Friday, February 26, 2010

Forthcoming book (U.S.): The King Commands (Tales of the Borderlands book 2)

The King Commands (Tales of the Borderlands book 2) by Meg Burden will be released on April 12, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Ellin Fisher has made the Northlands her home. When she first came to the Northlands she hated the cold, bleak land, but she has come to see the beauty in it, too. And since the death of her father and the events of the previous year, King Alaric and his four brothers are the closest thing to family that she has. But although King Alaric has repealed most of the laws restricting the Southlanders, changing the laws doesn't change the way people feel, and Ellin continues to encounter prejudice and growing unrest against the Southlanders. Then a death - and a betrayal - force her to leave her adopted home and return to the Southlands. The situation there is even worse than when she left, as the Guardians crack down even more against people with powers like Ellin's. The situation seems hopeless as Ellin, not welcome in either of the lands she loves, seeks to find a way to heal and reconcile both of them.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Just released (U.S.): The Story of Cirrus Flux

The Story of Cirrus Flux by Matthew Skelton was just released in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: LONDON, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world's most divine power—The Breath of God—which they believe Cirrus has inherited. Now he faces a perilous journey through the dirty backstreets of the city as a sinister mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel pursue him. Cirrus must escape them, but he'll need to trust some unlikely allies if he hopes to thwart his foes...and survive a grand and terrifying showdown.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Newly released book (U.S.): A Wish After Midnight

A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott was just released in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War–era Brooklyn, Genna must use all her wits to survive.
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Just released (U.S.): A Wish After Midnight

A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott was just released in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time. Facing the perilous realities of Civil War–era Brooklyn, Genna must use all her wits to survive.
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Forthcoming book (U.S.): Shade

Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready will be released on May 4, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: Aura can see ghosts. Born after the Shift, a little-understood event that enabled younger generations to communicate with the dead, Aura is relentlessly pursued by these violet-hued spirits. They need help to pass out of this world and into the next. And some are so angry they are on the verge of becoming Shades, dark vortexes of energy. But Aura just wants the ghosts to leave her alone so she can spend time with her boyfriend, Logan. When Aura is paired with a new foreign-exchange student to research the Shift for a class project, she is determined to ignore her partner's sexy Scottish accent and discover the cause of the Shift so she can reverse it. Then Logan dies a most untimely death. Forced to reconsider her relationship with the living and the dead, Aura is caught in a love triangle with her violet-hued boyfriend and her hot research partner...one of whom may hold the key to reversing the Shift.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Claire de Lune

Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson will be released on May 18, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: Torn between two destinies... Claire is having the perfect sixteenth birthday. Her pool party is a big success, and gorgeous Matthew keeps chatting and flirting with her as if she's the only girl there. But that night, she discovers something that takes away all sense of normalcy: she's a werewolf. As Claire is initiated into the pack of female werewolves, she must deal not only with her changing identity, but also with a rogue werewolf who is putting everyone she knows in danger. Claire's new life threatens her blossoming romance with Matthew, whose father is leading the werewolf hunt. Now burdened with a dark secret and pushing the boundaries of forbidden love, Claire is struggling to feel comfortable in either skin. With her lupine loyalty at odds with her human heart, she will make a choice that will change her forever....
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Newly released book (U.S.): Gone (Wake Trilogy book 3)

Gone (Wake Trilogy book 3) by Lisa McMann was just released in the U.S.

Description: Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she'd made her peace with it. But she can't handle dragging Cabel down with her. She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He's amazing. And she's a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves—she has to disappear. And it's going to kill them both. Then a stranger enters her life--and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she'd ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out....
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Demon's Covenant (The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy book 2)

The Demon's Covenant (The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy book 2) by Sarah Rees Brennan will be released on May 18, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Mae has always thought of herself as in control, but in the last few weeks her life has radically changed. She’s learned that her brother Jamie has magical powers—and Gerald, the new leader of the Obsidian Circle, is trying to persuade Jamie to join the magicians. Even worse…Jamie hasn’t told Mae a thing about any of it. Mae turns to brothers Nick and Alan to help her rescue Jamie, but they are in danger from Gerald themselves because he wants to steal Nick’s powers. Will Mae be able to find a way to save them all from the power-hungry magician’s devious trap?


