really happened the night she died. Now, just as Miranda is on the cusp of her dreams—a best friend to unlock her sister’s world, a ticket to art school, and a boyfriend to fly her away from it all—Miranda has a secret all her own. Then two lines on a pregnancy test confirm her worst… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Connect · Contemporary · Cupala, Holly · Death · Debut · Drama · Events · Family · First Love/First Crush · Grief · HarperTeen · Literature · Local · Love · National · Peer Pressure · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Secrecy · Stand-alone · Suicide · Washington · Young Adult

EXCLUSIVELY CHLOE by J.A. Yang

July 6th, 2009 by J.A. Yang · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
Publisher: Speak
Release Date: May 14, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): none
ISBN (paperback): 978-0142412268

Chloe-Grace can’t help it—she’s spectacular. How could she not be with celebrity parents who have been the queen and king of Hollywood for years? And Chloe is a celebrity all unto herself as well— she’s the first celebrity-adopted kid in Hollywood. But now Chloe’s sixteen, and she is tired of every undesired moment of the world’s attention. She wonders what it would be… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Adoption · California · Contemporary · Debut · Divorce · Drama · Events · Local · National · Rated PG · Romance · Societal Pressure · Speak · Stand-alone · Yang, J.A. · Young Adult

FREAKED by J. T. Dutton

June 24th, 2009 by J. T. Dutton · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: March 17, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): ISBN-13: 978-0061370793
ISBN (paperback): TBD

FREAKED is about 15 year old prep school student Scotty Loveletter, ardent fan of the Grateful Dead. Facing a difficult meeting with his mother who is America’s best known sex self-help expert, Scotty road trips to a Dead show. The Author: J. T. Dutton Location: Cleveland, Ohio J. T. Dutton was raised on a horse farm in Northwest Connecticut until attending Skidmore College. After receiving a BA in English and spending a little time not knowing what she wanted to do with her life… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Winter · Contemporary · Debut · Drugs · Dutton, J. T. · Events · Family · HarperCollins Children's Books · Humor · Local · National · Ohio · Rated PG-13 · Stand-alone · Young Adult

THE MARK by Jen Nadol

June 24th, 2009 by Jen Nadol · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release Date: January 19, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 1599904314
ISBN (paperback): 978-1599994313

Sixteen-year old Cassie Renfield has seen the mark since forever: a glow around certain people as if a candle were held behind their back. The only time she pointed it out taught her she shouldn’t do it again, so Cassie has kept quiet, considering its rare appearances odd, but insignificant. Until she watches a man die. Mining her memories, Cassie realizes she can see a person’s imminent death. Not how or where, only when: today. Cassie searches her past, her philosophy lessons, even her new boyfriend for answers, always careful to… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Winter · Bloomsbury · Contemporary · Death · Debut · Events · Local · Nadol, Jen · National · New York · Paranormal · Quest · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Young Adult

THREE RIVERS RISING by Jame Richards

June 1st, 2009 by Jame Richards · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Release Date: April 13, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

THREE RIVERS RISING: Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania: 1888-1889. Three Rivers Rising includes a forbidden cross-class romance between a guest and a hired boy at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, site of the dam that burst releasing 20 million tons of water into the valley below. The main characters are in the city of Johnstown when the wave hits… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Alfred A. Knopf · Connecticut · Debut · Drama · Events · Historical Fiction · History · Local · Love · National · Natural Disaster · Poetry · Richards, Jame · Romance · Societal Pressure · Stand-alone · Young Adult

LIPSTICK APOLOGY by Jennifer Jabaley

May 24th, 2009 by Jennifer Jabaley · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: August 6, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 1595142312
ISBN (paperback): 978-1595142313

Four little words written in lipstick mean Emily must say goodbye to everything she knows. Emily Carson has always been a good girl. So when she throws a party the night her parents leave for vacation, she's sure she'll get busted. What Emily doesn't know is that her parents will never return. That their plane will go down. And the only thing… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Georgia · Humor · Jabaley, Jennifer · Local · Love · National · Rated PG-13 · Razorbill · Stand-alone · Young Adult

AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY by Tameka Fryer Brown

May 22nd, 2009 by Tameka Fryer Brown · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Release Date: August 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-8109-8971-9

It's a beautiful, cloudless summer day--perfect for the annual neighborhood celebration. Everything is running smoothly...until Momma burns the food! AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS' DAY is a lyrical, rhyming picture book; a contemporary story about a young girl's love for her close-knit, diverse community. The Author: Tameka Fryer Brown Location: Charlotte, NC Tameka Fryer Brown has gone from medical supply sales rep, to stay-at-home mom, to (now) children's book author. She has worked with children of all ages in various church and volunteer organizations, and as a Teacher's Assistant at her children's Montessori school (ages… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Abrams Books · Brown, Tameka Fryer · Community · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Local · Multicultural · National · North Carolina · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone

A SWEET DISORDER by Jacqueline Kolosov

May 22nd, 2009 by Jacqueline Kolosov · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion Books
Release Date: June 9, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-142311245-7
ISBN (paperback): TBD

A SWEET DISORDER's heroine in sixteen-year old Miranda, whose life changing dramatically after father's death. Left with little dowry to offer, Miranda faces a broken engagement, and is sent to live with Puritan cousins determined to take her to Queen Elizabeth's Court and marry her off to the insufferable Lord Seagrave for their own profit. When Miranda distinguishes herself from the rest of the Queen's maiden swith her exquisite sewing and embroidery skills, she gets the attention of the Queen, much to the anger and jealousy of… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Debut · Events · Friendship · Historical Fiction · Hyperion · Kolosov, Jacqueline · Local · National · Rated PG · Romance · Stand-alone · Texas · Young Adult

ANOTHER FAUST by Daniel and Dina Nayeri

May 22nd, 2009 by Dina Nayeri · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date: August 25, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-763637-07-1
ISBN (paperback): TBD

