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	The Life of Ty: Penguin Problems New Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Lauren Myracle Publisher Dutton Juvenile Genre(s) Contemporary Winnie Perry’s sweet baby brother, Ty, is the quintessential dreamer, full of big ideas and wacky plans that only a seven-year-old boy could hatch. Whether it’s battling the family cat with a Dustbuster or smuggling a baby penguin out of the aquarium, Ty is always in the middle of a... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.5 0.0 (0)
	Zebra Forest Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Adina Rishe Gewirtz Publisher Candlewick Press Genre(s) Family Drama Contemporary When eleven-year-old Annie first started lying to her social worker, she had been taught by an expert: Gran. "If you’re going to do something, make sure you do it with excellence," Gran would say. That was when Gran was feeling talkative, and not brooding for days in her room —... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 0.0 (0)
	Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Meg Medina Publisher Candlewick Press Genre(s) Contemporary Bullying Family Diversity One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she’s done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks,... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Fat Angie Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) E.E. Charlton-Trujillo Publisher Candlewick Press Genre(s) Contemporary Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken — by her can’t-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Premeditated Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Josin L. McQuein Publisher Delacorte Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Mystery Contemporary Thriller Teen Fiction 17 year-old Dinah pieces together the mystery that surrounds the near death of her 14 year-old cousin, Claire. While Claire is holding on her for her life in the hospital, Dinah goes in search of the boy Claire writes about in her journal. The boy who forced her... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Breathless (Elemental #2.5) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Brigid Kemmerer Publisher Kensington Genre(s) Paranormal Contemporary Too many secrets. Not enough time. Nick Merrick is supposed to be the level-headed one. The peacemaker. Since it's just him and his three hotheaded brothers against the world, that's a survival tactic. But now he's got problems even his... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 4.0 (1)
	Darius & Twig Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Walter Dean Myers Publisher Amistad Genre(s) Contemporary Teen Fiction Urban Fiction Coming of Age New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live your own dream. Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair:... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 0.0 (0)
	Adorkable Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sarra Manning Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Contemporary Teen Fiction Welcome to the dorkside. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Jeane Smith's a blogger, a dreamer, a jumble sale queen, CEO of her own lifestyle brand, and has half a million followers on Twitter. Michael Lee's a star of school, stage, and playing field. A golden boy in... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 5.0 (1)
	The Look Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sophia Bennett Publisher Chicken House Publishing Genre(s) Drama Family Drama Fashion Realistic Fiction Contemporary Can she be a supermodel and a super-sister? She finds her answer in just one look. Two sisters, both beautiful in different ways: Fifteen-year-old Ted has got "The Look." That's what the scout for the modeling agency tells her, and she can't believe her luck. But just as Ted's... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 0.0 (0)
	Dear Cassie Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Lisa Burstein Publisher Entangled Teen Genre(s) Contemporary Contemporary Romance What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do? You’d think getting sent to Turning Pines Wilderness Camp for a month-long rehabilitation “retreat” and being forced to re-live it in this journal would be the worst thing that’s... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 4.2 (2)
	Nothing but the Truth Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Avi Publisher Avon Flare Books Genre(s) Teen Fiction Contemporary Students, teachers, parents, and the national media become involved when ninth-grader Philip Malloy is suspended from school for singing "The Star Spangled Banner." A remarkable novel, told in documentary style, by the award-winning author of many contemporary young adult novels. Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 5.0 (1)
	The Stone Girl Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Alyssa B. Sheinmel Publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Contemporary Drama Teen Fiction She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her skin is really as thin as glass, that her hair is brittle as straw, that her tears have dried up so that she cries only... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	That Time I Joined the Circus Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) J.J. Howard Publisher Point Genre(s) Contemporary Teen Fiction Family Drama Lexi Ryan just ran away to join the circus, but not on purpose. A music-obsessed, slightly snarky New York City girl, Lexi is on her own. After making a huge mistake--and facing a terrible tragedy--Lexi has no choice but to track down her long-absent mother. Rumor has it that... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.5 (2)
	Will Grayson, Will Grayson Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) David Levithan John Green Publisher Dutton Children's Genre(s) Contemporary Teen Fiction One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.0 (1)
	Spirit (Elemental #3) Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Brigid Kemmerer Publisher Kensington Genre(s) Contemporary Paranormal With power comes enemies. Lots of them. Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He's learned the hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can't seem to afford any allies. He's up to his neck in hostiles. His grandfather, spoiling for a... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 0.0 (0)

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Interview with Barbara Elizabeth Walsh, Author of THE POPPY LADY

With Memorial Day just around the corner, we here at YABC thought it would be great to speak with an author who has written about military service. Barbara Elizabeth Walsh wrote THE POPPY LADY, which details the story of Moina Belle Michael, a woman who devoted her life to helping American soldiers during World War I. Read below to find out what inspired Walsh to write Moina's story, and ...

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Ghost Leopard (A Zoe & Zak Adventure #1) by Lars Guignard Release Date: Audiobook released 2/26/13 Zoe and Zak are lost in exotic India, where gods and magic still exist. Before they can find their way home, they just have to do one little thing... ...Save a mythical creature from an ancient evil that wants to rule the world. When Zoe Guire goes ...

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Are you guys as stoked as I am to see the cover for KINSLAYER, the sequel to STORMDANCER?! And what about that title? I love them both so hard. We're also letting you see the UK cover. Tell us which one you like best in the comments! ARE YOU READY FOR THE AWESOME? ... ... ... .. ...

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I got a chance to catch up with these Pitch Dark Days authors and ask them a few questions: Kiera Cass (THE ELITE) Elizabeth Norris (UNBREAKABLE) Aprilynne Pike (LIFE AFTER THEFT) Amy Tintera (REBOOT) Check out their answers below, then enter to win one of these four signed books! Do the Pitch Dark Days authors write in a linear style, fro ...

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Want more Garrick from LOSING IT by Cora Carmack?

Are you a fan of Garrick and Bliss from LOSING IT by New York Times Best Selling Author, Cora Carmack? In anticipation of her upcoming release, FAKING IT, (which I've read and is fantastic!) Cora plans to release four different scenes once her pre-orders hit certain number thresholds. ALL FROM GARRICK'S POV! These scenes include: · T ...

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Shutdown by Heather Anastasiu Release Date: July 2, 2013 The battle is all but over, and hope seems to be lost. Zoe and her fellow Resistance fighters are on the run, having lost their home, their protection, and their leader. They are outnumbered and outmatched by the powerful corporation that controls the world, and the cruel Chancellor is inches away from comple ...

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The Program by Suzanne Young ISBN: 9781442445802 Release Date: April 30, 2013 Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. S ...

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Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Release Date: November 2012 Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question. It's one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia may be accident prone, but she's queen of following rules and being prepa ...

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Giveaway: ICONS Prize Pack by Margaret Stohl (US/Canada)

Icons by Margaret Stohl Release Date: May 7th Your heart beats only with their permission. Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting. Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside -- sa ...

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The How-To Handbook: Shortcuts and Solutions for the Problems of Everyday Life by Martin Oliver and Alexandra Johnson Release Date: 4/23/13 There are certain things that everyone just has to know how to do in life: unjamming a jar, for instance, fixing a flat tire, and removing a particularly embarrassing stain. They may seem simple in retros ...

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