Welcome to our newest feature on The Book Smugglers: SMUGGLED! For this new feature, we briefly video interview authors. Today’s guest is Kelly Creagh, YA paranormal fantasy/horror author of Nevermore (which Thea read and loved). Please give a warm…
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Title: Nevermore Author: Kelly Creagh Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Atheneum Books (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 528 pages Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English…
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the penultimate stop on the Official Mockingjay 13 District Blog Tour: District 12 Despite this coal mining district’s status as one of the poorest in all of Panem, District 12 has no shortage of…
Title: Dangerous Neighbors Author: Beth Kephart Genre: Historical/YA Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover 192 pages Could any two sisters be more tightly bound together than the twins, Katherine and Anna? Yet love and fate intervene to…
To: The Society of Totally Awesome Books Subject: For your consideration – Jaclyn Moriarty’s books ****** Dear Society of Totally Awesome Books, It is with the utmost delight that I write to you today. I have found a new-to-me…
YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Karen Healey on Awesome Female Characters
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
Joint Review: Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Title: Plain Kate Author: Erin Bow Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can…
Guest Authors & Giveaway: Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson on Inspirations and Influences
“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 reign so they can go wild…
Book Review: John Belushi is Dead by Kathy Charles
Title: John Belushi is Dead (US)/ Hollywood Ending (AUS) Author: Kathy Charles Genre: YA/ Contemporary Publisher: Text (AUS) / MTV (US) Publication Date: 2009 (AUS) / August 24 2010 (US) Paperback: 320 pages IN THE END WE ALL FADE…
Book Review & Giveaway: Dark Life by Kat Falls
Title: Dark Life Author: Kat Falls Genre: Post-apocalypse, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: May 2010 (US) / August 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 304 Pages The oceans rose up, swallowing up…