One night, in cities all across Europe, five children vanish - only to appear, years later, at an exclusive New York party with a strange and elegant governess. Rumor and mystery follow the Faust teenagers to the city's most prestigious high school, where they soar to suspicious heights with the help of their benefactor's extraordinary "gifts." At once chilling and wickedly… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Candlewick Press · Contemporary · Debut · Drama · Events · Family · Fantasy · Friendship · Literature · Local · Magic · National · Nayeri, Daniel · Nayeri, Dina · New York · Rated PG · School · Stand-alone · Young Adult

The Shifter by Janice Hardy

May 22nd, 2009 by Janice Hardy · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2009
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Release Date: October 6, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-06-174704-5
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Nya is an orphan, struggling for survival in a city ravaged by war. She's also a Taker - someone who can heal injuries by drawing that pain into her own body. But unlike her sister Tali and other Takers, Nya can't push the pain into pynvium, an enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Action/Adventure · Balzer & Bray · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Georgia · Hardy, Janice · Local · Middle Grade · National · Rated G · Stand-alone

Author Spotlight: Samantha R. Vamos, BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, MI AMOR (Giveaway Alert: Now – 05/22/09)

May 15th, 2009 by Samantha R. Vamos · Email post · Print

This week, we’re celebrating Samantha R. Vamos’s debut! According to family lore (and, yes, a copy exists), Samantha composed her first children’s story when she was three years old. She dictated the story and her mother typed it. Needless to say, it was a rather short story! Samantha continued to write and “BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, MI AMOR” is her first children’s picture book. Samantha attended Georgetown University Law Center and practiced law in both Washington, D.C. and Chicago. She, her husband, and young son now live in the Seattle, Washington area. Samantha is currently contending with an ice cream-loving… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Author Spotlight · Author speaking availability · Bilingual · Book Trailer · Connect · Contests · Debut · Local · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone · Topic · Vamos, Samantha · Viking Children's Books · Washington

LOSING FAITH by Denise Jaden

May 7th, 2009 by Denise Jaden · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: fall, 2010
Publisher: Simon Pulse / Simon & Schuster
Release Date: September 7, 2010
ISBN (paperback): 978-1416996095

In LOSING FAITH: When Brie's sister, Faith, dies in a fall from a cliff, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood, Brie must also contend with increasingly distant parents, her boyfriend's betrayal, and her sudden outcast status at school. And once she's over the initial shock of Faith's death, Brie is… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Grief · Jaden, Denise · Local · National · Rated PG · Religion · Siblings · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Young Adult · _CANADA British Columbia

THE WITCH’S ALPHABET (IRON CODEX VOL. 1) by Caitlin Kittredge

May 6th, 2009 by Caitlin Kittredge · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2010
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: TBD
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft's epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Heretical-born of the belief in magic and witchcraft. And for… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Delacorte · Fantasy · Friendship · Kittredge Caitlin · Local · Love · National · Rated PG-13 · Siblings · Stand-alone · Washington · Young Adult

BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE by Katie Alender

May 6th, 2009 by Katie Alender · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release Date: April 21, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1423108764
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents' marriage; her doll-crazy thirteen-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green sometimes; she uses old-fashioned… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Alender, Katie · California · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Horror · Hyperion · Local · Mystery · National · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Thriller · Young Adult

THIS TREE COUNTS! by Alison Formento, illustrated by Sarah Snow

April 20th, 2009 by alison ashley formento · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Release Date: March 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-8075-7890-2
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In THIS TREE COUNTS! there's only one tree behind Oak Lane School. It needs friends. Before Jake and his friends in Mr. Tate's class plant new trees, they first listen to the story the old tree has to share. The Author: Alison Ashley Formento Location: New Jersey Alison Ashley Formento counts and plants trees with her family in New Jersey. Besides… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Albert Whitman · Animal · Contemporary · Counting · Debut · Ecology/The Environment · Events · Formento, Alison Ashley · Local · National · New Jersey · Picture Book · Rated G · Seasons · Stand-alone

THE GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO CHEERLEADING by Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance

April 15th, 2009 by Darcy Vance · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2009
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: May 19, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): N/A
ISBN (paperback): 1416978348

When Bethany -- self-proclaimed geek girl -- makes the varsity cheerleading squad, she realizes that there's one thing worse than blending in with the lockers: getting noticed. She always felt comfortable as part of the nerd herd, but being a member of the most scrutinized group in her school is weighing her down like a ton of textbooks. Even her Varsity… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Humor · Indiana · Local · Minnesota · National · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Tahmaseb, Charity · Vance, Darcy · Young Adult

STEPPING UP by Mark Fink

April 13th, 2009 by Mark Fink · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Westside Books
Release Date: March 31, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-934813-03-4

Ernie Dolan is plagued by the curse of average. Nothing about him stands out, except his stutter. He goes off to a competitive basketball camp with best friend Mike Rivers. Mike excels and Ernie embarrasses himself in his first pick-up game, earning the nickname "choke." As Mike hangs with the more popular jocks, this puts a big strain on their friendship. Ernie finds new allies. Things change dramatically when Ernie morphs from outcast to hero, risking his life… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Action/Adventure · California · Debut · Events · Fink, Mark · Friendship · Local · National · Peer Pressure · Rated PG · Sports · Stand-alone · WestSide Books · Young Adult

THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE by Valerie O. Patterson

March 31st, 2009 by Valerie O. Patterson · Email post · Print

Publisher: Clarion
Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Release Date: October 19, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-547-24436-5
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Fifteen-year-old Cyan, named after the color blue by her artist mother, feels blue in all its shades, when she returns to the Caribbean one year after the loss of her father, drowned in an inexplicable boating accident. Expected to play host to a potential stepsister, Cyan's past and future seem colored by mystery. Did her mother drive her father away? If he killed himself, why didn't he leave her a note to help her understand? And what is she to make of the ice bucket and shattered… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Arts, Theater, Film · Clarion · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Grief · Local · Mystery · National · Patterson, Valerie O. · Rated PG-13 · Stand-alone · Virginia · Young Adult

