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Teen Talk Tuesday (1/21/14 Edition)
Today we're talkin' teen titles! Please save all OMGs & SQUEEs for today's Early Word YA Galley Chat at 5pm EST (@earlyword, #ewyagc). Only kidding-go nuts if you want! PS: Don’t forget to download our 2014 Books for Teens poster – now with more kittens!
TIMESTORM by Julie Cross (Tempest #3)
The battle between the Tempest division and Eyewall comes to a shocking conclusion in this final installment of the Tempest trilogy.
Also available in the series: TEMPEST (Book 1) and VORTEX (Book 2)
FLAME by Amy Kathleen Ryan (Sky Chasers #3)
In the thrilling conclusion to the Sky Chasers series Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on-board the New Horizon—and take down their enemies before it's too late.
Also available in the series: GLOW (Book 1) and SPARK (Book 2)
STORMBRINGER by Shannon Delany (Weather Witch #2)
In the second book in the Weather Witch series, Jordan Astrea learns of her true powers while in the final stages of her brutal training to become a Conductor—the Weather Witch who serves as a living battery to keep the massive airliner Artemesia aloft.
Also available in the series: Weather Witch (Book 1)
TIDAL by Amanda Hocking (Watersong #3, Trade Paperback edition)
Now available in trade paperback for the first time, this spellbinding third book in the Watersong series has Gemma fighting to break a curse in order to save everything and everyone she holds dear.
Also available in the series: WAKE (Book 1), LULLABY (Book 2) and ELEGY (Book 4)
Hope to see you later at #ewyagc (remember, 5pm EST)! [...]
Children’s and Teen Librarians Tri-State Book Buzz!
We had a great time talking about forthcoming titles this morning with Children's and Teen Librarians from all over the tri-state area!
Here's a refresher for attendees (and a first look for those who couldn't make it) at the excellent St. Martin's Griffin titles coming in Winter 2013:
Contemporary:
IF YOU FIND ME | Emily Murdoch
ELEANOR & PARK | Rainbow Rowell
USES FOR BOYS | Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Paranormal:
THE HAVEN | Carol Lynch Williams
TIDAL (Watersong #3) | Amanda Hocking
OVERRIDE (Glitch #2) | Heather Anastasiu
DEATH, DOOM AND DETENTION (#2) | Darynda Jones
TEMPEST (Tempest #1) | Julie Cross
VORTEX (Tempest #2) | Julie Cross
THE HUNT (Hunt #1) | Andrew Fukuda
THE PREY (Hunt #2) | Andrew Fukuda
INFERNO (Chronicles of Nick #4) | Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Books for Teens: Class of 2012!
Click here for a printable PDF of the above flier!
Welcome to our list of featured teen titles for 2012.
Here you'll meet time-travelers, trolls, and sirens. You'll trek through deep space, uncover dangerous secrets, and hunt down demons. You'll learn to ride a horse and raise the dead.
Your heart will be broken, you will find courage when there's little hope, and you will come to know your true self.
Join us on a new adventure!
Amanda Hocking is widely considered the exemplar of self-publishing success in the digital age and we are delighted she has joined us at Macmillan! Over the next year you'll see two exciting series from Hocking: the USA Today bestselling Trylle series, which has already been optioned for film, and the never-before-published Watersong series. Each of the Trylle novels will also contain all-new, never-before-seen short stories set in the magical world of the Trylle!
SWITCHED
Amanda Hocking
978-1-250-00631-8 | January 2012 | Trylle Series #1
A couple things made that day stand out more than any other: it was my sixth birthday, and my mother was wielding a knife.
When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed--a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it.
This book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “The Vittra Attacks,” set in the magical world of the Trylle.
Read the first pages of SWITCHED on Facebook now!
TORN
Amanda Hocking
978-1-250-00632-5 | February 2012 | Trylle Series #2
Wendy thought she finally understood who she was and what she wanted, but now she's caught between two worlds, torn between love and duty, and she must decide what life she is going to lead.
This book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “One Day, Three Ways,” set in the magical world of the Trylle.
"Fans of the series will enjoy watching on as Wendy continues to wrestle with issues of belonging, particularly when both the Trylle and the Vittra claim her as their chosen one." -Kirkus Reviews
ASCEND
Amanda Hocking
978-1-250-00633-2 | April 2012 | Trylle Series #3
With a war looming on the horizon, Wendy’s fate seems sealed. But everything she sacrificed might be in vain if she can’t save the ones she loves. Her whole life has been leading up to this, and it’s all coming to an end.
This book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “Ever After,” set in the magical world of the Trylle.
"Hocking sure knows how to bring it." -Kirkus Reviews
WAKE
Amanda Hocking
978-1-250-00812-1 | August 2012 | Watersong #1
Nominated for YALSA's 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults!
