The Last One
Title: The Last One Author: Alexandra Oliva Genre: Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: July 12, 2016 Pages: 304 “She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that will test the limits of their endurance. While they are out there, something terrible happens–but how widespread is the destruction, and has it occurred naturally or is it man-made? Cut off […]
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Title: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Author: Bryn Greenwood Genre: Fiction Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Release Date: August 9, 2016 Pages: 352 As the daughter of a meth dealer, Wavy, a strong-willed girl of ethereal beauty, knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It’s safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, Wavy finds […]
The Ones
Title: The Ones Author: Daniel Sweren-Becker Genre: JUVENILE FICTION Publisher: Macmillan Release Date: September 6, 2016 Pages: 304 “Genetically engineered teenagers called ‘The Ones’ go to extremes fighting for their rights as society turns against them”– Review: “The Ones” is a book that I am in the minority in regard to my views, so keep in mind that your mileage may vary when it comes to this review. The premise was good, but the execution was lacking. I think […]
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Title: The Rest of Us Just Live Here Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: October 6, 2015 Pages: 336 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Cooperative Children’s Book Center CCBC Choice * Michael Printz Award shortlist * Six starred reviews * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * VOYA Perfect Ten * NYPL Top Ten Best Books of the Year for Teens * Chicago Public Library Best Teen Books of the Year * Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books * […]
The Swan Riders (Prisoners of Peace, Book 2)
Title: The Swan Riders Series: Prisoners of Peace, Book 2 Author: Erin Bow Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Release Date: September 20, 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 Treacherous twists await Greta as the stakes get even higher in this stunning follow-up to the “masterful” (School Library Journal, starred review) novel, The Scorpion Rules. Greta Stuart has become AI. New transmitters have silvered her fingerprints. New receptors have transformed her vision. And the whole of her memory has become one book […]
Curious Minds
Title: Curious Minds Series: Knight and Moon, Book 1 Author: Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton, Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bantam Release Date: August 16, 2016 Pages: 256 Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Emmy-winning writer Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of thrillers featuring charmingly eccentric Emerson Knight and professional go-getter Riley Moon. Review: “Curious Minds” was a fun, quick read that featured all of the humor and wit for which […]
My Name Is Leon
Title: My Name is Leon Author: Kit De Waal Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: June 2, 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 For fans of The Language of Flowers, a sparkling, big-hearted, page-turning debut set in the 1970s about a young black boy’s quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they are separated in foster care. Leon loves chocolate bars, Saturday morning cartoons, and his beautiful, golden-haired baby brother. When Jake is born, Leon pokes his head in […]
Twisted
Title: Twisted Author: Hannah Jayne Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release Date: July 1, 2016 Pages: 256 Bex is ready to start a new life in foster care. There, she won’t be known as a serial killer’s daughter. Though her father was never tried for the murders attributed to “The Wife Collector,” he disappeared after questioning. And Bex struggles with the guilt that she provided the circumstantial evidence that convicted him in the public’s perception-and drove him to abandon […]
Gemini
Title: Gemini Author: Sonya Mukherjee Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: July 26, 2016 Pages: 336 In a small town, as high school graduation approaches, two conjoined sisters must weigh the importance of their dreams as individuals against the risk inherent in the surgery that has the potential to separate them forever. Review: Actual rating: 3 1/5 stars “Gemini” is a groundbreaking ya novel about conjoined twins. It was an interesting read that took me beyond […]
And I Darken
Title: And I Darken Author: Kiersten White Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: 2016-06 Pages: 496 In this first book in a trilogy a girl child is born to Vlad Dracula, in Transylvania, in 1435–at first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, she will grow up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies. Review: I don’t know what I was expecting when I picked […]
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