ONE WOLF HOWLS by Scotti Cohn

March 31st, 2009 by Scotti Cohn · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Release Date: March 10, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-934359-92-1
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-607180-37-1

Spend a year in the world of wolves with Scotti Cohn and her picture book, One Wolf Howls! Written for ages 4-8, this adventurous children's book uses the months of the year and the numbers1 through 12 to introduce children to the behavior of wolves in natural settings. The lively, realistic illustrations of Susan Detwiler complement the rhyming text and bring each month to life. One Wolf Howls is aligned to State Science and Math standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, National Science Education… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Animal · Cohn, Scotti · Counting · Debut · Events · Illinois · Local · National · Nonfiction · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone · Sylvan Dell Publishing

FIONA FINKELSTEIN, BIG-TIME BALLERINA! by Shawn K. Stout

March 31st, 2009 by Shawn K. Stout · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2009
Publisher: Aladdin
Release Date: September 8, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Nine-year-old Fiona Finkelstein has a chance to become a Big-Time Ballerina-to dance on a real stage with a real curtain!--and the only thing standing in her way is a flat out awful case of stage fright. With a mom who's a soap opera actress, a father who's a TV meteorologist, and a little brother who thinks he's a superhero, Fiona's family seems to be full of natural performers. But Fiona can't figure out why she didn't get their cool-as-a-creamsicle genes. FIONA FINKELSTEIN, BIG-TIME BALLERINA! is illustrated by… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Aladdin · Arts, Theater, Film · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Humor · Local · Maryland · Middle Grade · National · Rated G · Stand-alone · Stout, Shawn K.

THE BEEF PRINCESS OF PRACTICAL COUNTY by Michelle Houts

March 31st, 2009 by Michelle Houts · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: April 14, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0385735841
ISBN (paperback): TBD

After years of waiting, it's finally Libby Ryan's turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she raises two calves in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father's advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be sold. What's the big deal? She's lived her whole life on a cattle farm. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Animal · Contemporary · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Family · Friendship · Houts, Michelle · Local · Middle Grade · National · Ohio · Rated G · Stand-alone

WATERSMEET by Ellen Jensen Abbott

March 4th, 2009 by Ellen Jensen Abbott · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: April 1, 2009
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Release Date: April 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-7614-5536-3
ISBN (paperback): TBD

From her birth, Abisina has been an outcast-for the color of her eyes and skin, and for her lack of a father. Only her mother's status as the village healer has kept her safe. But when a mythic leader arrives, Abisina's life is ripped apart. She escapes alone to try to find the father and the home she has never known. In a world of extremes, from the deepest prejudice to the greatest bonds of duty and loyalty, Abisina must find her own… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Abbott, Ellen Jensen · Action/Adventure · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Local · Marshall Cavendish · Mythology · National · Pennsylvania · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Young Adult

OCEAN HIDE AND SEEK by Jennifer Kramer

March 4th, 2009 by Jennifer Kramer · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Release Date: March 10, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-934359-91-4
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-607180-36-4

The sea is a place of mystery, where animals big and small play hide and seek! Can you imagine a shark hiding in the light? What about a clownfish in plain sight? Don't believe it? Then, sink into the deep blue sea with Jennifer Evans Kramer and Ocean Hide and Seek! Surround yourself with the vibrant ocean illustrations of Gary R. Phillips. The ocean is an old, old place, and the exotic animals in the depths have learned to adapt to their surroundings to survive… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Debut · Events · Georgia · Kramer, Jennifer · Local · National · Nonfiction · Picture Book · Rated G · Science · Stand-alone · Sylvan Dell Publishing

AS YOU WISH by Jackson Pearce

March 4th, 2009 by Jackson Pearce · Email post · Print

Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Release Date: September 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 9780061661525
ISBN (paperback): 9780061661532

Seven months ago, Viola's boyfriend told her he was gay-moments before she was going to lose her virginity to him. Heartbroken, Viola has resigned herself to near invisibility, until she inadvertently summons a young jinn out of his world, Caliban, and into her own. Here he will remain until she makes three wishes. Jinn is anxious to get back to Caliban, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid her wishes will be manipulated into curses. Jinn knows that should she wait too long, the Ifrit, guardians… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Debut · Events · Georgia · HarperTeen · Local · National · Pearce, Jackson · Stand-alone

GONE FROM THESE WOODS by Donny Bailey Seagraves

March 4th, 2009 by Donny Bailey Seagraves · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: August 25, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-385-73629-9
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Eleven-year-old Daniel Sartain didn't want to go hunting with Uncle Clay that cold November morning. But he went. Now he feels like a monstrous villain in one of his comic books as he tries to cope with the guilt after accidentally killing his beloved uncle. Mom tries to hold the family together with her comfort and love. Mrs. Hardy, Daniel's guidance counselor at school, offers a sanctuary in her office as she tries to help Daniel survive after losing his role model and best friend… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Contemporary · Death · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Family · Georgia · Local · Middle Grade · National · Rated PG · Seagraves, Donny Bailey · Stand-alone · Suicide

MABEL, ONE AND ONLY by Margaret Muirhead

March 4th, 2009 by Margaret Muirhead · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 2, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-8037-3198-1
ISBN (paperback): TBD

The only kid on her block, Mabel can usually count on her grown-up neighbors for a game or two. Not today, though. Everyone is busy, and Mabel is a bit lonely . . . until she and her canine sidekick, Jack, think up idea after idea. There's one-footed roller-skating and Super Ball bowling and enough rambunctious fun that even the grown-ups wonder what they're missing. All they have do is ask Mabel, a brand-new character who may just be the favorite cousin of… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Dial Books for Young Readers · Events · Family · Friendship · Humor · Local · Massachusetts · Muirhead, Margaret · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone