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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Keeper

Keeper by Kathi Appelt will be released on May 18, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: To ten-year-old Keeper, this moon is her chance to fix all that has gone wrong...and so much has gone wrong. But she knows who can make things right again: Meggie Marie, her mermaid mother who swam away when Keeper was just three. A blue moon calls the mermaids to gather at the sandbar, and that's exactly where she is headed -- in a small boat, in the middle of the night, with only her dog, BD (Best Dog), and a seagull named Captain. When the riptide pulls at the boat, tugging her away from the shore and deep into the rough waters of the Gulf of Mexico, panic sets in, and the fairy tales that lured her out there go tumbling into the waves. Maybe the blue moon isn't magic and maybe the sandbar won't sparkle with mermaids and maybe -- Oh, no..."Maybe" is just too difficult to bear.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Worldshaker

Worldshaker by Richard Harland will be released on May 18, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Col Porpentine understands how society works: The elite families enjoy a comfortable life on the Upper Decks of the great juggernaut Worldshaker, and the Filthies toil Below Decks. Col’s grandfather, the Supreme Commander of Worldshaker, is grooming Col as his successor. Used to keep Worldshaker moving, Filthies are like animals, unable to understand language or think for themselves. Or so Col believes before he meets Riff, a Filthy girl on the run who is clever and quick. If Riff is telling the truth, then everything Col has been told is a lie. And Col has the power to do something about it—even if it means risking his whole future.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): White Cat (The Curse Workers book 1)

White Cat (The Curse Workers book 1) by Holly Black will be released on May 4, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't got the magic touch, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail -- he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago. Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious plot. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he also wonders what really happened to Lila. Could she still be alive? To find that out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Sabotaged (The Missing book 3)

Sabotaged (The Missing book 3) by Margaret Peterson Haddix will be released on August 24, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Jonah and Katherine must help Virginia Dare return to the past in Sabotaged, the third book in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Missing series.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Three Furies (Erec Rex book 4)

The Three Furies (Erec Rex book 4) by Kaza Kingsley will be released on July 6, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Another task, even more dangerous than the previous ones, befalls Erec in the fourth book in the series. He must literally face his worst nightmares to succeed, but he isn't sure if he can overcome his fears. On top of a contest he must win to continue his rise to King, he must also save Bethany, who has been entranced by Baskania, and deal with his inevitable transformation into a dragon.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Forthcoming book (U.S.): Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation

Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation by Matt Myklusch will be released on August 3, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: All Jack Blank knows is his bleak, dreary life at St. Barnaby’s Home for the Hopeless, Abandoned, Forgotten, and Lost—an orphanage in the swampland of New Jersey. Covertly reading old comic books is Jack’s only solace. But his life changes forever when he meets an emissary from a secret country called the Imagine Nation, an astonishing place where all the fantastic and unbelievable things in the world originate. Including Jack. Jack soon discovers that he has an amazing ability—one that could make him the savior of Imagine Nation and the world beyond…or the biggest threat they’ve ever faced.
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Newly released book (U.S.): The Lost Children

The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan was just released in the U.S.

Description: Josephine Russing owns 387 pairs of gloves. She's given a new pair every week by her father, a sullen man known best for his insistence that the citizens in town wear gloves at all times. A world away, the children of Gulm have been taken. No one knows where they might be, except the mysterious and terrifying leader of the land: The Master. He rules with an iron fist, using two grotesque creatures to enforce his terrible reign. When a peculiar boy named Fargus shows up on Josephine's property and then disappears soon afterward, she follows him without a second thought and finds herself magically transported to Gulm. After Fargus introduces her to his tough-as-nails friend Ida, the three of them set off on an adventure that will test everything Josephine has ever thought about the rules of the universe, leading to a revelation about the truth of the land of Gulm, and of Josephine's own life back home.
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Newly released book (U.S.): The Wish Stealers

The Wish Stealers by Tracy Trivas was just released in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: Griffin Penshine is always making wishes. But when a sinister old woman tricks her into accepting a box of eleven shiny Indian Head pennies from 1897, Griffin soon learns these are no ordinary pennies, but stolen wishes. This box of labeled pennies comes with a horrible curse: People in possession of the stolen coins are Wish Stealers, who will never have their wishes granted.... In fact, the opposite of what they've wished for will happen. Griffin must find a way to return these stolen wishes and undo the curse if her own wishes are to come true. But how can Griffin return wishes to strangers who might not even be alive? Her journey leads her to ancient alchemists, Macbeth's witches, and a chance to help people in ways she never imagined, but the temptation of the Wish Stealers' dark and compelling power is growing stronger. Can Griffin reverse the curse in time to save herself and the people she loves?
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Light (Morpheus Road book 1)

The Light (Morpheus Road book 1) by D. J. MacHale will be released on April 20, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. He's soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend, Cooper, who's been missing for more than a week. Together with Coop's beautiful (but aloof) sister, Marsh searches for the truth about what happened to his friend—and what he uncovers reveals a disastrous collision between the worlds of the living and the dead. But for Marsh, the journey is just beginning....
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Silence and Stone (The Faeries' Promise book 1)

