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BANISH by Gretchen McNeil

October 28th, 2010 by Gretchen McNeil · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Winter 2012
  • Publisher: Balzer + Bray
  • Release Date: TBD
  • ISBN (hardcover): TBD
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD
Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her overprotective mom, by the hunky son of the police officer who got her father killed, and by the eerie voices which she can suddenly and inexplicably hear.  Turns out the voices are demons - the Biblical kind, not the Buffy kind - and Bridget possesses the rare ability to banish them. San Francisco's senior exorcist and his newly assigned partner from the Vatican enlist Bridget's help with increasingly bizarre and dangerous cases of demonic possession.  But just… Continue reading

Categories: 2012 Winter · Balzer & Bray · California · Death · Debut · Fantasy · First Love/First Crush · Horror · Local · McNeil, Gretchen · Mythology · National · Paranormal · Rated PG-13 · Stand-alone · Young Adult

NEVERMORE by Kelly Creagh

December 18th, 2009 by Kelly Creagh · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
  • Publisher: Atheneum
  • Release Date: August 31, 2010
  • ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-442402-00-3
  • ISBN (paperback): N/A
In NEVERMORE, cheerleader Isobel falls for Poe-fan Varen--but will she be able to save him from the madness taking hold of his mind?… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Atheneum · Creagh, Kelly · Debut · Events · Horror · Paranormal · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Stand-alone · Young Adult

BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE by Katie Alender

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

THE MONSTER VARIATIONS by Daniel Kraus

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

YOU ARE SO UNDEAD TO ME by Stacey Jay

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

BLEEDING VIOLET by Dia Reeves

January 5th, 2009 by Dia Reeves · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse
  • Release Date: January 5, 2010
  • ISBN (hardcover): 1416986189
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD
BLEEDING VIOLET summary: Sixteen-year-old Hanna Järvinen is an unusual girl with a head full of hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet full of frilly, violet dresses. Everything a girl needs--except love.  But that's what mothers are for, and Hanna is sure she can reconcile with hers, even though she was abandoned as a baby. Unfortunately, her mother lives in Portero, an odd East Texas town with doors that lead out of the world, flesh-eating creatures, and parasitical spirits--not an ideal environment for winning a… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Spring · Debut · Events · Family · Horror · Local · Mental Illness · Monsters · National · Paranormal · Rated · Rated PG-13 · Reeves, Dia · Simon Pulse · Stand-alone · Texas · Young Adult