It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana reviews Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. The book – a retelling of The Odyssey featuring 5 sisters travelling in Mexico, guided by the ghostly La…
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Title: When We Wake Author: Karen Healey Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: March 5 2013 Hardcover: 304 pages My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my…
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When We Wake Blog Tour: A Character Interview with Abdi (& Giveaway)
Hello, everyone! Today we are thrilled to host our stop on the official When We Wake blog tour! The third novel from the thoughtful, wonderful Karen Healey, When We Wake is a future dystopian SFF novel about an Australian…
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Joint Review (& Giveaway): The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
Title: The Madness Underneath Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (US) / HarperCollins (UK) Publication date: February 2013 Hardcover: 290 pages After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat,…
Title: Beautiful Music for Ugly Children Author: Kirstin Cronn-Mills Genre: Contemporary, LGBQT, Young Adult Publisher: Flux Publication date: October 1st 2012 Paperback: 262 pages “This is Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, on community radio 90.3, KZUK. I’m Gabe. Welcome…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
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Old School Wednesdays: Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman
Welcome, everyone, to a brand new weekly Smugglerific feature: Old School Wednesdays! We came up with the idea towards the end of last year, when both of us were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of new and shiny…
Title: The Runaway King Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Find out in…
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What She Said: The Princess Curse & The Name of the Star
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
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A Smugglerific Cover (& Giveaway): These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Today, we are happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s upcoming YA science fiction novel, These Broken Stars! We loved Meagan’s debut novel, Skylark, and as science fiction fans (especially YA SF) have…
