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 | | Title No: 77609 NOBODY Barnes, Jennifer Lynn Young adult (age 13-16) Thriller Extent: 393 pp Egmont USA (January 2013) The Nobodies are perfect assassins: they move without a trace, coming as quickly as they’ve gone, invisible in nearly every way. Nix, a Nobody, is a great assassin. When he is sent after Claire, he doesn’t question his task and knows that she must die. Without any friends or family, sixteen-year-old Claire can’t understand why someone would want her dead. As Nix tries to carry out his assignment, the two become entangled in a conspiracy of murder and betrayal. From the moment he sees her, his mission starts to change. Caught up in a series of lies and conspiracies, Nix and Claire are the only ones who can truly understand one another - and two Nobodies prove more lethal than one. http://www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com USA: Egmont (January 2013); UK: Quercus; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77611 THE NATURALS Barnes, Jennifer Lynn Young adult (age 13-16) Thriller Novel Extent: e-ms261pp Hyperion (2013) Cassie, Michael and Sloane have old-fashioned natural abilities: Cassie has a gift for psychological profiling, Michael can read people and Sloane is a human calculator. When Special Agent Tanner Briggs comes calling, all three join a team investigating the FBI’s most infamous cold cases. Cassie is on a personal quest to find out the truth about her mother’s disappearance, but when the team is targeted by one of the killers they are tracking, they start looking over their shoulders in the midst a thrilling adventure.. Film rights to Dino de Laurentiis Co. (Author attached to write). USA: Hyperion (Fall, 2013); UK: Quercus; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77549 LOVE IN THE TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING Block, Frances Lia Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Fantasy Extent: e-ms48.000 words Henry Holt (April 2013) First print run 100K copies. In a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, Penelope lives alone in an abandoned house. Her family is gone. When most of the city has fallen into ruin after the Earth Shaker, a mysterious man arrives and tells her she must leave. With the stranger’s help, Penelope manages to escape, beginning a journey that will take her to many locations populated by strange creatures including cannibalistic, one-eyed giants, substance abusing elves, dangerous alluring mermaids and a spell-caster named Beatrix. Influenced by her passion for mythology and fairy tales, Block revisits Homer’s Odyssey. Ms for sequel available upon request. http://www.francescaliablock.com Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77613 ALL THIS COULD END Bowe, Steph Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: 275 pp Text Publishing Melbourne (Winter 2013) Nina has spent most of her teenage years moving schools every few months due to her parents’ career - robbing banks. Nina and her brother also help in this bizarre family activity, and it has led Nina to be distant and detached from her schoolmates. But as she approaches her 18th birthday (and her legal majority), Nina finds herself falling in love Spencer, who has a tough family life of his own. When she finds herself holding Spencer hostage during what she hopes will be her last bank job, can she save his life - and her own, too? Australia: Text Publishing (Winter 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 76803 ALEX AS WELL Brugman, Alyssa FICTION Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Text Publishing When 14-year-old Alex decides he is a girl no one knows how to react. Least of all her parents. Alex has ditched one school, enrolled in another, and thrown out her clothes. And slowly (with many hilarious moments in between)she is creating a new identity that changes her world. And Alex - the other Alex - has a lot to say about it. Alyssa Brugman’s new novel is a hugely entertaining and thought-provoking story of adolescent experience - of questioning identity, discovering sexuality, navigating friendships and !nding a place to belong. Alyssa Brugman is a multi-award winning Australian young adult author. Her books have been shortlisted for various Premier's Literary Awards & Children's Book Council Awards (CBCA) here, the Gouden Zoen Award in Holland and the Printz Award in the US http://www.alyssabrugman.au Australia: Text Publishing (February, 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77404 JANIE FACE TO FACE Cooney, Caroline B. Young adult (age 13-16) Series Title Thriller Extent: 345 pp Delacorte (January 2013) In this riveting and emotional conclusion to the thriller-romance Janie series, that started with The Face on the Milk Carton, all will be revealed as readers find out if Janie and Reeve's love has endured, and whether or not the person who brought Janie and her family so much emotional pain and suffering is brought