Hero High: Figure in the Flames by Mina Chara Genre: YA Mystery Romance/Superheroes Release Date: October 1st 2016 Summary from Goodreads: Reality TV meets Superhero High School in this intriguing story about friendship, fame, and what it means to be a hero. In Icon City superheroes save the day every day on the quarter hour. Led by … More YA Spotlight: Hero High: Figure in the Flames by Mina Chara
A Fantastic Mess of Everything by Beck Medina Genre: NA Contemporary Release date: August 14th 2016 Summary from Goodreads: Millie Alvarez is a college senior with dreams of being a best selling science fiction writer like her favorite author, sci-fi mastermind Luke Danielson. She fantasizes about dating Rod, her handsome, young writing professor, who has a … More NA Spotlight with Playlist: A Fantastic Mess of Everything by Beck Medina
Weariland by Mary Shotwell Genre: YA Release Date: May 10th 2016 Merge Publishing Summary: For fifteen-year-old Lason Davies, it all started with a text. “HIDING PLACE.” The last words of her murdered grandmother haunt Lason as she travels to England with her sheltering mother for the funeral. The crime is a sensation, but the clamoring reporters … More YA Spotlight & Giveaway: Weariland by Mary Shotwell
The Last Winter Moon (The Cycle of the Six Moons #3) by Adelle Yeung Genre: YA Fantasy Release Date: November 11th 2016 Summary from Goodreads: The Goddess of Starrs has vanished… Arriscyal has fallen… Gediyon is missing… Dreana holds the answers to everyone’s pasts… When Michelle returns to Starrs, the world is in chaos. No one knows who to trust, … More YA Spotlight & Giveaway: The Last Winter Moon by Adelle Yeung
CERTAIN DARK THINGS: A Novel By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Published by Thomas Dunne Books Publication date: October 25, 2016 | In 2015, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut, SIGNAL TO NOISE, jump started her writing career as one of the best of the year on seven lists including RT, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, io9, Vice, and Tor.com. The debut was also … More Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From talented debut YA author Tara Eglington comes a page-turning, funny and delicious romp of a book, HOW TO KEEP A BOY FROM KISSING YOU (Thomas Dunne Books; October 25, 2016). Tara wonderfully captures the hopes that are so often woven around first kisses. Everybody wants their first kiss to be perfect, and to the … More YA Spotlight with Excerpt: How to Keep a Boy From Kissing You by Tara Eglington
Title: GLITTER by Aprilynne Pike Pub. Date: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers From #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike comes a truly original new novel—Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near-future world where the residents of Versailles live like it’s the eighteenth century and an almost-queen turns … More YA Spotlight: Glitter by Aprilynne Pike
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