Title: How I Live Now Author: Meg Rosoff Genre: YA/ Dystopian Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (US)/ Puffin (UK) Publication Date:April 2006 / June 2010 (UK – re edition) Paperback: 194 pages “Every war has turning points and every person…
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YA Appreciation Month 2010
6 Rated Books Book Reviews YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
Title: The Other Side of the Island Author: Allegra Goodman Genre: Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: RazorBill Publication Date: September 2008 Hardcover: 272 Pages From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Title:My Most Excellent Year Author: Steve Kluger Genre: YA: Contemporary, LGBT Publisher: Speak Publication date: February 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out.…
Title: Salt Author: Maurice Gee Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Publication Date: October 2009 Hardcover: 272 Pages In a dangerous world, Deep Salt strikes terror into the heart of…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Review: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (or Dreaming of Amelia) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Title: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (US)/ Dreaming of Amelia Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (US) / Macmillan Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 / April 2010 Paperback:(UK) 400 pages / HC (US):…
It’s sayonara Week 2, and konnichiwa Week 3! The madness continues with another ridiculously full week of reviews, but first, a few announcements: Giveaway Winners: First up, we’ve got our winner of For the Win by Cory Doctorow: Amanda…
Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Zetta Elliott on Diversity in YA
Welcome to our second guest post (the first one, by Michael Grant on writing dystopian fiction is here) in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review YA Appreciation Month 2010
Joint Review: A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
Title: A Wish After Midnight Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Speculative Fiction Publisher: CreateSpace Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 254 Pages Fifteen-year old Genna Colon believes wishes can come true. Frustrated by the drug dealers in her…
Book Discussion Book Reviews Joint Review Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month 2010
Book Discussion: Why We Didn’t Like Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Title: Sisters Red Author: Jackson Pearce Genre: YA/UF Publisher: Hodder Children’s Book/ Little, Brown Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages The story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who…
Title: East Author: Edith Pattou Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcort Publication Date: September 2003 Paperback: 400 pages Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an…
