Fast-Pitch Love by Clay Cormany Genre: YA Romance Release Date: November 4th 2014 Clean Reads Summary: What does a high school boy do if he thinks the girl of his dreams will be an assistant for the softball team his mother coaches? Easy! He volunteers to be an assistant, too. That’s what Jace Waldron does in Fast-Pitch Love. It … More YA Spotlight: Fast-Pitch Love by Clay Cormany
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
The Row by J.R. Johansson Genre: YA Mystery Release Date: October 11th 2016 FSG/Macmillan Summary from Goodreads: A death sentence. A family torn apart. One girl’s hunt for the truth. Seventeen-year-old Riley Beckett is no stranger to prison. Her father is a convicted serial killer on death row who has always maintained that he was falsely accused. … More YA Spotlight with Character Interview: The Row by J.R. Johansson (Plus a Giveaway!)
WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS (Thomas Dunne Books; October 4, 2016) is a love story tinged with magical realism and filled with gorgeous prose by Anna-Marie McLemore — chosen for the 2016 National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature. McLemore’s newest novel grapples with tough questions of identity and cultural differences in a small … More YA Spotlight: When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Points of Departure by Emily O’Beirne Genre: YA Contemporary (LGBT) Release Date: June 16th 2016 Ylva Publishing Summary from Goodreads: In this young adult novel, released June 2016, best friends Kit and Liza have been looking forward to this trip forever. Five girls, five tickets overseas. It’s exactly what they all need after the final slog of … More YA Spotlight: Points of Departure by Emily O’Beirne
Soul Finder (The Immortal Gene #2) by Jacinta Maree Genre: NA Supernatural/Dystopian Release Date: September 16th 2016 Summary from Goodreads: Since being discovered as Soulless, Nadia has become a target for both terrorist groups and government corporations. Now, her only hope for survival rests in the hands of the man sent out to kill her: Diesel, … More YA Spotlight: Soul Finder by Jacinta Maree
THE SPICE BOX LETTERS by Eve Makis St. Martin’s Press Thomas Dunne Books About the novel: Katerina inherits a scented, wooden spice box after her grandmother Mariam dies. It contains letters and a diary, written in Armenian. As she pieces together her family story, Katerina learns that Mariam’s childhood was shattered by the Armenian tragedy … More Spotlight: The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis
About the Book: Lena Woodward, an elderly woman, enlists the help of both lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart to appraise the story of her harrowing past in Nazi occupied Poland. At the same time, Lena’s son Arthur presents her with a hefty lawsuit under the pretense of garnering her estate—and independence—for his … More Spotlight: Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson
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