Today, we are thrilled to host a cover reveal for one of our very favorite people, Phoebe North – you may know her as an avid reviewer and blogger (in addition to running her own blog, she’s one of the intrepid duo behind The Intergalactic Academy), but she’s also an author whose YA science fiction novel Starglass debuts next year! We are beyond honored and thrilled to host Phoebe’s cover reveal for Starglass, an epic tale of rebellion set on a generation spaceship. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The Smugglerific Cover!
THE SMUGGLERIFIC COVER:
Front Cover
Full Jacket
THE SUMMARY:
Terra has never known anything but life aboard the Asherah, a city-within-a-spaceship that left Earth five hundred years ago in search of refuge. At sixteen, working a job that doesn’t interest her, and living with a grieving father who only notices her when he’s yelling at her, Terra is sure that there has to be more to life than what she’s got.
But when she inadvertently witnesses the captain’s guard murdering an innocent man, Terra is suddenly thrust into the dark world beneath the Asherah’s idyllic surface. As she’s drawn into a secret rebellion determined to restore power to the people, Terra discovers that her choices may determine life or death for the people she cares most about. With mere months to go before landing on the long-promised planet, Terra has to make the choice of a lifetime–one that will determine the fate of her people.
THOUGHTS FROM PHOEBE:
An author’s first cover is a scary thing–I was having nightmares for weeks about covers that featured whitewashed characters; my heroine, Terra, wedged into a pretty dress and dead; or cover elements that completely obscured the fact that Starglass is a steamy helping of science fiction. My hands shook as I opened the email from my editor, the inimitable Navah Wolfe. My first reaction was stunned silence. I liked it. In fact, I LOVED it. I didn’t know that was really allowed. I thought nightmare first cover experiences were required!
I love how the cover designer, Lucy Ruth Cummins, so perfectly captured many elements of the story. We have Terra, a botanist, surrounded by curling vines, staring out of one of the ship’s windows and down onto Zehava, the goldilocks planet her people have traveled five hundred years to reach. She’s dressed in the heavy winter coat and boots that she wears throughout the book (I can’t be the only one who wants her coat!), her long, unruly hair whipping about in the ship’s artificial wind. All of these cover elements are accurate and pretty striking!
But what I love most about the cover is how clearly science fictional it is. The font choices evoke classic sci-fi movie posters. The purple planet is a sure sign that this is a story that’s not set on Earth. It reminds me of the book covers I loved as a kid–illustrated covers by Michael Whelan and the Hildebrandt brothers that promised to take me to another world. I hope this cover does the same for readers–and that the story inside lives up to that promise for them!
THE GIVEAWAY:
We are giving away one ARC of Starglass to a lucky winner! The giveaway is open to ALL and to enter, use the form below. The contest will run until Sunday September 30 at 12:01AM (EST). Good luck!
138 Comments
Sara @ The Hiding Spot
September 19, 2012 at 12:08 amBeth Revis’ ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is a great read!
Andrea
September 19, 2012 at 12:38 amSo nice to see a cover where someone’s wearing sensible clothing!
Yiota
September 19, 2012 at 12:44 amSinging the Dogstar Blues by Alysson Goodman
Kai A.
September 19, 2012 at 1:17 amSangu Mandanna’s The Lost Girl is a recent favorite of mine 🙂
discoveringstudent
September 19, 2012 at 1:51 amFor strictly YA, Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan is pretty awesome. But the Young Miles books by Lois McMaster Bujold, which were written before YA was a genre but are about a damaged, awesome, fantastic character coming of age in a superbly developed universe, will always be my favourites.
Dana
September 19, 2012 at 3:00 amEnder’s game (OS Card)
Nikki Egerton
September 19, 2012 at 3:16 amYou can’t go wrong with Ender’s Game, awesome book. I mostly read adult Science Fiction, but have followed Phoebe’s blog for a while and can’t wait to get hold of Starglass.
Megan @ Bookworm in Love
September 19, 2012 at 4:02 amAccross the Universe by Beth Revis is pretty great 🙂
R. Wheadon
September 19, 2012 at 5:20 amAlthough it’s not YA, Karin Lowachee’s Warchild is brilliant(!!) and rekindled my (undying) love for sci-fi.
Hannah @ Once Upon A Time
September 19, 2012 at 5:36 amMY favourite YA Sci-Fi novel is Cicada by Belle Whittington. Love how she’s made aliens feel magical, created a lovely romance and an intriguing conflict. LOVE.