Silence and Stone (The Faeries' Promise book 1) by Kathleen Duey will be released on July 6, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Unicorns are now free, but other magical folk are still in hiding—except for one faerie, Alida, who is a prisoner in Lord Dunraven’s castle. That is, until she escapes and a fierce struggle begins. Alida fights to free the faeries from the terrible promise they were forced to make to Lord Dunraven—but Lord Dunraven is desperate to continue denying his people the hope they derive from the existence of magical beings.
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Forthcoming book (U.S.): Unfamiliar Magic

Unfamiliar Magic by R.C. Alexander will be released on April 27, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: DESI IS a witch. And she knows she could be a great witch—if only her mom would teach her any spells. Unfortunately, Desi's mom is more concerned with keeping them safe and their abilities hidden. When her mom leaves town under mysterious circumstances, it should be Desi's perfect opportunity to explore magic on her own. But Desi has been left in the care of the most unusual babysitter of all time: her pet cat—also her mom's familiar—now transformed into a teenage girl named Cat. And Cat has only three goals: Learn how to eat sushi with her new hairless monkey paws, get the awkward boy next door to pay for her sushi, and keep Desi out of trouble. And that means no magic. Yeah, right! This hilarious and high-spirited fantasy is perfect for cat lovers, embattled siblings, and anyone who yearns to find the magic in everyday life.
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Newly released book (U.S.): The Chestnut King (100 Cupboards book 3)

The Chestnut King (100 Cupboards book 3) by N.D. Wilson was just released in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: WHEN HENRY YORK found 99 cupboards hidden behind his bedroom wall, he never dreamed they were doors to entirely new worlds! Unfortunately, Henry's discovery freed an ancient, undying witch, whose hunger for power would destroy every world connected to the cupboards—and every person whom Henry loves. Henry must seek out the legendary Chestnut King for help. Everything has a price, however, and the Chestnut King's desire may be as dangerous as the witch herself.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Story of Cirrus Flux

The Story of Cirrus Flux by Matthew Skelton will be released on March 9, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher description: LONDON, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world's most divine power—The Breath of God—which they believe Cirrus has inherited. Now he faces a perilous journey through the dirty backstreets of the city as a sinister mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel pursue him. Cirrus must escape them, but he'll need to trust some unlikely allies if he hopes to thwart his foes...and survive a grand and terrifying showdown.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Fading Echoes (Warriors: Omen of the Stars book 2)

Fading Echoes (Warriors: Omen of the Stars book 2) by Erin Hunter will be released on March 23, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on Dove's gentle wing. Three ThunderClan cats, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw, are prophesied to hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must work together to unravel the meaning behind the ancient words of the prophecy. As Jayfeather tackles his new responsibilities as the Clan's sole medicine cat and Lionblaze trains his apprentice in the ways of the warrior cats, Dovepaw hones her own unique ability and tries to use it for the good of ThunderClan. But the dark shadows that have preyed on the Clan for many moons still lurk just beyond the forest. Soon a mysterious visitor will walk in one cat's dreams, whispering promises of greatness, with results that will change the future of ThunderClan in ways that no cat could have foreseen.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Owl Keeper

The Owl Keeper by Christine Brodien-Jones will be released on April 13, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: MAXWELL UNGER HAS always loved the night. He used to do brave things like go tramping through the forest with his gran after dark. He loved the stories she told him about the world before the Destruction—about nature, and books, and the silver owls. His favorite story, though, was about the Owl Keeper. According to Max's gran, in times of darkness the Owl Keeper would appear to unite owls and sages against the powers of the dark. Gran is gone now, and so are her stories of how the world used to be. Max is no longer brave. The forest is dangerous, the books Gran had saved have been destroyed, and the silver owls are extinct. At least that's what the High Echelon says. But Max knows better. Maxwell Unger has a secret. And when a mysterious girl comes to town, he might just have to start being brave again. The time of the Owl Keeper, Gran would say, is coming soon.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Dead-Tossed Waves

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan will be released on March 9, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: GABRY LIVES A quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She's content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry's mother thought she left behind when she escaped from the Sisterhood and the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry's generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother's past in order to save herself and the one she loves.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy book 3)

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy book 3) by Suzanne Collins will be released on August 24, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Book 3 of the Hunger Games series!
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods by Lyn Gardner will be released on April 13, 2010 in the U.S.

Description: Publisher Description: THE FUN FAIR is in town! With its clouds of pink candy floss and whirling big wheel, what child could resist such temptation? Little do the Eden sisters know that they are being lured into a wicked witch's lair. Belladonna wants Aurora's heart and Storm's all-powerful musical pipe, and she will stop at nothing to get them. Driven by vanity and greed, she makes a truly formidable adversary. After escaping from a deadly game of hide-and-seek in the enchanted fair, our three heroines flee through the woods, with several ravenous wolves and a sweet-toothed lion hot on their heels. Now they face their biggest challenge yet: a treacherous journey into the Underworld. For only when the pipe has been safely returned to the land of the dead will the Eden sisters truly be out of the woods.
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