By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/6/2016
About this book:
A modern makeover of The Picture of Dorian Gray When Doreen Gray walks in the vaulted doorway of elite Chandler Academy, she is a sad, disastrous mess of acne, frizzy hair, and low self-esteem. Heidi Whelan, social-climber turned queen bee, takes one look and knows she has...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/6/2016
Welcome to our weekly special feature post, Author Of The Week!!
Each week we will be interviewing a different YA author and highlighting their upcoming release!
We will also be hosting a giveaway of the book we are highlighting!!
Introducing Julie Eshbaugh, YABC's Author of the Week!!
Julie Eshbaugh used to...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/6/2016
Vacation Books!
This month I'm featuring some fantastic books to recommend to your students, colleagues, friends or even complete strangers! All of the books feature romance, summer, and some kind of vacation. These books make great vacation reads - get a copy from your local library (and treat it with...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/6/2016
Hi, YABCers!
Today we're super excited to celebrate the cover reveal for RETURN OF THE CONTINUUMS by Jennifer Brody, releasing November 1, 2016 from Turner Publishing. Before we get to the cover, here's a note from Jennifer:
Hi, YABC! I’m beyond THRILLED to share the brilliant cover for the second...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/4/2016
About this book:
Magic is real -- and it runs in the family -- in this charming fantasy adventure about a boy who must balance his magical education with the demands of big-brotherhood, perfect for fans of Jenny Nimmo and Angie Sage. Henry Leach the Eighth doesn't know it yet, but...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
National Geographic The Angry Birds Movie: Red's Big Adventure
Release Date: 4/5/16
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4262-1684-8
Genre: Middle Grade Non-fiction
Age Range: 8+
100 Things to Know Before You Grow Up
by Lisa Gerry
Release Date: 3/8/16
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4262-2316-4
Genre: Middle Grade Non-fiction
Age Range: 9-12
Awesome 8...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
THE CRESSWELL PLOT
By Eliza Wass
In Stores June 7, 2016
ABOUT THE BOOK
“This family keeps its secrets buried.”
The woods were insane in the dark, terrifying and magical at the same time. But best of all were the stars, which trumpeted their light into the misty...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale
by David Kudler
Release Date: June 15, 2016
About the Book
Can one girl win a war?My name is Kano Murasaki, but most people call me Risuko. Squirrel.I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there.My nation has been at war for a hundred...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
The Oldest Soul – Animus (Book 1)
by Tiffany FitzHenry
Release Date: November 1st 2015
Publisher: Hierarchy Publishing
ISBN-10: 1944216006
ISBN-13: 78-1944216009
Genre: Fantasy / Distopia / Romance
Age Range: 15 and up
About the Book
The oldest soul on earth - unbeknownst to her - is a seventeen-year-old girl named Evelyn...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
The Tokyo Cover Girls
Author/Illustrator: Jackie Amsden
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Publisher: independent
ISBN-10:0994886217
ISBN-13: 978-0994886217
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Age Range: 12 - 18
About the Book
New York has Jacobs, Paris has Chanel, Milan has Versace and Tokyo has . . . Hello Kitty toilet plungers? With...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/3/2016
Hello, and welcome to the innagural Story Starters post! Each week we will be bringing you something to get those creative juices flowing!
Here's how our STORY STARTER CHALLENGE will work:
-For the first three weeks of each month, we will be posting a writing prompt, such as the one...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/2/2016
About this book:
"Can I ask you one thing...why does it have to be you?" My throat is dry but I manage to say the words clearly enough: "If I don't do it, who else will?" An entire country has been lied to. Silver Blackthorn was supposed to be one of...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/2/2016
Contributed by Kayla King, Blog Manager and Staff Reviewer
There is a word, hiraeth, which explains "a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past."
I was eight-years-old the first time I...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/2/2016
Today on the YABC blog we are happy to sit down
with author Leopoldo Goutand talk with him
about his about new release, Genius: The Game, which released May 3rd, 2016!
YABC: What gave you the inspiration to write this book?
Two things. First I left a multiplex after one...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/2/2016
There are SO MANY amazing books hitting the shelves this summer. Which 30 are we buzzing about? Check out our list and be sure to enter the awesome giveaway that we are hosting!!!
For fans of The Princess Bride comes the comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/1/2016
About The Book:
Magic can make you invincible, if it doesn't kill you first. Aric and Fadan are half-brothers. Both sons of the Empress, but only one of them the son of the Emperor. A decade earlier, Fadan's powerful father tore the Empire in two by outlawing the use and...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/1/2016
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/1/2016
Today we're excited to chat with Jessica Taylor,
author of Wandering Wild! Below
you'll find our interview, more about Jessica and
her book, plus a giveaway!
YABC: What surprised you most while writing your latest book?
Jessica Taylor: I was surprised the world building wasn’t my biggest struggle. I’m a contemporary‐ leaning writer, and...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/1/2016
Hi, YABCers!
Today we're super excited to celebrate the new cover reveal for BAD BLOOD by Demitria Lunetta, releasing March 14, 2017 from Delacorte. Before we get to the cover, here's a note from Demitria:
After I attended university in Scotland, I got the writers itch to set a book in that amazing,...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 6/1/2016
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at
Breaking the Spine
and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
*Beth's Choice*
(Assistant Blog Manager for YABC)
METALTOWN by Kristen Simmons
Author: Kristen Simmons
Book: Hardcover, 384 pages
Expected publication: September 20, 2016
Publisher: Tor Teen
Metaltown, where factories...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/31/2016
About this book:
The sequel to the #1 New York Times best seller The Isle of the Lost Mal's an expert at intimidating her enemies, but she's broken the habit since leaving her villainous roots behind. So when she and her friends Evie, Carlos, and Jay all receive threatening messages demanding...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/31/2016
Hi, YABCers!
Today we're super excited to celebrate the new cover reveal for EXO by Fonda Lee, releasing January 31, 2017 from Scholastic. Before we get to the cover, here's a note from Fonda:
Welcome to the cover reveal for EXO, my upcoming science fiction action novel. I’m excited to be...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/31/2016
Today on the YABC blog we are happy to sit down
with author Jaqueline West and talk with her about her about her new
novel Dreamers Often Lie, which released April 5th, 2016!
YABC: What surprised you most while writing your latest book?
I wrote this book between deadlines for my middle grade series,...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/31/2016
Welcome to Young Adult Book Central's Top Ten Tuesday post!
Each Tuesday we will be hosting a different theme or topic involving all things bookish!!!
The Top Ten Tuesday post was originally created at
The Broke and The Bookish
so visit there site for all the fun details about this awesome meme!!
This week's...
By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/31/2016
Are you wondering what's new in YA today?
Check out these wonderful new releases!
BEWARE THAT GIRL by Teresa Toten
For fans of We Were Liars, The Girl on the Train, and Gone Girl, this powerful psychological thriller with multiple mysteries is set against the backdrop of the megawealthy elite of New York...