THE SECRETS OF THE CHEESE SYNDICATE by Donna St. Cyr

March 4th, 2009 by Donna St. Cyr · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2009
Publisher: CBAY Books
Release Date: August 4, 2009
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-933767-10-9

Robert Montasio didn't think his day could get any worse until his sister drinks a bizarre soda that causes her to start shrinking. Robert's only hope is a mysterious organization known as the Secret Cheese Syndicate. Unfortunately, they can't help without a special cheese that has been lost for years. Now, with a tiny little sister in his pocket, Robert has to travel the world to find the Mystic Cheese of Eliki and, perhaps, discover secrets from his family's past. The Author: Donna St. Cyr Location: Baton Rouge, LA I… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · CBAY Books · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Humor · Local · Louisiana · Middle Grade · Mythology · National · Rated G · Secrecy · Siblings · St. Cyr, Donna · Stand-alone

FINDING LINCOLN by Ann Malaspina

March 4th, 2009 by Ann Malaspina · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Release Date: September 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Louis needs to find a book about President Lincoln for a class report, but the main library is open to whites only. He searches in the small library in the church basement for African Americans, but he can't find any books about presidents. His parents tell him to be patient. Some day soon, he'll be allowed to borrow books from the main library, but Louis refuses to wait. The Author: Ann Malaspina Location: Ridgewood, NJ Ann has written many nonfiction books for young people, some of them… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Albert Whitman · Debut · Events · Family · Historical Fiction · History · Local · Malaspina, Ann · National · New Jersey · Picture Book · Prejudice · Rated G · Stand-alone

PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS by Michelle Zink

March 3rd, 2009 by Michelle Zink · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer, 2009
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: August 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0316027427
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In Prophecy of the Sisters, Sixteen year-old Lia Milthorpe and her twin sister Alice have just become orphans and, as Lia discovers, they have also become enemies. The twins are part of an ancient prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other. To escape from a dark fate and to remain in the arms of her beloved boyfriend James, Lia must end the prophecy before her sister does. Only then will she understand the mysterious circumstances of her parents' deaths… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Little, Brown · Local · National · New York · Paranormal · Quest · Rated PG-13 · Stand-alone · Young Adult · Zink, Michelle

NEIL ARMSTRONG IS MY UNCLE AND OTHER LIES MUSCLE MAN MCGINTY TOLD ME by Nan Marino

February 9th, 2009 by Nan Marino · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2009
Publisher: Roaring Brook
Release Date: May 12, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 1596434996
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Muscle Man McGinty is a squirrelly runt, a lying snake and a pitiful excuse for a ten-year-old. The problem is that no one on Ramble Street knows it, but me. Muscle Man McGinty can certainly tell some whoppers, but this time he's done the unthinkable. He bragged he can beat the entire block in a game of kickball! On Ramble Street, tough talk about kickball cannot be ignored. For Tamara Ann Simpson this is great news. Now she'll finally be able to prove to everyone what a… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Debut · Events · Foster Care · Friendship · Historical Fiction · Local · Marino, Nan · Middle Grade · National · New Jersey · Roaring Brook Press · Stand-alone

JANE IN BLOOM by Deborah Lytton

February 9th, 2009 by Deborah Lytton · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Release Date: March 19, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-525-42078-1
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Jane's big sister Lizzie has always been the center of attention. No one ever pays attention to boring, plain Jane. But when Jane's twelfth birthday marks the beginning of Lizzie's final descent into a fatal eating disorder, Jane discovers that the only thing harder than living in her big sister's shadow, is living without her. In the wake of tragedy, Jane learns to look through her camera lens and frame life differently, embracing her broken family and understanding that every girl has her season… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · California · Contemporary · Debut · Dutton · Events · Family · Grief · Local · Lytton, Deborah · Middle Grade · National · Rated PG · Siblings · Stand-alone

ANIMAL HOUSE by Candace Ryan

February 9th, 2009 by Candace Ryan · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2010
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Release Date: July 20, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Jeremy lives in a "gorvilla," but his teacher doesn't believe him. Can Jeremy keep his "lamprey" and "vulchair" on their best behavior when Mrs. Nuddles makes a home visit, or will he earn his "third strike" and not get to go on the class field trip? The Author: Candace Ryan Location: Los Angeles, CA Candace Ryan lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. She's a stay-at-home Mom/picture book author, but in a former life, she taught secondary Special Education… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Winter · Animal · California · Contemporary · Debut · Humor · Local · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Ryan, Candace · School · Stand-alone · Walker Books

OPERATION REDWOOD by S. Terrell French

February 8th, 2009 by S. Terrell French · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Amulet Books
Release Date: April 22, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-8109-8354-0
ISBN (paperback): TBD

"SIBLEY CARTER IS A MORON AND A WORLD-CLASS JERK!!!" When Julian Carter-Li intercepts an angry e-mail meant for his high-powered uncle, it sets him on an environmental adventure. His uncle's company plans to log an ancient redwood grove and it's up to Julian and a clever group of friends to stop them. Filled with humor and surprising plot twists, OPERATION REDWOOD is an environmental page-turner with a multi-cultural cast of characters. It touches on the unique history of California's redwoods and the complexities of civil… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Action/Adventure · Amulet · California · Contemporary · Debut · Ecology/The Environment · Events · Family · French, S. Terrell · Friendship · Humor · Local · Middle Grade · Multicultural · National · Nature · Rated G · Stand-alone

TOBY BELFER LEARNS ABOUT HEROES AND MARTYRS by Mel Tarman

February 8th, 2009 by Mel Tarman · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2009
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Release Date: March 15, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 9781589806474
ISBN (paperback): TBD

