The Liberation of the Camps: The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath
Title: The Liberation of the Camps Author: Dan Stone Genre: History Publisher: Yale University Press Release Date: 2015-04-21 Pages: 288 Seventy years have passed since the tortured inmates of Hitler’s concentration and extermination camps were liberated. When the horror of the atrocities came fully to light, it was easy for others to imagine the joyful relief of freed prisoners. Yet for those who had survived the unimaginable, the experience of liberation was a slow, grueling journey back to life. In […]
The Wicked Will Rise
Title: The Wicked Will Rise Series: Dorothy Must Die, Book 2 Author: Danielle Paige Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: May 31, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die, who is good—and who is actually Wicked? My name is Amy Gumm—and I’m the other girl from Kansas. After a tornado swept through my trailer park, I ended up in Oz. But it wasn’t like the Oz I knew from books and movies. […]
The Little Paris Bookshop
Title: The Little Paris Bookshop Author: Nina George Publisher: Crown Pub Release Date: June 23, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 400 “There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies—I mean books—that were written for one person only…A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that’s how I sell books.” Monsieur Perdu calls […]
The Memory Hit
Title: The Memory Hit Author: Carla Spradbery Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Release Date: June 4, 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 On New Year’s Eve, Jess’s life is unrecognizable: her best friend is in the hospital, her boyfriend is a cheater. A drug-dealing cheater it would seem, after finding a stash of Nostalgex in his bag. Nostalgex: a drug that stimulates memory. In small doses, a person can remember the order of a deck of cards, or an entire revision guide […]
Denton Little’s Death Date
Title: Denton Little's Deathdate Author: Lance Rubin Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: April 14, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 Denton Little’s Deathdate takes place in a world exactly like our own except that everyone knows the day on which they will die. For Denton, that’s in just two days—the day of his senior prom. Despite his early deathdate, Denton has always wanted to live a normal life, but his final days are filled with dramatic firsts. First […]
Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys)
Title: Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys) Author: Amy Spalding Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Poppy Release Date: 2015-04-14 Pages: 320 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist meets Easy A in this hilariously realistic story of sneaking out, making out, and playing in a band. After catching their bandmates in a compromising position, sixteen-year-old Los Angelenos Riley and Reid become painfully aware of the romance missing from their own lives. And so a pact is formed: they’ll both try to make something […]
Humber Boy B
Title: Humber Boy B Author: Ruth Dugdall Genre: Mystery Publisher: Legend Press Release Date: April 1, 2015 Format: Digital Pages: 304 A child is killed after falling from the Humber Bridge. Despite fleeing the scene, two young brothers are found guilty and sent to prison. Upon their release they are granted one privilege only, their anonymity. Probation officer Cate Austin is responsible for Humber Boy B’s reintegration into society. But the general public’s anger is steadily growing, and those around […]
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
Title: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Series: Sunshine Girl, Book 1 Author: Paige McKenzie Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Weinstein Books Release Date: 2015-03-24 Pages: 320 Based on the wildly popular YouTube channel, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl has been described as “ Gilmore Girls meets Paranormal Activity for the new media age.” YA fans new and old will learn the secrets behind Sunshine—the adorkable girl living in a haunted house—a story that is much bigger, and runs much deeper, than […]
Wicked Women
Title: Wicked Women Author: Chris Enss Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: TwoDot Release Date: 2015-01-20 Pages: 224 This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West s most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other wicked women by award-winning Western history author Chris Enss offers a glimpse into Western Women s experience that’s less sunbonnets and more six-shooters. Pulling together stories of ladies caught in the acts of mayhem, distraction, murder, and highway robbery, it will […]
The Duff
Title: The DUFF Author: Kody Keplinger Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Poppy Release Date: 2011-06-07 Pages: 280 Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties. Review: When I began reading “The Duff”, I thought […]
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