Title: Seraphina Author: Rachel Hartman Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (US) / Doubleday Childrens (UK) Publication Date: July 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 480 Pages (US) Four decades of peace have done little…
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Title: A Gathering of Gargoyles Author: Meredith Ann Pierce Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: September 1998 Paperback: 352 pages Aeriel’s love has broken the curse on the darkangel Irrylath, making him human…
Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Genre: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Random House (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 288 Pages (US) With a voice as distinctive…
Title: American Gypsy: A Memoir Author: Oksana Marafioti Genre: Memoir, YA Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: July 3 2012 Paperback: 348 pages A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti…
Joint Review: The Shadowed Sun by N. K. Jemisin
Title: The Shadowed Sun Author: N. K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy, PoC Publisher: Orbit Publication date: June 7 2012 Paperback: 464 pages Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the…
It’s Friday and as usual, we have another post up at Kirkus! This post kick-starts a fun, self-imposed challenge to read and review as many titles as we can from Martha Wells’ list of non-European Fantasy novels by female…
Title: The Silver Bowl Author: Diane Stanley Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages Unwanted at home, Molly goes to work for the king of Westria as a humble scullery maid. She arrives…
Title: Losers in Space Author: John Barnes Genre: Hard Science Fiction, Young Adult, Crossover Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 433 Pages It is the year 2129 . . . and fame is all that matters Susan…
Title: Team Human Author: Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: Paranormal, Contemporary, Thriller, Satire, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: July 3 2012 Hardcover: 344 pages Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by…
Title: Racing the Moon Author: Alan Armstrong / Tim Jessell (illustrator) Genre: Historical, Middle Grade Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Publication date: June 26 2012 Hardcover: 224 pages In the spring of 1947, outer space was an unexplored realm.…