More than six million European Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. While this tragedy was taking place, thousands of Christian men and women sacrificed their safety and even their lives to provide much-needed help to the Jews. When Toby Belfer and her friend Donna visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, they learn about the incredibly selfless acts of these Righteous Gentiles. From Janis Lipke, a man who saved hundreds of Jews by smuggling them out of the ghetto in Riga, Latvia, to… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Debut · Events · Historical Fiction · History · Local · Middle Grade · Multicultural · National · Pelican Publishing · Prejudice · Religion · Stand-alone · Tarman, Mel · Texas

CANDOR by Pam Bachorz

February 8th, 2009 by Pam Bachorz · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: September 22, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-606840-12-2
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In a town where his father brainwashes everyone, Oscar Banks has found a way to secretly fight the subliminal Messages. But when he falls in love, he must choose whether to let Nia be lost to brainwashing or to sacrifice himself. The Author: Pam Bachorz Location: Washington, DC Pam Bachorz grew up in a small town in the Adirondack foothills, where she participated in every possible performance group and assiduously avoided any threat of athletic activity. With a little persuasion she will belt out tunes from "The Music Man"… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Bachorz, Pam · Conformity · Contemporary · Debut · District of Columbia · Egmont USA · Events · Local · Love · National · Science Fiction · Stand-alone · Young Adult

SOAR, ELINOR! by Tami Lewis Brown

February 8th, 2009 by Tami Lewis Brown · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
Release Date: Oct 12, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 0374371156

Soar, Elinor! is the true story of Elinor Smith, America's youngest pilot, boy or girl. When old timers said airplanes are for boys Elinor didn't listen. When they said she couldn't fly a biplane under New York's four East River bridges she said "Yes, I can!" Soar, Elinor! is illustrated by Francois Roca and published by Farrar Straus and Giroux. The Author: Tami Lewis Brown Location: Washington, DC TAMI LEWIS BROWN holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Brown, Tami Lewis · Debut · District of Columbia · Events · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · History · Local · National · Nonfiction · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone

WINK! THE NINJA WHO WANTED TO BE NOTICED by J. C. Phillipps

February 7th, 2009 by J. C. Phillipps · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Viking
Release Date: March 19, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-670-01092-9
ISBN (paperback): TBD

WINK! THE NINJA WHO WANTS TO BE NOTICED is about a young ninja student named Wink. He wants is to prove to his teacher, Master Zutsu, that he is an awesome ninja. But when Wink practices of the art of stealth and blends into his surrounds, no one notices him at all. And Wink wants to be noticed. After Wink is kicked out of the Summer Moon… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Connecticut · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Humor · Local · National · Phillipps, J.C. · Picture Book · Rated G · Self-esteem/Self-image · Stand-alone · Viking Children's Books

THE HOLLOW by Jessica Verday

February 7th, 2009 by Jessica Verday · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: October 6, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-4169-7893-0
ISBN (paperback): TBD

When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead...and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey has never felt so desperately alone. Then she meets Caspian, a gorgeous and mysterious stranger who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special. Just when Abbey… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Death · Debut · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Local · Mystery · National · Rated PG · Romance · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Tennessee · Verday, Jessica · Young Adult

CAROLINA HARMONY by Marilyn Taylor McDowell

February 7th, 2009 by Marilyn Taylor McDowell · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press, Random House
Release Date: March 10, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-385-73590-2
ISBN (library binding): 978-0-385-90575-6

It is the summer of 1964, and Carolina is a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm, nestled in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. The Harmonys, Mr. Ray and Miss Latah, are treating Carolina as their own. Carolina yearns to belong, but she figures considering herself part of a family again is just wishful thinking. Carolina is holding her secrets close while the Harmonys patiently wait to hear her story. But she is caught between her past and her present. For nine years she lived easy… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Action/Adventure · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Foster Care · Local · McDowell, Marilyn Taylor · Middle Grade · National · Random House · Rated G · Stand-alone · Vermont

THE MONSTER VARIATIONS by Daniel Kraus

February 7th, 2009 by Daniel Kraus · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer, 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: August 11, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 9780385737333
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Someone is killing boys in a small town. The murder weapon is a truck, and the only protection is a curfew enacted to keep kids off the streets. But it's summer-and that alone is worth the risk of staying out late for James, Willie, and Reggie. Willie, who lost his arm in the first hit-and-run attack, finds it hard to keep up with his two best friends as they leave childhood behind. All of them are changing, hounded by their parents, hunted by the killer, and haunted… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Book Trailer · Contemporary · Crime · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Friendship · Horror · Illinois · Kraus, Daniel · Local · National · Stand-alone · Thriller · Young Adult

THE TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING FAIRIES by Ammi-Joan Paquette

January 26th, 2009 by Ammi-Joan Paquette · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Tanglewood Press
Release Date: April 25, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 193371820X
ISBN (paperback): 978-1933718200

The sun is out. The birds are singing. It's a perfect day for tracking fairies. Are you game? Follow our intrepid young narrators as they skip from rock to flower to waterfall, following the clues. Will their search turn up any fairy friends? Illustrated with photos and art by the fabulous Christa Unzner, THE TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING FAIRIES is a fascinating trip into that magical world that lies just on the other side of nature. You, too, can see the world through fairy-tinted glasses. Won't… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Debut · Events · Faeries · Fantasy · Local · Massachusetts · National · Nature · Paquette, Ammi-Joan · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone · Tanglewood Press

A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL by Kristin Walker

January 26th, 2009 by Kristin Walker · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: May 14, 2009
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-59514-257-3

When a mandatory course forces Fiona to "try the knot" with super-jock Todd Harding, she's convinced life could not possibly get any worse. Until moments later, when her long-time crush is paired with her arch-enemy (otherwise known as Todd's obscenely hot, slightly sadistic girlfriend). But that's nothing compared to her best friend's fate - a year with the very shy, very goofy, very big Johnny Mercer. A series of hilarious pranks and misunderstandings leave Fiona wondering: is there something her supposed "best friend" hasn't told her? Could there be more… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Friendship · Humor · Illinois · Local · National · Rated PG-13 · Razorbill · Romance · School · Stand-alone · Walker, Kristin · Young Adult

