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IVY’S EVER AFTER by Dawn Lairamore

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

THE NEAR WITCH by Victoria Schwab

December 9th, 2009 by Victoria Schwab · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Winter 2011
  • Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
  • Release Date: TBD
  • ISBN (hardcover): TBD
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD
THE NEAR WITCH: There’s an old ghost story in the town of Near. It tells of a witch that lived on the edge of the village, and gobbled up all the darkness, and sang the hills to sleep, and loved the children almost as much as the garden she kept beside her house. Sixteen-year-old Lexi Harris, the daughter of a tracker, has heard the stories her entire life, first from her father, and then from old Magda and Dreska, who might be witches themselves. Everyone loves to tell the story, but everyone… Continue reading

Categories: Hyperion · Magic · Mystery · Nature · Paranormal · Rated PG-13 · Romance · Schwab, Victoria · Young Adult

PRINCESS FOR HIRE by Lindsey Leavitt

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