Title: Defy Author: Sara B. Larson Series: Defy Publisher: Scholastic Press Released: January 7th 2014 Book Summary: A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and a thrilling love triangle. Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king’s army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce […]
Title: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy Author: Karen Foxlee Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Released date: January 28th 2014 Book Summary: A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Blue Balliett. Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven by science. […]
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Title: Spellcaster Author: Claudia Gray Series: Spellcaster 1 Publisher: HarperTeen Released: March 5th 2013 Book Summary: When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia senses a dark and powerful magic at work in her new town. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his […]
Title: Webs of Power Author: Darlene Quinn Publisher: Emerald Book Co Released: September 1st 2008 Book Summary: Webs of Power is a raw, unsentimental portrayal of greed, manipulation, and relationships set in the excessive, insatiable retail industry of the 1980s. When a hostile takeover of the retail giant Consolidated is announced, the lives of three determined women, […]
Title: Thieves of Stonewood Author: Jeremy Hayes Series: Stonewood Triliogy Publisher: Northlord Publishing Released date: March 6th 2013 Book Summary: Welcome to Stonewood. A large and wealthy city where thieves, thugs, and assassins lurk behind every shadow. The powerful Thieves Guild controls the underworld and only members are permitted to commit crimes within their city. This is […]
Title: What Nora Knew Author: Linda Yellin Publisher: Gallery Books Released: January 21st 2014 Book Summary: Molly Hallberg is a thirty-nine-year-old divorced writer living in New York City who wants her own column, a Wikipedia entry, and to never end up in her family Long Island upholstery business. For the past four years Molly’s been on staff […]
Title: Firebolt Author: Adrienne Woods Series: The Dragonian Series Publisher: CreateSpace Published: November 19th 2013 Book Summary: Dragons. Right. Teenage girls don’t believe in fairy tales, and sixteen-year old Elena Watkins was no different. Until the night a fairy tale killed her father. Now Elena’s in a new world, and a new school. The cutest guy around may […]
Title: Wish Stealers Author: Tracy Trivas Publisher: Aladdin Published: January 26th 2010 Book Summary: When a sinister old woman leaves Griffin Penshine a box of twelve shiny pennies, she sets in motion a desperate quest; because the old woman was a wish stealer, and each penny represents a wish she stole from a wishing fountain decades earlier. […]
Title: Dead Beautiful Author: Yvonne Woon Series: Dead Beautiful Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Published: September 21st 2010 Book Summary: On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Renée Winters was still an ordinary girl. She spent her summers at the beach, had the perfect best friend, and had just started dating the cutest guy at school. No one she’d ever […]