THE RING by Bobbie Pyron

January 26th, 2009 by Bobbie Pyron · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: WestSide Books
Release Date: September 30, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In THE RING, fifteen-year-old Mardie is on a downhill slide as she tries to fit in at high school. She sneaks out of the house, drinks, and lies. After she hits rock bottom, she discovers an unlikely place of acceptance and salvation: the boxing ring and the other "misfits" who train in the ring for there own reasons. Through months of training, Mardie learns to focus… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Action/Adventure · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Local · National · Pyron, Bobbie · Self-esteem/Self-image · Siblings · Sports · Stand-alone · Utah · WestSide Books · Young Adult

BULL RIDER by Suzanne Morgan Williams

January 26th, 2009 by Suzanne Morgan Williams · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2009
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Release Date: February 24, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-4169-6130-7
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Fourteen year old Cam O'Mara is a ranch kid from the sage brush country of central Nevada. He is a skateboarder, not a champion bull rider like his brother Ben, but when Ben joins the Marines and is seriously injured in Iraq, Cam turns to his family traditions and in particular bull riding to overcome his grief and to give his brother hope for a new life. Ellen Fockler, library coordinator for Washoe County School District says: Suzanne Morgan Williams' novel, BULL RIDER, vividly captures life… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Winter · Action/Adventure · Debut · Events · Family · Local · Margaret K. McElderry · Middle Grade · National · Nevada · Stand-alone · Williams, Suzanne Morgan

EXPLORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM! 25 GREAT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES by Anita Yasuda

January 26th, 2009 by Anita Yasuda · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Nomad Press
Release Date: May 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 1934670367
ISBN (paperback): 978-1934670361

From a space shuttle fashioned out of lemonade carton and felt to a Mars rover made from a cereal box and juice cans, the variety of imaginative projects in this resource can be built with simple everyday classroom and household items. Surrounding these activities are fun facts, illustrations, and related information on each space topic-all of which meets curriculum standards for early elementary science. For young students, their families, and teachers, this expedition through the galaxy is a perfect method for introducing astronomy in a way that also… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Activitiy/Craft · Debut · Events · Local · Middle Grade · National · Nomad Press · Nonfiction · Science · Stand-alone · Yasuda, Anita · _CANADA Ontario

FAIREST OF THEM ALL by Jan Blazanin

January 26th, 2009 by Jan Blazanin · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: MTV Books
Release Date: April 21, 2009
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-4165-7993-9

Fifteen-year-old Oribella Bettencourt has a perfect life. She's a dancer, a model, and star of the beauty queen circuit. With her mother guiding her career, she's on the fast track to stardom when a Hollywood producer comes to Des Moines looking for a beautiful girl with lustrous golden hair to play a major role in his new movie. And Oribella fits that description perfectly. So what if she doesn't have any friends or anyone to talk to except her mother? She's on the brink of having all her… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Blazanin, Jan · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Grief · Iowa · Local · MTV Books · National · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Young Adult

PROPHECY OF DAYS, BOOK ONE: THE DAYKEEPER’S GRIMOIRE by Christy Raedeke

January 26th, 2009 by Christy Raedeke · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Flux
Release Date: May 1, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

PROPHECY OF DAYS, BOOK ONE: THE DAYKEEPER'S GRIMOIRE is the story of Caity Mac Fireland, a funny, tech-savvy girl from San Francisco whose parents drag her to an isle off the coast of Scotland to manage some family property. Caity finds that a Mayan relic is concealed there, intentionally left centuries ago by Mayan Daykeepers in an attempt to keep their profound knowledge about the year 2012 alive into the current era. As she delves into this world of secret knowledge, Caity… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Action/Adventure · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Flux · Local · Mystery · National · Oregon · Raedeke, Christy · Stand-alone · Young Adult

INITIATION by Susan Fine

January 26th, 2009 by Susan Fine · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Flux
Release Date: May 1, 2009
ISBN (paperback): TBD

What comes from stuffing eight hundred blue-blazered boys into one school, where fifteen floors filled with classrooms and libraries and lunchrooms and science labs stack and bury desperate boys right on top of each other? That's what freshman Mauricio Londoño discovers, along with a few things about Macbeth and geometry, during his first long year at the St. Stephen's School for Boys in New York City. The Author: Susan Fine Location: Chicago After many years in New York City, Susan Fine said goodbye to Zabar's and Gray's Papaya in search of an… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Fine, Susan · Flux · Friendship · Illinois · Local · National · Rated R · Stand-alone · Young Adult

THE BODY FINDER by Kimberly Derting

January 26th, 2009 by Kimberly Derting · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: March 16, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0061779817
ISBN (paperback): TBD

THE BODY FINDER is about Violet Ambrose, a 16-year-old girl who can locate dead bodies. Or at least, those that have been murdered. She can sense the echoes they leave behind ... and the imprints they leave on their killers. As if that weren't enough to deal with during her junior year, she also has a sudden, inexplicable, and consuming crush on her best friend since childhood, Jay Heaton. Now a serial killer has begun terrorizing Violet's small town . . . and she realizes she might be the… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Crime · Debut · Derting, Kimberly · Events · First Love/First Crush · HarperCollins Children's Books · Local · National · Paranormal · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Stand-alone · Thriller · Washington · Young Adult

HAVEN by Beverly Patt

January 8th, 2009 by Beverly Patt · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Blooming Tree Press
Release Date: November 3, 2009
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-933831-24-4