Even over the sea, Thea could smell the blood on her. When she breathed in, it filled her with a familiar hunger that haunted her dreams.
Gemma Fisher lives an ordinary life in the quiet seaside town of Capri, but when three beautiful girls arrive and mesmerize her friends and neighbors everything changes. After a chance encounter with the girls, Gemma wakes up alone on the beach with no memory of what occurred. Now Gemma has powers she can’t control, she’s growing more beautiful, and she has a strange effect on men that makes them unable to resist her—especially her voice. Soon she must make a decision: keep the life she no longer fits into or follow the call of the Watersong into a world brimming with dark beauty and secrets.
LULLABY
Amanda Hocking
978-1-250-00565-6 | November 2012 | Watersong #2
The enchanting second book in the Watersong series following the adventures in WAKE. Harper only wanted a safe, normal life. But when her younger sister Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of magical girls everything changes.
TEMPEST
Julie Cross
HC: 978-0-312-56889-4 | January 2012 | Tempest Trilogy #1
TP: 978-1-250-01120-6 | December 2012
Okay, so it's true. I can time-travel. But it's not as exciting as it sounds.
Jackson Meyer spends most of his time in 2009, but he can travel back through time. It’s not like the movies--nothing changes, there are no space-time-continuum issues--it’s just harmless fun. That is until dangerous strangers arrive at his dorm and shoot his girlfriend. In his panic, Jackson jumps to 2007, but this time he can't get back. Now he must find a way to return to 2009 and save the girl he loves.
Film rights for TEMPEST have already been optioned by Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the Twilight movies!
"With standout and welcome details and a fresh plot, Tempest is an amazing book." —Claire V., 13 for School Library Journal's Book Reviews by Young Adults
"It is equal parts adventure, romance, science fiction and touching family drama; readers will turn the last page and find themselves wishing they could 'jump' to the future and read the sequel." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Watch the book trailer for TEMPEST here and read the short story prequel on Facebook now!
GLOW
Amy Kathleen Ryan
HC: 978-0-312-59056-7 | September 2011 | Sky Chasers #1
TP: 978-1-250-00783-4 | July 2012
Nominated for YALSA’s 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers!
The other ship hung in the sky like a pendant, silver in the ether light cast by the nebula. Waverly and Kieran, lying together on their mattress of hay bales, took turns peering at it through a spyglass.
This 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults-nominated title will take your teens into deep space. Part of the first generation to be successfully conceived on the space ship Empyrean, 15-year-old Waverly and her boyfriend Kieran will be pioneers of New Earth. But a violent betrayal by the Empyrean's sister ship will change everything. Waverly and Kieran are separated and each find themselves at the helm of dangerous missions.
School Library Journal gave GLOW a starred review and Booklist said, "Fans of the Hunger Games series will zip through and clamor for the next installment."
Dark and Stormy? Yes, Please!
Yesterday afternoon the office went dark.
We don't always have the overhead lights on since we're lucky enough to have massive windows, but we fell to darkness when a herd of black clouds rampaged over Manhattan. See?
As we all smashed our noses against the windowpanes, it came to me that this tempestuous sky of DOOM was reminiscent of a few very rad covers of ours:
THE HUNT, TEMPEST, and PAST CONTINUOUS are all wrapped up in dramatic images of storms and lightning bolts.
It's also worth noting that all three of these blustery Young Adult titles are led by fierce and heroic teenage male protagonists.
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He’s Just Not That Into Books: Something Strange
Sometimes I think teen ladies have it made when it comes to fast-paced, page-turning, character-driven novels with a twist of the otherworldly. Bookshelves groan with kick-a** teen heroines vanquishing evil and saving the world (and to be clear, I am NOT complaining!).
But let's take a look at some of kick-a** heroes dealing with the paranormal day-to-day.
INFINITY
Sherrilyn Kenyon
The author of the Dark-Hunter Novels has turned her attention to the streetwise 14-year-old, Nick Gautier. When Nick is approached by a mysterious warrior and sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters he learns of the immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity. During his heroic escapades Nick skirts death, destruction, and suspension in order to help save the world. INFINITY is the first in this series, followed by INVINCIBLE.
TEMPEST
Julie Cross
Jackson Meyer has something in common with Nick Gautier, his world is not what it seems. But in Jackson's case, he's the anomaly. Having recently discovered he can travel through time, Jackson is testing the limits of his power when men arrive to recruit him. In his resistance, his girlfriend is shot. Now Jackson must save the girl and take down the bad guys. Typical hero business.
ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card
After those two titles, you hit 'em with a classic page-turner and they're hooked for life.
Well, that's it for our week of recommendations for the ever elusive teen male reluctant reader. Check them all out here (or under the tag "Just Not That Into Books") and let us know what we left off!
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