Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. The final book in the DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE saga is almost here! COMING APRIL 8, to bookstores and libraries everywhere.* * *THE SEQUEL TO DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE: New York Times bestsellingDAYS OF BLOOD & STARLIGHT "Taylor’s dazzling writing and skill at creating suspense are strong as ever; fantasy lovers will gobble up this book with satisfaction.
" -Publisher's Weekly, starred review"I read Days of Blood & Starlight last weekend and I'm all fired up about it. Art student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou must decide how far she'll go to avenge her people. While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. "Taylor has a gift for nimble plotting and exquisite detail.
" -Daily Mail, UK -Amazon, Best Books of the Month -The Guilded Earlobe, audiobook reviews -VOYA, '5' review. Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Across the Universe ★ Official Book Webpage ★ Official Fan Page ★ Read the first chapter (.pdf) ★ Fan art gallery! Summary: A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awake 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 a brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Now, Amy must race to unlock Godspeed’s hidden secrets. . ★ Learn more about the creation of the book in this radio interview with the author! What People Are Saying “Wherever the series goes from here, this opener leaves an indelible imprint.” “Cunningly executed thriller…a compulsively readable crowd-pleaser.” “A stunning debut. “An astounding ride! Awards & Accolades Paperback Release. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. The Pregnancy Project: A Memior by Gabby Rodriguez. Every Day by David Levithan.
Knopf, 2012 Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. Buy the book: indiebound.com | amazon.com | bn.com | powells.com.
Divergent by Veronica Roth. Books In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are.
One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. Title and synopsis to come! Short Stories: (cover and description from Goodreads) Legend by Marie Lu. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga. “Lyga has fashioned the kind of gripping, gory psycho-thriller usually relegated to adult fiction, one that fears neither viscera nor deviant sexual behavior nor the darkest of human impulses.” — Booklist It was a beautiful day.
It was a beautiful field. Except for the body. Jazz is a likable teenager. A charmer, some might say. But he’s also the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, “Take Your Son to Work Day” was year-round. And now, even though Dad has been in jail for years, bodies are piling up in the sleepy town of Lobo’s Nod. In an effort to prove murder doesn’t run in the family, Jazz joins the police in the hunt for this new serial killer. Now available: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. The #1 New York Times bestseller that Time Magazine called “damn near genius,” The Fault in Our Stars is the story of Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters, two Indianapolis teenagers who meet at a Cancer Kid Support Group. If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit a The Fault in Our Stars Q&A. Reviews “Green’s best and most ambitious novel to date. In its every aspect, The Fault in Our Stars is a triumph.”
-Booklist, starred review “Luminous.” -Entertainment Weekly “A smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance.” A blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical, and funny. “One doesn’t like to throw around phrases like “instant classic” lightly, but I can see The Fault in Our Stars taking its place alongside Are You There God? “Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. “A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy…it will linger long and hard in the minds of teens and former teens.” The Movie Rights. Stupid Fast by Geoff Hebach. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork. Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John. Five Flavors of DumbNovember 11, 2010 The Challenge: Piper has one month to get a paying gig for Dumb—the hottest new rock band in school.
The Deal: If she does it, she'll become manager of the band and get her share of the profits, which she desperately needs since her parents raided her college fund. The Catch: Managing one egomaniacal pretty boy, one talentless piece of eye candy, one crush, one silent rocker, and one angry girl who is ready to beat her up. And doing it all when she's deaf. With growing self-confidence, an unexpected romance, and a new understanding of her family's decision to buy a cochlear implant for her deaf baby sister, Piper just may discover her own inner rock star. Dial: ISBN 10: 0803734336 • ISBN 13: 978-0803734333 Chapter 1 For the record, I wasn't around the day they decided to become Dumb. But they weren't in the mood to be reasoned with. Or maybe not, but that's how it seemed to me. Suddenly I couldn't watch the band, couldn't enjoy the scene. I'm deaf. top. How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr.
About the Book Published October 2011 Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything could go back to normal. But ever since her dad died, she’s been isolating herself from her boyfriend, her best friends—everyone who wants to support her. And when her mom decides to adopt a baby, it feels like she’s somehow trying to replace a lost family member with a new one. Mandy Kalinowski understands what it’s like to grow up unwanted—to be raised by a mother who never intended to have a child. As their worlds change around them, Jill and Mandy must learn to both let go and hold on, and that nothing is as easy—or as difficult—as it seems.
