Title: Haunting Violet Author: Alyxandra Harvey Genre: Historical, Mystery, Supernatural, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens (US & UK) Publication date: June 2011 (US)/July 4 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages (US) Violet Willoughby doesn’t believe in ghosts. But they believe in…
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is celebrated each year for the month of June and since we are both allies, we decided to join our voices to the celebrations today with a list of some of our favourite LGBT…
Title: What They Always Tell Us Author: Martin Wilson Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBT Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication date: August 2008 Paperback: 293 pages James: Popular, smart, and athletic, James seems to have it all. But the only thing…
Title: The Dead Author: Charlie Higson Genre: Apocalypse, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion (US)/Puffin (UK) Publication Date: June 2011 (US)/September 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 496 Pages THE DEAD begins one year before the action in THE ENEMY,…
Title: The 10PM Question Author: Kate de Goldi Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Templar (UK) / Candlewick (US) Publication Date: August 2010 / September 2010 (First published in NZ in 2009) Paperback/Hardcover: 252 pages Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons is a…
Title: Bumped Author: Megan McCafferty Genre: Dystopian, Satire, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay…
Title: The Midnight Palace Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón (translated by Julia Graves) Genre: Mystery, Historical, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Orion (UK) Publication date: May 30 2011 / June 2 2011 Hardcover: 306 pages…
Title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Genre: Satire, Humor, Adventure/Survival, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 400 Pages The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a…
Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Paperback: 487 Pages In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the…
Title: Imaginary Girls Author: Nova Ren Suma Genre: Contemporary – Speculative Fiction YA Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication Date: 14 June 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for,…