EllieO
September 19, 2012 at 5:38 amCurrently, my favourite’s Partials by Dan Wells – it’s not space opera, but I’m pretty sure it’s got enough robots to count as sci-fi.
Clau
September 19, 2012 at 5:42 amInvitation to the Game by Monica Hughes. 🙂
Clementine Bojangles
September 19, 2012 at 5:53 amI really like Anna Sheehan’s A Long, Long Sleep
Lucy D.
September 19, 2012 at 5:58 amDefinitely Across the Universe by Beth Revis! THank you for the opportunity!
Alpa
September 19, 2012 at 6:09 amDivergent by Veronica Roth.
Megan
September 19, 2012 at 6:24 amHmm…do Katie Waitman’s novels “Merro Tree” and “The Divided” count as YA? Probably not, but they were my favorite SF novels when I was a teenager!
Phoebe
September 19, 2012 at 6:26 amI am just commenting to say that Megan, they DEFINITELY count because “The Merro Tree” was my favorite book as a teenager, too! (So happy when people have heard of it!)
Anne M Leone
September 19, 2012 at 6:38 amOhhh… I only know Phoebe from Intergalatic Academy, but the book sounds awesome! Yay! My fav sci-fi read is more space opera (I know, sorry!). It’s The Lost King by Margaret Weis.
Natasa
September 19, 2012 at 6:38 amHmmm, either Angelfall by Susan Ee or The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa.
Courtney Dee
September 19, 2012 at 6:41 amSince I first read it in high school, Ender’s Game remains my favorite book. I’m also really looking forward to the conclusion to the Across the Universe series.
mary anne
September 19, 2012 at 6:52 amAs a young adult I loved Anne McAffrey’s books – the Pern books – especially the Harper Hall ones. And I think at least the first two counted as young adult.
Cait H.
September 19, 2012 at 6:55 amEnder’s Game will always remain my favourite, but the Across the Universe series by Beth Revis is definitely up there. Thanks for the giveaway!
Allison (Allure of Books)
September 19, 2012 at 6:58 amDespite not liking the author, I can’t help but LOVE Ender’s Game!
Eugene
September 19, 2012 at 7:11 amMy favorite YA science fiction novel changes depending on when you ask me, but currently it’s MORTAL ENGINES by Philip Reeve.
Tammy Masters
September 19, 2012 at 7:18 amHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but I’m looking forward to reading Across the Universe – it’s sitting on my desk beside me right now! Also love Ender’s Game
Grace Radford
September 19, 2012 at 7:26 amI don’t think I have a favorite, but I did really love Across the Universe by Beth Revis. <3
Alana
September 19, 2012 at 7:26 amGonna have to go with Philip Pullman’s HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy 🙂
Marie-Claude
September 19, 2012 at 7:31 amA Beautiful Friendship by David Weber is my favorite YA Sci-fy.
Diana Peterfreund
September 19, 2012 at 7:32 amA Wrinkle in Time, I’m pretty sure.
Melina
September 19, 2012 at 7:33 amBeth Revis’ Accross The Universe BLEW MY MIND!
Anonymous
September 19, 2012 at 7:34 amDivergent by Veronica Roth
Jana @ The Book Goddess
September 19, 2012 at 7:35 amThe LUX series by Jennifer L. Armentrout!! 😀
Pam Harris
September 19, 2012 at 7:43 amIf Divergent counts as sci-fi, I’d say that. 🙂
Dave Brown
September 19, 2012 at 7:44 amI was going to say Across the Universe, but I forgot Ender’s Game is considered YA. 😀
Shannon (Giraffe Days)
September 19, 2012 at 7:45 amI still really really love POLYMER by Sally Rogers-Davidson, which I first read when I was about 17 (and re-read and re-read …). That was back in the day when YA got mostly really ugly covers – oh they were okay at the time, but compared to today they look so daggy!
Imel Cullen
September 19, 2012 at 7:48 amThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Shauna
September 19, 2012 at 7:58 amMy favorite YA science fiction book would be Across or the Universe or the sequel A Million Suns by Beth Revis. 🙂
Missie
September 19, 2012 at 8:00 amI really like the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld.