to justice. CAROLINE B. COONEY is the bestselling author of many young adult books, including the million-copy plus bestseller, The Face on the Milk Carton, the first volume in the Janie series. Caroline B. Cooney lives in South Carolina. USA: Delacorte Press (January 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77615 FAULTLINE Desir, Christa Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-ms 50.000 words Simon Pulse (November 2013) (Fall 2013) High school senior Ben is the type of guy who can get any girl, but he only has eyes for sarcastic free-sprit, Ani. Luckily for Ben, Ani feels the same, and they begin a sweet, exciting romance. But when Ani is drugged and sexually abused at a party, her life begins to unravel. She blames herself, pushes Ben away, and spirals down a hole so deep that Ben is forced to watch her fall. In this powerful debut novel, Christa Desir shows the harsh reality of abuse, and how it affects not only the victim, but everyone she loves. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77743 TOWERING Flinn, Alex Young adult (age 13-16) Extent: e-ms 75.000 words Harper Teen (February 2013) A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel. ‘High in my tower I sit. I watch the birds fly below, the clouds float above, and the tall, green forest stretch to places I might never see. Mama, who isn’t my mother, has kept me hidden away for eight long years. My only companions, besides Mama, are my books - great adventures, mysteries, and romances that I long to make my reality. But I know that no one will come to save me - my life is not a fairy tale after all. Well, at least no one has come so far. Recently, my hair has started to grow rapidly and it is now long enough to reach the bottom of the tower from my window. I’ve also had the strangest dreams of a beautiful, green-eyed boy. When Mama isn’t around, I plan my escape, even if it’s just for a little while. There’s something - maybe someone - waiting for me out there and it won’t find me if I’m trapped here TOWERING above it all. http://www.alexflinn.com Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 75822 THE WARD Frankel, Jordana SPECULATIVE FICTION Novel Young adult (age 13-16) Extent: e-ms113.000 words Harper Kids Stunning dystopian novel set in a boldly imagined future New York City after a catastrophic flood (the ‘Wash-Out’). The few thousand survivors live on the tops of abandoned buildings. Fresh water is almost impossible to come by. Sixteen-year-old Renata (‘Ren’) wants nothing more than to cure her adopted sister of the mysterious, deadly disease called the Blight, a malady that’s infected a number of the survivors. But while out racing rooftops one night she discovers a strange freshwater spring that might cure the Blight and other ills. Will she be able to use this water to cure her sister? Or will she get caught between the government and a mysterious group that has guarded its secret for centuries? USA: HarperKids (2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77550 GINGERSNAP Giff, Patricia Reilly Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Historical Extent: e-galley160pp Random House (2013) After years of living in a foster home, Jayna comes to live with her brother, Rob. For the first time she feels part of a family. But it’s 1945 now, and Rob, a cook in the navy, is on a ship bound for the Pacific. When Jayna hears he’s missing in action, with the encouragement of a voice - a ghost perhaps -she leaves for Brooklyn, searching for a grandmother. She becomes an invaluable part of a bakery, cooking wonderful soups, and at the same time, finding love and a family. USA: Random House (March 2013) Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77661 STRAY Hesse, Monica Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Science fiction Extent: e-ms 80.000 words Hot Key (June 2013) Set in the near future, STRAY tells the story of Lona, a 16 year-old who has spent her entire existence living another child’s life - Julian’s. She has been raised in virtual reality, like thousand and thousands of other abandoned children, rather than in foster care or orphanages. Suddenly removed from the Path (as it’s called) by fellow Pathers, she tries to figure out who she is and how to live without Julian - and why former Pathers have started dying shortly after leaving the Path at age 18. Are they being murdered? And who is Julian, any way? UK: Hot Key (June 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77657 AND WE STAY Hubbard, Jenny Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-ms49.000 words Delacorte Press (January 2014) After a traumatic experience involving her boyfriend, a gun, and their public high-school library, seventeen-year-old Emily Beam is sent far away to a girls’ boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts. To deal with her insomnia, she writes poems, and when a teacher lends her a biography of Emily Dickinson, Emily Beam becomes fascinated with the poet who