Title: Go, Mutants! Author: Larry Doyle Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Comedy, Young Adult Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 368 Pages The author of I Love You, Beth Cooper returns with an ingenious contemporary satire set in an…
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Title: Friend is not a Verb Author: Daniel Ehrenhaft Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: May 4 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone You know things are bad when your dreams come with a…
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Title: The Enemy Author: Charlie Higson Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Hyperion (US) / Puffin (UK) Publication Date: May 2010 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 448 Pages (US) In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone…
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric Luper
Title: Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto Author: Eric Luper Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher Balzer + Bray Publication Date: June 8, 2010 Hardcover: 304 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Seth Baumgartner just had the worst day of his life.…
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
Title: Sapphique Author: Catherine Fisher Genre: Dystopia,Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Dial (US) / Hodder Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: December 2010 (US) / September 2008 (UK) Hardcover: 450 Pages (US) Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of…
Guest Author & Giveaway: John Green 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…
Title: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Speak/ HarperCollins Children’sBooks (UK) Publication date: March 2005/ July 2006 (UK) Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone First drink, first prank, first friend, first girl,…
Title: Silver Phoenix Author: Cindy Pon Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: April 2009 Hardcover: 352 Pages No one wanted Ai Ling. And deep down she is relieved—despite the dishonor she has brought upon her family—to…
Chat With An Author (and Giveaway): An Interview With Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Today, we are delighted to bring you bestselling Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of 6 novels, including one of Ana’s all time favourites, The Shadow of the Wind. His first novel, the YA Horror The Prince of Mist…
Title: Hero Author: Perry Moore Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superhero, Young Adult, LGBT literature Publisher: Disney (Hyperion) Publication Date: August 2007 Paperback: 432 pages Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a highschool basketball star, he…