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	Cross My Heart (Cross My Heart #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sasha Gould Publisher Delacorte Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Historical Fiction Venice, 1585.When 16-year-old Laura della Scala learns that her older sister, Beatrice, has drowned, she is given no time to grieve. Instead, Laura's father removes her from the convent where he forcibly sent her years earlier and orders her to marry Beatrice's fiancé, a repulsive old merchant named Vincenzo. Panicked,... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.2 (2) 3.7 (1)
	The Galahad Legacy (Galahad #6) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Dom Testa Publisher Tor Teen Genre(s) Science Fiction Council leader Triana Martell returns after her mysterious journey into the wormhole—and she’s not alone. She is accompanied by the emissary of an advanced alien race who offers the crew a choice—one that will determine the fate of humanity. This sixth and final volume of... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 0.0 (0)
	Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 2 Author(s) Jessica Shirvington Publisher Sourcebooks Fire Genre(s) Paranormal Romance It starts with a whisper: “It’s time for you to know who you are…”Violet Eden dreads her seventeenth birthday. After all, it’s hard to get too excited about the day that marks the anniversary of your mother’s death. As if that wasn’t enough, disturbing dreams haunt her sleep and leave... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 4.3 (11)
	Balthazar (Evernight #5) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Claudia Gray Publisher HarperTeen Genre(s) Paranormal Haunted by memories from his first days as a vampire, Balthazar has spent hundreds of years alone—without allies, without love. When he emerges from his isolation to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, Balthazar has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye’s... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 4.2 (2)
	Partials (Partials Sequence #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Dan Wells Publisher Balzer + Bray Genre(s) Dystopian The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 4.3 (7)
	Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 3 Author(s) Alex Flinn Publisher Harper Teen Genre(s) Paranormal Bewitching can be a beast. . . . Once, I put a curse on a beastly and arrogant high school boy. That one turned out all right. Others didn’t. I go to a new school now—one where no one knows that I should have graduated long ago. I’m... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.7 (2) 4.2 (2)
	Katana Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Cole Gibsen Publisher Flux Genre(s) Fantasy Rileigh Martin would love to believe that adrenaline had given her the uncanny courage and strength to fend off three muggers. But it doesn't explain her dreams of 15th-century Japan, the incredible fighting skills she suddenly possesses, or the strange voice giving her battle tips and danger warnings. ... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.0 (1)
	Where It Began Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Ann Redisch Stampler Publisher Simon Pulse Genre(s) Contemporary Sometimes the end is just the beginning. Gabby lived under the radar until her makeover. Way under. But when she started her senior year as a blonder, better-dressed version of herself, she struck gold: Billy Nash believed she was a the flawless girl she was pretending to be.... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Illuminate (Gilded Wings #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Aimee Agresti Publisher Harcourt Children's Books Genre(s) Paranormal Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in the big city— Chicago—and is sent to live and work at... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.9 (3)
	Ripper Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Stefan Petrucha Publisher Philomel Genre(s) Mystery You thought you knew him. You were dead wrong. Carver Young dreams of becoming a detective, despite growing up in an orphanage with only crime novels to encourage him. But when he is adopted by Detective Hawking of the world famous Pinkerton Agency, Carver is given not only... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.7 (1)
	Perception (Clarity #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Kim Harrington Publisher Point Genre(s) Paranormal When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. Only Clare would rather... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.3 (2)
	The Goddess Hunt (Goddess Test #1.5) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Aimee Carter Publisher Harlequin TEEN Genre(s) Mythology & Folklore A vacation in Greece sounds like the perfect way for Kate Winters to spend her first sabbatical away from the Underworld...until she gets caught up in an immortal feud going back millennia. Castor and Pollux have been on the run from Zeus and Hades's wrath for centuries, hiding from... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 4.3 (2)
	Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Meredith Zeitlin Publisher Putnam Juvenile Genre(s) Contemporary Kelsey Finkelstein is fourteen and FRUSTRATED. Every time she tries to live up to her awesome potential, her plans are foiled – by her impossible parents, her annoying little sister, and life in general. But with her first day of high school coming up, Kelsey is positive that things... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.7 4.7 (3)
	Me and Earl and The Dying Girl Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Jesse Andrews Publisher Amulet Books Genre(s) Contemporary Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia. Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.0 (2)
	Lucy (Daughters of the Sea #3) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Kathryn Laskey Publisher Scholastic Genre(s) Historical Fiction A choice between love and survival . . .Lucy's family is excited to spend the summer in Bar Harbor, Maine. Her minister father is pleased to preside over such a prestigious congregation, and his social-climbing wife is ecstatic at the chance to find a rich husband for her daughter.Yet... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)

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Meet Our Editors: Jen Fisher

There are several official Editors (staff reviewers or Review Ninjas, if you will) at YA Books Central, and they all have their own taste in books. While one might give a certain book 5 stars, another might only give it 3. We like that kind of diversity here, because we know every reader is different. Every reader's opinion is valid. But we also know it's helpful to read reviews by tho ...

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Cover Reveal: THE HISTORIANS by Trisha Leigh + Giveaway (International)

Remember the amazing covers of Trisha Leigh's THE LAST YEAR series? We sure do. Who could forget how lovely they are and how perfectly they all fit together? Today, I get to reveal the cover of Trisha's NEW book from her second series: THE HISTORIANS. It's another slam dunk, I can tell you that much. Ready to see it??? First, here's a message from Trisha: I’m thrilled to be r ...

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Blog Tour: Guest Interview with Georgia McBride, author of Praefatio + US Giveaway

I was excited to have the opportunity to read the YA paranormal novel, PRAEFATIO. Here is my interview with the author, Georgia McBride. Make sure to check out the giveaway at the bottom of the post! 1. I find the whole premise behind PRAEFATIO fascinating. What was the inspiration behind your story? GM: I wish I could say. The characters ...

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Cover Reveal: THIS IS HOW I FIND HER by Sara Polsky + Giveaway (US/Canada)

We're happy to reveal the cover for Sara Polsky's THIS IS HOW I FIND HER on the YABC Blog today! But before we get to the goods, here's a message from Sara: Hi, YABC! Welcome to the cover reveal for THIS IS HOW I FIND HER! I'm excited to be here to share the cover of my debut novel, THIS IS HOW I FIND HER. When I opened up the cover image e-mail from my editor my first tho ...

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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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Giveaway: GHOST LEOPARD Audio Book

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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Cover Reveal: KINSLAYER by Jay Kristoff + Giveaway!

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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Giveaway: Win Dark Days Tour Signed Books!

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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INSOMNIA Pre-Order Blog Hop - Win a Nook HD!

Hey guys! Welcome to the INSOMNIA Pre-Order Blog Hop where you can enter to win a Nook HD! Let me tell ya, you'll want to get your hands on this book. Here are a few reasons why: About the book: Her eyes saved his life. Her dreams released his darkness. After four years of sleeplessness, high school junior Parker Chipp can’t take much more. Every night, instead ...

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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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Giveaway: Shutdown by Heather Anastasiu

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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Giveaway: The Program by Suzanne Young (US only)

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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