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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… Continue reading

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