Title: Blackwood Author: Gwenda Bond Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA Publisher: Strange Chemistry Publication date: September 4th 2012 Paperback: 352 pages On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years…
Title: Long Lankin Author: Lindsey Barraclough Genre: Historical, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick (US) / Bodley Head (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 455 Pages (US) In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children…
Title: Origin Author: Jessica Khoury Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Razor Bill Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 393 Pages An electrifying action-romance that’s as thoughtful as it is tragic Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden…
“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 cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: The Dark Unwinding Author: Sharon Cameron Genre: Historical, Gothic Mystery/Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: September 2012 Hardcover: 318 pages A spine-tingling tale of steampunk and spies, intrigue and heart-racing romance! When Katharine Tulman’s inheritance is called…
Title: The Broken Lands Author: Kate Milford, illustrated by Andrea Offermann Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Clarion Books Publication date: September 4 2012 Hardcover: 464 pages A crossroads can be a place of great power. So begins…
Title: Gullstruck Island/The Lost Conspiracy Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication date: January 2009 Hardcover/Paperback: 512 pages On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is…
Title: Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 2011 (HC) Hardcover: 344 Pages Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws,…
Title: The FitzOsbornes in Exile Author: Michelle Cooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, WWII Publisher: Random House Australia (Aus) / Knopf Books for Young Readers (US) Publication Date: August 2010 (Aus) / April 2011 (US) Hardcover: 464 Pages (US)…
“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 cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
