We are huge fans of Claire Legrand’s middle grade novels – The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls and Year of Shadows were both so excellent – so you can imagine how excited we are for her forthcoming YA…
Young Adult
Title: Diamonds and Deceit Author: Leila Rasheed Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (US) / Hot Key Books (UK) Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 420 Pages One house, two worlds…book two in our sumptuous and enticing YA series…
Book Review: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Title: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Author: Meg Medina Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: March 26 2013 Hardcover: 272 Pages One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates…
Title: Grasshopper Jungle Author: Andrew Smith Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: February 11 2014 Hardcover: 388 Pages Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the storyof how he and his…
Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…
Title: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 399 Pages Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix…
Title: Mistwalker Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQIA Publisher: Harcourt Publication Date: February 4 2014 Hardcover: 322 Pages When Willa Dixon’s brother dies on the family lobster boat, her father forbids Willa from stepping foot on the…
Old School Wednesdays: The White Mountains by John Christopher
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: Caszandra (Touchstone Trilogy Book 3) Author: Andrea K. Höst Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: June 2011 Paperback: 232 Pages Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she’s for. But she knows she’s running out of time.…
Title: Enders Author: Lissa Price Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 288 Pages With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out…