Since You’ve Been Gone
Title: Since You've Been Gone Author: Mary Jennifer Payne Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Dundurn PressLtd Release Date: 2015-01-24 Pages: 224 On the run from her abusive father, fifteen-year-old Edie Fraser and her mother flee to London, England for a fresh start. But one day, Edie’s mom doesn’t come home from work. Afraid to phone the police and risk being returned to her father, Edie begins a desperate search for her mother, and finds an unlikely ally along the way. […]
Golden Son
Title: Golden Son Series: Red Rising, Book 2 Author: Pierce Brown Genre: Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: 2015-01-06 Pages: 464 With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown’s genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. As a Red, Darrow grew up working […]
The In Between
Title: The In Between Author: Olivia Pierce Publisher: Full Fathom Five Digital Release Date: November 26, 2014 Pages: 344 Tara Jenkins and Justin Westcroft used to be childhood BFFs. Now in high school, Justin’s a popular, all-star athlete, and Tara spends her days admiring him from afar. But when Tara saves Justin from nearly drowning in a freak accident, he’s unable to get her out of his mind. In no time at all, Tara and Justin fall deeply in love. […]
All the Bright Places
Title: All the Bright Places Author: Jennifer Niven Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: January 6, 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 400 Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. […]
We Should Hang Out Sometime
Title: We Should Hang Out Sometime Author: Josh Sundquist Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: 2014-12-23 Pages: 336 When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock. Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each […]
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Title: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock Author: Matthew Quick Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: 2014-07-01 Pages: 304 In addition to the P-38, there are four gifts, one for each of my friends. I want to say good-bye to them properly. I want to give them each something to remember me by. To let them know I really cared about them and I’m sorry I couldn’t be more than I was–that I couldn’t stick around–and […]
Anomaly
Title: Anomaly Series: Schrodinger's Consortium, Book 1 Author: Tonya Kuper Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Entangled: Teen Release Date: 2014-11-25 Pages: 400 Reality is only an illusion. Except for those who can control it… Worst. Birthday. Ever. My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when […]
The Pornographer’s Daughter: A Memoir of Childhood, My Dad, and Deep Throat
Title: The Pornographer's Daughter Author: Kristin Battista-Frazee Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company Incorporated Release Date: 2014-09-30 Pages: 280 More than forty years after Deep Throat arrived on the cultural scene and inspired a sexual revolution, questions about the ethics of pornography and its impact on society are still being asked today and remain as controversial as ever. Kristin Battista-Frazee was only four years old in 1974 when her father, Anthony Battista, was indicted by the federal government […]
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
Title: Pioneer Girl Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Genre: Biography & Autobiography Release Date: 2014-09-01 Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unedited, and unpublished, draft of her autobiography that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for her popular Little House on the Prairie series includes not-safe-for-children tales that feature stark scenes of domestic abuse, love triangles gone awry and a man who lit himself on fire while drunk off whiskey. Review: As with many readers, much of […]
The Glass Magician
Title: The Glass Magician Series: The Paper Magician, Book 2 Author: Charlie N. Holmberg Genre: Fiction Publisher: 47North Release Date: 2014-11-04 Pages: 211 Now well into her apprenticeship with magician Emery Thane, twenty-year-old Ceony Twill is continuing to discover the joy of paper magic. She adores bringing her spells to life in surprising ways, from learning the power of distortion to creating a beloved paper dog. And she secretly hopes that the romance she foresaw blossoming between her and the […]
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