With his Christmas wish for an ATV dashed, Rudy Morris isn't sure how he fits into his family anymore. Latonya Dennis just wants a family to fit into. Their paths cross on Christmas Day, when Latonya ends up as the annual orphan at the Morris household. But Latonya doesn't disappear from their lives the day after Christmas like the other orphans have. She pulls Rudy and his best friend, Stark, into a scheme to fix up a rusty, old ATV and use it to help her run… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Blooming Tree Press · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Foster Care · Friendship · Humor · Illinois · Local · Middle Grade · National · Patt, Beverly · Rated G · Stand-alone

WHEN IT’S SIX O’CLOCK IN SAN FRANCISCO: A TRIP THROUGH TIME ZONES by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu

January 7th, 2009 by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Clarion
Release Date: July 20, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0618768271
ISBN (paperback): TBD

When it's six o'clock in San Francisco, what time is it where you live? When it's six o'clock in San Francisco and Jared is just starting his day, it's eleven o'clock in Santiago, where Elena is hard at work on a math problem at school. When it's six o'clock in San Francisco and eleven o'clock in Santiago, it's four o'clock in Cape Town and Nkosi stops to look at used CDs in the market. When it's six o'clock in San Francisco, children all over the world are busy going… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · California · Clarion · Debut · Jaynes Omololu, Cynthia · Local · Multicultural · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone

TMI by Sarah Quigley

January 7th, 2009 by Sarah Quigley · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Release Date: April 16, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0525479086
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Friends call Becca the Overshare Queen, but her tendency for TMI never seemed like a problem to her until she blabs about her sweet band-geek boyfriend's sloppy kisses-and gets dumped! Realizing it may be better to resist the temptation to overshare face-to-face, Becca decides to blog anonymously about everything instead. On her blog, Too Much Information, Becca unleashes her alter ego, Bella. Bella tells it like it is . . . though perhaps with a bit more drama. After all, no one's going to read… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Spring · California · Contemporary · Debut · Dutton · Events · Friendship · Humor · Local · National · Quigley, Sarah · Rated PG · Romance · Stand-alone · Young Adult

DEMONGLASS by Rachel Hawkins

January 7th, 2009 by Rachel Hawkins · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2010
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: TBD
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Sophie Mercer thought being a teenage witch meant flying broomsticks, talking cats, and awesome spells. Instead, her mom still makes her ride the bus, she's allergic to pet dander, and the one big spell she attempts at prom goes seriously bad-like, Carrie-levels of bad. As a result, Sophie is shipped off to Prentiss Academy, a boarding school for Witches, Shapeshifters, and Faeries. At Prentiss, Sophie discovers that the traumas of regular school have nothing on the goings-on at "Freak High," what with the trio of Dark Witches who want Sophie… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Winter · Alabama · Debut · Family · Fantasy · Friendship · Hawkins, Rachel · Hyperion · Local · Mystery · National · Paranormal · Rated PG · Secrecy · Stand-alone · Young Adult

ALL UNQUIET THINGS by Anna Jarzab

January 7th, 2009 by Anna Jarzab · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Delacorte
Release Date: January 12, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 0385738358

ALL UNQUIET THINGS centers around the murder of teen heiress Carly Ribelli, who was found shot to death a mile from her house in a wealthy Northern California suburb. Carly's uncle, a dissolute alcoholic, was convicted of the crime, but a year later his daughter still doesn't believe her father is guilty. Determined to prove his innocence, Audrey Ribelli contacts Carly's ex-boyfriend, Neily Monroe, the boy who found Carly's body. She is convinced that he knows more than he thinks about the events that led up to Carly's death. Despite… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Contemporary · Crime · Debut · Delacorte · Events · Friendship · Jarzab, Anna · Local · Mystery · National · New York · Stand-alone · Young Adult

PRINCESS FOR HIRE by Lindsey Leavitt

January 7th, 2009 by Lindsey Leavitt · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2010
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: March 16, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-4231-2192-3
ISBN (paperback): TBD

When an flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know, like, now if you’d like to become a substitute princess, do you

a) runb) faintc) say Yes!

For Desi Bascomb, who’s been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, the choice is a definite C–that is, once she can stop pinching herself. As her new agent Meredith explains, Desi has a rare magical ability… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Winter · Alabama · Debut · Events · Fantasy · First Love/First Crush · Friendship · Humor · Hyperion · Leavitt, Lindsey · Local · Magic · Middle Grade · National · Rated PG · Romance · Stand-alone

YOU ARE SO UNDEAD TO ME by Stacey Jay

January 7th, 2009 by Stacey Jay · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2009
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: January 22nd, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): N/A
ISBN (paperback): 978-1595142252

Q: HOW MANY ZOMBIES DOES IT TAKE TO RUIN A SOCIAL LIFE? A: NOT MANY. Megan Berry is a Zombie Settler by birth, which means she's part-time shrink to a whole bunch of semi-dead people with killer issues. All Megan really wants is to go to homecoming, but when you're trailed by a bunch of slobbering corpses whenever you leave the house, it's kinda hard to score a date. Let's just say Megan's love life could use some major resuscitation. Megan's convinced her life can't get any worse -… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Winter · Arkansas · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Friendship · Horror · Humor · Jay, Stacey · Local · National · Rated PG-13 · Razorbill · Romance · Stand-alone · Young Adult

Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu

January 7th, 2009 by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Winter 2010
Publisher: Walker
Release Date: February 2, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

When 16 year-old Lucy comes home to find her mother dead under a stack of National Geographics in their garbage-filled home, she hesitates as she starts to dial 911. She hardly notices the mountains of stuff that fill every available space in the entire house or smells the decay anymore - but she knows the paramedics will, and so will the news cameras that will follow. They'll notice the garbage and the smell and wonder how anyone ever lived like this. Only freaks live like this. As she… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Winter · California · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Family · Jaynes Omololu, Cynthia · Local · Mental Illness · National · Rated PG-13 · Secrecy · Stand-alone · Walker Books · Young Adult