Anonymous
September 19, 2012 at 8:24 amBeth Revis – Across the universe
Jenn Reese
September 19, 2012 at 8:29 amWow, I love Phoebe’s cover — the juxtaposition of the organic leaves and the cold starfield is really wonderful.
My favorite YA SF is probably Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking trilogy, beginning with THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO.
Jessica Harvey
September 19, 2012 at 8:32 amBunker 10 by J. A. Henderson
Gerd D.
September 19, 2012 at 8:36 amI would say Robert A. Heinlein’s “Destination Moon”
Nazi’s on the moon, you got to love that. 🙂
sharon
September 19, 2012 at 8:55 amMy favorite ya sci-fi would have to be Across the Universe by Beth Revis.
Tatiana (The Readventurer)
September 19, 2012 at 9:02 amThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.
Lea J.
September 19, 2012 at 9:11 amThat cover is fantastic!
It’s more MG than YA, but I love Ender’s Game. Across the Universe if awesome too!
jillheather
September 19, 2012 at 9:23 amDiana Wynne Jones, The Homeward Bounders.
Ali
September 19, 2012 at 9:25 amGreat cover! I can’t wait to read it. I have to agree that Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking Trilogy was one of my favorites.
Natasha
September 19, 2012 at 9:39 amAcross the Universe, but also Cinder!
Linda W
September 19, 2012 at 9:42 amGreat cover!
And I prefer Ender’s Game and A Wrinkle in Time (although Wrinkle is middle grade).
Kaethe
September 19, 2012 at 9:44 amZoe’s Tale by John Scalzi. Action, adventure, thought, and snark. And the parents aren’t AWOL
Iffath
September 19, 2012 at 9:47 amOoh, I guess Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris! Loved that!
And I looooove the cover of Starglass 🙂
Ashleigh
September 19, 2012 at 10:13 amOh gosh, my favorite YA sci-fi… I have a difficult time with YA sci-fi, but Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan is probably my favorite. It outshined its prequel Glow and made me glad I decided to give the series a second chance.
Congrats to Phoebe on that fabulous cover and her publication path moving along so well! So pretty…
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Leigh Smith
September 19, 2012 at 10:30 amMine would have to be Across the Universe. Love this cover, BTW.
Aurora Celeste
September 19, 2012 at 10:48 amA Wrinkle in Time. Oldie but goodie.
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Crystal Schubert
September 19, 2012 at 10:58 amI haven’t read a ton of YA Sci-fi, but ACROSS THE UNIVERSE was pretty fun.
alicia marie
September 19, 2012 at 11:08 amI haven’t read much ya sci-fi, but I loved Across the Universe and A Million Suns : )
Jessica Silverstein
September 19, 2012 at 11:23 amI loved Across the Universe too, but I’m not sure what we’re counting here. Does The Giver count? Because that would probably have to top the list.
Megan S.
September 19, 2012 at 11:58 amStellar cover!
As for favorite YA science fiction, I have to go with A Wrinkle in Time. And this wasn’t the question, but my favorite MG science fiction, back when I was in elementary school, was the My Teacher is an Alien series. Lots of fun.
April Books & Wine
September 19, 2012 at 12:01 pmEasy question! My favorite YA science fiction novel is The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, bring on ALL OF THE FEELINGS AND ALL OF THE SOBBING!!
Also, yay Phoebe for getting a fantastic cover 🙂
Alexa V
September 19, 2012 at 12:05 pmSo pretty! How exciting.
Favorite YA sci-fi novel….gotta be Ender’s Game. Read it when I was twelve, still undefeated.
Whitney M.
September 19, 2012 at 12:52 pmUnraveling by Elizabeth Norris!
Eliana
September 19, 2012 at 1:02 pmthis sounds interesting. i loved across the universe from the first peek 😀
A_nna
September 19, 2012 at 1:30 pmMy favourite YA science fiction was The Tripods series by John Christopher.
Jill
September 19, 2012 at 1:32 pmEven though it’s a bit younger, I love A Wrinkle in Time!
Michael B
September 19, 2012 at 2:03 pmEven though it just came out, I really liked Blackwood by Gwenda Bond. It was a great book and had a uniquely intriguing plot. Thanks for the chance to win!
Jenilyn Collings
September 19, 2012 at 2:21 pmI would have to say CINDER by Marissa Meyer.
Christina K.
September 19, 2012 at 2:28 pmUnder the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi:)
Thank you:)
Bethany
September 19, 2012 at 2:32 pmInside Out by Maria V Snyder is probably my fav YA Science Fiction novel to date
Heidi
September 19, 2012 at 2:52 pmOooh, I had this whole bias against SF until quite recently. I was always a strait fantasy girl, but I’ve started to embrace SF a bit more. I’m going to have to say A Long, Long Sleep, which isn’t really hard SciFi, but it’s still in there and I loved it.
Andrea Chettle
September 19, 2012 at 3:07 pmFantastic cover I’ve never heard of this book but the cover grabbed my interest and now I really want to read it. My favourite sci-fi book has to be Andra by Louise Lawrence
Lindsey (A Storm of Words)
September 19, 2012 at 3:14 pmSO many answers, but my favourite YA sci-fi of the moment would have to be Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Lisa Marie
September 19, 2012 at 3:35 pmI don’t have a favorite yet, but this one sounds fabulous! Thank you for the giveaway.
:).
Lark
September 19, 2012 at 4:28 pmMy favorite YA SF is … well, it depends on how you define SF. If you count the Pern novels as SF (McCaffrey did), then hands down, it’s Dragonsong and Dragonsinger, because the two are inseparable in my mind. But I will admit that they do read more like fantasy.
If A Wrinkle in Time is YA rather than MG, it tops even the Harper Hall books.
And Ender’s Game blew me away when I first read it as a novella.
Catie (The Readventurer)
September 19, 2012 at 4:40 pmI guess I don’t have too many YA sci-fi favorites – I’m excited that there are more real YA sci-fi novels getting published recently (and more to come, it seems).
I do love A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin.
Gorgeous cover, Phoebe!
Barbara Elness
September 19, 2012 at 4:52 pmI enjoy most science fiction, but as far as YA goes, it would be Across the Universe by Beth Revis.
scribe k.
September 19, 2012 at 4:53 pmthe hunger games!!!<333
sarac
September 19, 2012 at 5:19 pmI know other people have mentioned it, but you can’t beat Ender’s Game!
Shannon H
September 19, 2012 at 5:38 pmUnder the Never Sky by Veronica Roth or The Hunger series by Michael Grant, if that counts? If not then The Knife of Never Letting Go
Giada M.
September 19, 2012 at 5:41 pmOne of my favorite is CINDER by Marissa Meyer. Thank you for the chance! 😀
Elizabeth Briggs
September 19, 2012 at 5:43 pmLove it! My favorite YA sci-fi has to be Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
Victoria Zumbrum
September 19, 2012 at 5:44 pmAcross the Universe and a Million Suns
Stephanie
September 19, 2012 at 5:45 pmAcross the Universe by Beth Revis
Shelver506
September 19, 2012 at 5:57 pmGreat heavens. I can’t answer such a question. I’m too much of a sci-fi nerd. I just can’t!
I will say, though, that I love the title “Starglass.” It’s so evocative.
Michelle Schusterman
September 19, 2012 at 6:04 pmGORGEOUS!!! Ahh, I love how this is reminiscent of old school sci-fi covers/movie posters, yet completely not at all cheesy. It’s beautiful!
Hannah H.
September 19, 2012 at 6:20 pmOooh, tough question! I’m not sure if this counts as either YA or sci-fi, but I loved The Giver. Dystopias done well are beautiful things.
Tracey Neithercott
September 19, 2012 at 6:39 pmI love YA sci-fi. One of my favorites is THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX. And because someone else mentioned it, I’m going to pretend A WRINKLE IN TIME is YA. Because I LOVE that book.
Scarlett
September 19, 2012 at 7:31 pmIm kind of hazy on if Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is considered YA, but boy, did that blow my mind with how realistic and amazing it was. I’d have to say Ender’s Shadow though was even better.
Great cover reveal! I have absolutely added this book to my TBR ^__^
Llehn
September 19, 2012 at 7:54 pmCINDER by Marissa Meyer
Kate
September 19, 2012 at 8:01 pmI’ve always been a big fan of Monica Hughes’ Invitation to the Game (or just The Game, if you read it on the re-release. It’s a little dated now, but I read and re-read it in middle school. I also like William Sleator’s House of Stairs and Interstellar Pig. I’m sure there are others, too.
Starglass looks like a lot of fun! I’d definitely like to read it. : )
erinf1
September 19, 2012 at 8:10 pmThanks for a great giveaway! For this year, I’d have to say Divergent 🙂
draconismoi
September 19, 2012 at 8:50 pmThat is an IMPOSSIBLE question. First, how do you define YA? Then, how do you define SF?
I’m going to go with something skewed really young, just so no one claims crossover appeal. And hard scifi (aka science-based) so no one claims my soft-scifi (society-based) isn’t really SF.
The Rains of Eridian by HM Hoover.
Amy Greenblatt
September 19, 2012 at 8:55 pmMy favorite YA Sci-fi would definitely be Across the Universe. It just really struck me in a beautiful way. The characters, the story, everything just unfolded amazingly to me. It was love at first read./strong>
Erin K.
September 19, 2012 at 9:43 pmI really liked Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Yuko86
September 19, 2012 at 11:09 pmCinder by Marissa Meyer!:)
Steph Su
September 20, 2012 at 1:45 amI haven’t read that much YA sci-fi (sadface!), but Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman pretty much blew YA sci-fi out of the water for me.
Liveotherwise
September 20, 2012 at 6:17 amI’m going to go Ender’s game, though there’s a ton of great suggestions there.
Ariana
September 20, 2012 at 7:46 amMy favourite “YA sci-fi book” kind of plays with the line between MG and YA, not to mention that it’s an entire series – Animorphs by K.A. Applegate. They shaped my childhood.
erin
September 20, 2012 at 9:35 amIt’s so hard to choose!
I’d have to go with my sf gateway drug as tween–Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonsong and Dragonsinger. I read all the other Pern books, but those remain my favorites.
My honorable mention would have to be the dystopia that warped my brain as a middle schooler: This Time of Darkness by H.M. Hoover. I’ve loved a good city-in-a-dome book ever since.
Kaitlin S.
September 20, 2012 at 10:20 amWow, wow, wow! I love the Starglass cover! (And also that coat. I need that coat!)
Favorite YA sci-fi novel? Maybe a popular answer, but Across the Universe by Beth Revis! I don’t know if I’ve ever read another book that made me feel so panicky and claustrophobic (but in a good way!).
Another commenter mentioned the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate – and that would have to be a runner-up for me too. There was one glorious childhood summer spent reading the entire series from beginning to end. (And I loved the little flip-book animations in the bottom right corners of the pages.)
Christina (A Reader of Fictions)
September 20, 2012 at 10:33 amHmmm, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is up there, even though I’ve discovered that the author is kind of a terrible person. Oh well, I still like the book.
Oh, I also loved A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan to pieces. So GOOD.
I’m sure there are others, but I’ll roll with those.
Flash
September 20, 2012 at 11:07 amI’m a big fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Serena
September 20, 2012 at 1:20 pmI absolutely adored the Animorphs series (except for, obviously, the abysmal ending). So it’s a hands down favorite for YA sci-fi.
kelly
September 20, 2012 at 3:03 pmBeautiful cover! Am looking forward to reading this one.
As to favorite YA SciFi, I was obsessed with the Tripod trilogy when I was younger.
Sam @ Parenthetical
September 20, 2012 at 4:03 pmArgh! Rafflecopter is failing me — won’t let me type anything. Sorry for the blank entry; my favorite YA SF is (and I had to think about this for awhile) Eva, by Peter Dickinson.
And I love the cover!
Samantha
September 20, 2012 at 7:58 pmThanks for the chance! Favorite YA would have to be His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pulman.
Mary Preston
September 20, 2012 at 9:35 pmIt has to be ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis.
Addie R.
September 21, 2012 at 6:07 amI’m thinking Cinder my Marissa Meyer 🙂
Pili
September 21, 2012 at 9:17 amIf we’re talking Science Fiction per se, Dune. Also Ender’s Game and its sequels since they could be considered more YA oriented since the main characters are young. But if we’re talking about more recent YA science fiction, I just finished Beth Revis’ Across the Universe & A Million Suns and loved them!
Su
September 21, 2012 at 9:56 amI can’t just pick one, so I’m going to go with “Anything by Andre Norton”. She’s one of the reasons I took to reading with a passion as a young’un.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Amanda Allen
September 21, 2012 at 12:21 pmFor Darkness Shows the Stars. Amanda Allen
RED
September 21, 2012 at 1:50 pmLots of people already mentioned “Ender’s Game”, but I really do love it, so I had to mention it again. I also just finished reading “Insignia”, which was pretty good.
Also, I LOVE Catherine Fisher’s “Incarceron”, but that might count as Fantasy, not SciFi…
Corinne
September 21, 2012 at 2:36 pmCan I cheat and vote for a series? I grew up on Animorphs, and I’m pretty sure they’ll stay at the top of my list for a very long time.
I’m so excited about STARGLASS. Can’t WAIT to read it. <3
Dannielle
September 21, 2012 at 6:41 pmAcross the Universe Series by Beth Revis 😀 Thansk for the chance to win
-Dannielle
Emily Thompson
September 21, 2012 at 8:00 pmThe Hitchhiker’s Guide, but does that count as YA? I don’t think so. I also really, really liked A Long, Long Sleep.
Gaby B.
September 22, 2012 at 2:01 pmPhoebe North, yay, that’s awesome! The whole weather-in-space thing with her coat and the wind is kind of pleasantly double-take inducing. And the glowing purple! awesome! I sense some neat thematic things are going to happen with the whole glass/vacuum/green house/biosphere/inside/outside thing?
Anyway, it has been a while, but I thought certain aspects of M.T. Anderson’s Feed were really delightful.
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Bee
September 23, 2012 at 7:41 amWoaaaah. What a cover. Congrats to Phoebe! Awesome to get cover-lucky 🙂
My favourite sci-fi YA novel would be Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I loved how a seemingly ordinary astronomic phenomenon throws the entire world into chaos. Terrifying, yes.
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Sandy
September 23, 2012 at 8:20 amI haven’t read many YA sci-fi novels but I started reading For Darkness Shows the Stars so..I’ll have to go with that for now. 🙂 And how great that on the first try, Phoebe’s cover came out so stunning! I love that coat too–it actually made me think of Amy from Dr. Who for some reason. Maybe it’s the hair? Anyway, thanks for the amazing giveaway!
Emy
September 23, 2012 at 10:20 amMy favorite YA Sci-Fi novel is LEGEND, though it can be more dystopian.
Maggie Desmond-O'Brien
September 23, 2012 at 12:16 pmMy favorite YA science fiction novel has to be Feed by M.T. Anderson. Haunting. Or–and it’s more adult than YA, but its main character is a teenager so I’ll count it–I also love Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
Christina
September 23, 2012 at 3:22 pmI’m super excited for Starglass! I’ve followed Phoebe’s blog for a while and she seems way cool and so wise.
As for my favorite YA sf book… I’m going to cheat and narrow it down to two: The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee and Wyrms by OS Card. I think both were probably published as straight up SF originally but today they’d definitely be YA, and they’re among my all time faves.
Chenise Jones
September 23, 2012 at 5:02 pmFor Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund!
Ileana A.
September 23, 2012 at 5:55 pmMy favorite YA Scifi is Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Kelly McKay
September 23, 2012 at 10:26 pmI would have to go with Beth Revis’s Across the Universe!
Mariska
September 24, 2012 at 3:10 amAcross the Universe by Beth Revis !
karen
September 24, 2012 at 2:16 pmI loved Exiled (inmmortal esscence series)is a great book.
thanks for the giveaway:)
Sarah @ Smitten over Books
September 25, 2012 at 8:40 amI definitely love Unwind by Neal Shusterman. 🙂 That is one fantastic cover. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Tori
September 25, 2012 at 10:40 amI LOVE the Leviathan books by Scott Westerfield! It’s all steampunky and fantasy-ish, hopefully that counts as Sci-fi..
jo
September 25, 2012 at 12:28 pmeros, philia agape which is a short story and strictly speaking not ya
in its stead i have a backup: across the universe
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Sab (YA Bliss)
September 25, 2012 at 6:50 pmProbably Ender’s Game! 🙂
Sabrina
September 26, 2012 at 2:32 pmI’m very fond of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies books.
mclicious
September 27, 2012 at 7:22 amThat is such a cruel question! I did love, however, how Cinder was thoroughly sci fi in setup and world and yet used a common fantasy inspiration–fairy tale–to be the base of the plot. And I can’t wait for Scarlet!
Meg
September 27, 2012 at 2:33 pmRafflecopter wouldn’t let me write an answer, but my favourite YA sci-fi is probably Animorphs. It’s the series that got me into sci-fi in the first place.
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