Grasshopper Jungle Author: Andrew SmithPublisher: Dutton JuvenilePublication Date: Feb. 11, 2014Pages: 388Source: ARC from Anderson’s YA Lit ConferenceAbout the Book: Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town… Read more »
Cress Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication Date: Feb. 4, 2014 Pages: 560 Series: The Lunar Chronicles, book three Source: ARC from ALA About the Book: Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with… Read more »
Woo hoo! Another Sophie Jordan book! Of course I wanted to be on the blog tour. Love her. Love her books. On todays stop Ii have a review plus giveaway. Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Pages: 384 Series: Uninvited, book one Source: E-galleyAbout the Book: The Scarlet Letter meets… Read more »
Mistwalker Author: Saundra MitchellPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BooksPublication Date: Feb. 4, 2014Pages: 272Source: ARC from publisherAbout the Book: When Willa Dixon’s brother dies on the family lobster boat, her father forbids Willa from stepping foot on the deck again. With her family suffering, she’ll do anything to help out—even visiting the Grey Man.Everyone in her small Maine town knows of this… Read more »
Phoenix Island Author: John DixonPublisher: Gallery BooksPublication Date: Jan. 7, 2014Pages: 320Source: egalley via EdelweissAbout the Book: The judge told Carl that one day he’d have to decide exactly what kind of person he would become. But on Phoenix Island, the choice will be made for him.A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has… Read more »
Defy Publisher: Scholastic PressPublication Date: Jan. 7, 2014Pages: 336Series: Defy, book oneSource: Finished copy from publisher, unsolicited About the Book: A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and heart-racing romance.Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king’s army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a… Read more »
the piper’s sonAuthor: Melina MarchettaPublisher: Candlewick PressPublication Date: March 2011Pages: 328 (in ARC)Companion to Saving FrancescaARC received from I Read Banned Books book tourAbout the Book:Melina Marchetta’s brilliant, heart-wrenching new novel takes up the story of the group of friends from her best-selling, much-loved bookSaving Francesca – only this time it’s five years later and Thomas… Read more »
Entwined Author: Heather Dixon Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: March 29, 2011 Challenge: Debut Authors Challenge ARC received from Different Area Codes Arc Tours at Just Another Book Blog About the Book: Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls… Read more »
Darkest Mercy Author: Melissa Marr Series: Wicked Lovely, final book (5) Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: 2/22/11 Copy received from Different Area Codes Book Tours at Just Another Book Blog. About the book (from publisher website): “Send the messengers for the faery courts. This is the end.” The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court… Read more »
The Vespertine Author: Saundra Mitchell Coming March 2011 from Harcourt Children’s Books Review from uncorrected proof courtesy of NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. About the book:(from press kit) The summer of 1889 is the one between childhood and womanhood for Amelia van den Broek-and thankfully, she’s not spending it at home in rural Maine. She’s… Read more »