Honors Utah Book Award Winner Salt Lake City Weekly Arty Award Winner ALA 2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2011 A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of 2011 A Junior Library Guild selection Guardian Teen Book Club selection (UK) The Independent Best Books of the Year 2012 (UK) Versions Reviews. Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick. The Inspiration for Purple Heart A few years ago, I had the privilege of working on an unusual peace demonstration—one that united Vietnam veterans with recent veterans from the war in Iraq and old-fashioned peaceniks. These unlikely groups were brought together by the Quaker organization American Friends Service Committee. As a group, we arranged more than 3,600 pairs of combat boots, each one tagged with the name of a soldier who’d died in Iraq or Afghanistan, in a display that was meant to symbolize the real human cost of the war.
Nearby, we laid out a pile of civilian shoes to symbolize the uncounted men, women, and children who’d died in Iraq. One pair of shoes caught my eye. It was a pair of sneakers, just the right size for a ten-year-old boy. I instantly saw that boy being shot in the chest, his small body flung into the air from the force of the blast. It’s estimated that more than 1.3 million civilians have died in Iraq. More interviews can be found here: Democratic Tribune. Everybody Sees the Ants by AS King. Hate List by Jennifer Brown. Torn Away Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Coming May 2014... Born and raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes.
Or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives -- but loses her mother, her young sister, and her home. In an unfamiliar place, Jersey faces a reality she's never considered before -- one in which her mother wasn't perfect, and neither were her grandparents, but they all loved her just the same. "Brown gives readers a true sense of the horror wrought by the storm and the agony of its aftermath; her ability to create rich, complex characters is once again in evidence…Jersey's feelings are achingly real and relatable.
" ~ Publishers Weekly. Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick. It could happen tomorrow. A cataclysmic event. An army of “The Changed.” How can one teen survive on her own? (Hardcover) (Paperback) PRAISE FOR ASHES “Gripped me from beginning to end–dark, creepy, suspenseful. “A haunting epic story of survival in a shattered world. “Bick delivers an action-packed tale of an apocalypse unfolding, launching a trilogy with flair.” “Splendidly paced apocalyptic zombie horror ends with a thrilling, terrifying cliffhanger.” “If Cormac McCarthy and Justin Cronin bore a lovechild . . . “Bick has written a thriller of a post-apocalyptic novel.” “…(a) thoroughly unputdownable story with an off-the-charts creep factor.” “…a harrowing apocalyptic survival tale that brims with true horror … No one’s survival is guaranteed here.” “…an impeccable sci-fi/horror balance, quick pace, and risky storytelling…”–BCCB Order today! Amazon Barnes and Noble Books-a-Million Indie-Bound Powells Target Wal-Mart.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Chapter Teaser You can also listen to Chapter One of the audiobook on YouTube. The screw through cinder’s ankle had rusted, the engraved cross marks worn to a mangled circle. Her knuckles ached from forcing the screwdriver into the joint as she struggled to loosen the screw one gritting twist after another. By the time it was extracted far enough for her to wrench free with her prosthetic steel hand, the hairline threads had been stripped clean. Tossing the screwdriver onto the table, Cinder gripped her heel and yanked the foot from its socket. A spark singed her fingertips and she jerked away, leaving the foot to dangle from a tangle of red and yellow wires. She slumped back with a relieved groan. Cinder was the only full- service mechanic at New Beijing’s weekly market. A stained tablecloth divided Cinder from browsers as they shuffled past. Cinder’s auditory interface dulled the noise into a static thrumming, but today one melody lingered above the rest that she couldn’t drown out.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. THE NIGHT CIRCUS is my debut novel, available in paperback in July from Vintage in the US, Harvill Secker in the UK & a great many other lovely publishers around the world. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. “Magical. “Around and Around (and Around)” A Magical New Scene from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Room by Emma Donoghue. Room Room(London: Picador; Toronto: HarperCollins Canada; New York: Little Brown, 2010), my Man-Booker-shortlisted seventh novel, is the story of a five-year-old called Jack, who lives in a single room with his Ma and has never been outside. When he turns five, he starts to ask questions, and his mother reveals to him that there is a world beyond the walls. Told entirely in Jack’s voice, Room is no horror story or tearjerker, but a celebration of resilience and the love between parent and child. An international bestseller as soon as it was published in August 2010, Room has now sold well over a million copies.
It won the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (for best Canadian novel), the Commonwealth Prize (Canada & Carribbean Region), the Canadian Booksellers’ Association Libris Awards (Fiction Book and Author of the Year), the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award, the W. To buy Room or ebook: