Title: The Shade of the Moon Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Genre: Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 304 Pages The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with…
Title: The Perpetual Motion Club Author: Sue Lange Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing Publication Date: August 15th 2013 Paperback: 207 Pages Welcome to the high school of the future. The glee club is full…
Title: Charm and Strange Author: Stephanie Kuehn Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Electric Monkey (UK) / St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 259 Pages No one really knows who Andrew Winston Winters is. Least of all…
Title: Starglass Author: Phoebe North Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: July 2013 Hardcover: 448 Pages Terra has never known anything but life aboard the Asherah, a city-within-a-spaceship that left…
Title: Vanished Author: Sheela Chari Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, PoC, Middle Grade Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her…
Title: Sidekicked Author: John David Anderson Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Superheroes, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 384 Pages With not nearly enough power comes way too much responsibility. Andrew Bean might be…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Belle Epoque Author: Elizabeth Ross Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 336 Pages When Maude Pichon runs away from provincial Brittany to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea has a mini-review of YA science fiction novel Paradox by A.J. Paquette. Unfortunately, she wasn’t enamored with the book (that’s ok, there are plenty of other science fiction…
Title: All Our Pretty Songs Author: Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology retelling, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 30 Paperback: 240 Pages The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of…
