The Tell-Tale Start by Gordon McAlpine

ARC, 177 pages Release Date: January 10, 2013 Published by: Viking (Penguin) Illustrated by: Sam Zuppardi Series? The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe #1 Source: Publisher For fans of: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Paranormal, Laughing Out Loud, and Paranormal  Meet Edgar and Allan Poe — twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They…

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Paperback, 453 pages Release Date: January 1, 2008 Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books The Mortal Instruments, #2 Source: Own For fans of: Various Creatures, Action, Adventure, Angels, Demons, Hot Literary guys A murderer is loose in New York City … … and the victims are Downworlder children. Clary Fray and her fellow Shadowhunters have a…

Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle

Hardcover, 352 pages Release Date: August 14, 2012 Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Stand-alone Source: Own For fans of: Chick-lit, Historical, Romance, Time Travel A romantic time travel story that’s ideal for fans of novels by Meg Cabot and Donna Jo Napoli–and, of course, Shakespeare.Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day…

Hidden by Sophie Jordan

ARC, 262 pages Release Date: September 11, 2012 Published by: HarperTeen Firelight #3 Source: Own For fans of: Action, Adventure, Draki, YA, Fantasy Jacinda was supposed to bond with Cassian, the “prince” of their pride. But she resisted long before she fell in love with Will—a human and, worse, a hunter. When she ran away…

Defiance by C.J. Redwine

 E-ARC, 416 pages Release Date: August 28th, 2012 Published by: Balzer & Bray (HarperTeen) Defiance #1 Source: Edelweiss* For fans of: Action, Adventure, YA Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors,…

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

E-Book, 314 pages Published May 1, 2012 By HarperCollins Divergent #2 Source: Own For fans of: Dystopia, Romance, Action, Adventure One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while…

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Hardcover, 359 pages Published March 22, 2011 Hyperion Book CH Hex Hall #2 For fans of: YA, Paranormal Romance, Witches, Adventure Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.  That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the…

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Hardcover, 390 Published May 24th, 2011 Scholastic Press Source: Library The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea crashing on…

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