SCONES AND SENSIBILITY by Lindsay Eland

January 5th, 2009 by Lindsay Eland · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2010
Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: February 14, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Polly Madassa is convinced she was born for a more romantic time. A time when Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Green Gables walked along the moors and beaches of the beautiful land, a time where a distinguished gentleman called upon a lady of quality and true love was born in the locked eyes of two young lovers. But alas, she was not. This, however, does not stop our young heroine from finding romance wherever she can conjure it up. So while Polly is burdened with a summer job of… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Colorado · Contemporary · Debut · Egmont USA · Eland, Lindsay · Events · Family · Friendship · Humor · Local · Middle Grade · National · Rated G · Stand-alone

DULL BOY by Sarah Cross

January 5th, 2009 by Sarah Cross · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Release Date: May 14, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-525421-33-7
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Superpowers are awesome - unless you actually have them, like Avery does. There's only so much he can pass off as "adrenaline" before people start to get suspicious. Probably it's best to lie low, so guys in white lab coats don't come to carry him away, to find out what makes his freakish body tick. Who wants to be vivisected? But flying under the radar becomes a whole lot harder when you can actually fly. It's dangerous to be different, so for now he'll pretend… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Contemporary · Cross, Sarah · Debut · Dutton · Events · Fantasy · Friendship · Local · National · New York · Self-esteem/Self-image · Stand-alone · Superpowers · Young Adult

HUSH HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick

January 5th, 2009 by Becca Fitzpatrick · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: October 13, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 1416989412
ISBN (paperback): 978-1416989417

A sexy and dangerous love story about a teenage girl who falls for a fallen angel with a dark agenda to get his wings back. The Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Location: Fort Collins, CO Becca Fitzpatrick grew up reading Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden with a flashlight under the covers. She graduated college with a degree in health, which she promptly abandoned for storytelling. When not writing, she's most likely prowling sale racks for reject shoes, running, or watching crime dramas on TV. HUSH, HUSH is her first novel. Contact Information:

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Categories: 2009 Fall · Colorado · Debut · Events · First Love/First Crush · Fitzpatrick, Becca · Local · National · Paranormal · Romance · Simon & Schuster BFYR · Stand-alone · Thriller · Young Adult

SEASIDE DREAM by Janet Costa Bates

January 5th, 2009 by Janet Costa Bates · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Lee and Low Books
Release Date: Sep, 30, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): TBD
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Cora keeps watch as presents and family stream through the door. The house is abuzz with aunts, uncles and cousins. Pots and pans are filled with food from their family's native Cape Verde. A big party, birthday cake and all, will take place on the beach. It seems like her family has thought of everything to celebrate Grandma's 70th birthday but when Cora and Grandma take a nighttime walk on the beach, it is Cora that notices there is something else Grandma needs to make… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Costa Bates, Janet · Debut · Events · Family · Lee and Low Books · Local · Massachusetts · Multicultural · National · Picture Book · Rated G · Stand-alone

PRADA & PREJUDICE by Mandy Hubbard

January 5th, 2009 by Mandy Hubbard · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Summer 2009
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: June 11, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 1595142606
ISBN (paperback): 978-1595142603

Fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of real Prada pumps to impress the cool crowd on a school trip to London. Goodbye, Callie the clumsy geek-girl, hello popularity! But before she knows what's hit her, Callie wobbles, trips, conks her head... and wakes up in the year 1815! She stumbles about until she meets the kind-hearted Emily, who takes Callie in, mistaking her for a long-lost friend. Sparks soon fly between Callie and Emily's cousin, Alex, the maddeningly handsome-though totally arrogant-Duke of Harksbury. Too… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Summer · Contemporary · Debut · Events · Friendship · Historical Fiction · Hubbard, Mandy · Local · Love · National · Razorbill · Romance · Stand-alone · Washington · Young Adult

DANI NOIR by Nova Ren Suma

January 5th, 2009 by Nova Ren Suma · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Aladdin
Release Date: September 22, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-4169-7564-9
ISBN (paperback): TBD

Life is nothing like a noir movie. Or so you think. Fade in on thirteen-year-old Dani Callanzano. It's the summer before eighth grade, and Dani's stuck in her nowhere mountain town with only her favorite noir mysteries at the Little Art Movie Theatre to keep her company. But when a big secret invades the scene in real life, Dani decides to bring the truth to light. Armed with a vivid imagination, a flair for the dramatic, and her knowledge of all things Rita Hayworth, Dani sets out to solve… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · Aladdin · Arts, Theater, Film · Contemporary · Debut · Divorce · Events · Friendship · Local · Middle Grade · Mystery · National · New York · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Suma, Nova Ren

THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY by Kay Cassidy

January 5th, 2009 by Kay Cassidy · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: April 13, 2010
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-60684-017-7
ISBN (library binding): 978-1-60684-062-7

When the prom queen becomes your fairy godmother... Sixteen year old outsider, Jess Parker, gets the chance of a lifetime: an invitation to join a secret girl power society dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world. The Cinderella Society guides all new recruits through its top secret ultimate life makeover. It’s all part of preparing them to face down the Wickeds and win. Determined not to let the Cindys down, Jess dives in with a passion. Finally, a chance to belong and show… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Bullies · Cassidy, Kay · Contemporary · Debut · Egmont USA · Events · Indiana · Local · National · Peer Pressure · Rated PG · Romance · Self-esteem/Self-image · Stand-alone · Young Adult

ASH by Malinda Lo

January 5th, 2009 by Malinda Lo · Email post · Print

Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: Sept. 1, 2009
ISBN (hardcover): 978-0316040099
ISBN (paperback): TBD

In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, re-reading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress… Continue reading

Categories: 2009 Fall · California · Debut · Drama · Events · Faeries · Fantasy · Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) · Grief · Little, Brown · Lo, Malinda · Local · National · Romance ·

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