once lived just down the street. With the help of her roommate, a petty thief, and a ghost from the nineteenth century, a broken girl learns how to be her own savior in this hopeful literary tale. Jenny Hubbard is a poet and playwright, and has taught English in both high school and college for many years. Her first young adult novel, Paper Covers Rock, was a 2011 finalist for the prestigious William C. Morris Debut Award, an SLJ Best Book of 2011, Horn Book Fanfare Best of 2011, and 2011 Booklist Editor’s Choice selection. Reminiscent of such coming-of-age classics as A Separate Peace and The Catcher in the Rye, it received four starred reviews as well as impressive endorsements from New York Times bestselling author Pat Conroy and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt. http://www.papercoversrock.com Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77666 OF BEAST AND BEAUTY Jay, Stacey Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Fantasy Extent: e-ms 99.000 words Delacorte Press (Summer 2013) Stacey Jay’s next YA novel (after JULIET IMMORTAL and ROMEO REDEEMED) is a futuristic, unusual retelling of Beauty and the Beast set on a distant planet, where Beauty (a princess who is blind and sheltered by her controlling father) may herself also be a beast. USA: Delacorte Press (Summer 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77739 PROMISE ME SOMETHING Kocek, Sarah Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-ms Albert Whitman & Company (Fall 2013) For Reyna Fey, the first year of high school is about surviving. She's in a new school, away from her best friends, and her plan is to keep her head down, help her father continue to recover from the car accident that almost took his life, and maybe to talk to that cute boy from her gym class - but then Olive Barton notices her. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Olive is a social pariah. The boys make fun of her, the girls want to fight her, and Olive, who is prickly andjudgmental, seems to welcome the challenge. Reyna just wants to be left alone, but suddenly Olive is everywhere in her life, pressuring her and bullying her until Reyna, unable to stand up for herself, forges an unlikely friendship with a girl she doesn’t even like. Then Olive tells Reyna a secret. The secret changes everything. And as Reyna betrays Olive’s trust and ends their friendship, the secret leads to disastrous consequences. Exploring bullying, growing up, and trust, PROMISE ME SOMETHING is a book about finding the courage to be your true and best self, and the tragedies that can happen when you fall short. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77610 THE SECRET INGREDIENT Lewis, Stewart Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: 243 pp Delacorte Press (June 2013) Olivia is a teenage cook living in Los Angeles with two dads and a misfit brother. After a chance meeting with a psychic in an elevator, she finds a vintage cookbook with handwritten notes inside and pieces together a story that turns a normal summer into a search for her birth mother that will change her life forever. USA: Delacorte Press (june 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 76892 BEAUTIFUL DECAY Lewis, Sylvia SPECULATIVE FICTION Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: 303pp Running Press (April 2013) Seventeen-year-old Ellie Miller is a viviomancer, whose ability to catalyze life means that everything she touches instantly rots, blooming with bacteria and mold. Shunned by her classmates, treated warily by adults, and alienated even from her parents, Ellie is tormented by loneliness-until Nate McPherson shows up in her class. Sarcastic, self-possessed, and undeniably cute, Nate is also a necromancer, immune to Ellie's deadly touch. As Nate introduces Ellie to the dangerous supernatural realm that her parents have shielded her from, he must also keep his mother--an unstable, ravenous member of the Undead, accidentally raised by Nate himself--contained and fed, while his dead father’s employers seek to force him into maintaining the zombie slave workforce assembled by his dad. As Nate and Ellie's romantic relationship develops, Ellie slowly comes to understand her power, which extends to more complex life forms like trees, insects, and even animals. She and Nate are joined in their struggle against evil members of the supernatural community by Mackenzie, Ellie’s online (and only other) friend, who is able to manipulate electronic signals of all kinds. Narrated with grit and humor, Unliving’s quirky characters inhabit a raw, dark, yet familiarly modern world, which deftly combines paranormal elements with the all-too-real emotional struggles of a teenager yearning for love and acceptance. Sylvia Lewis currently resides in Pennsylvania, where she works at a veterinary clinic and occupies her free time with writing and nature photography. Unliving is her first book. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77736 THE MEMORY KEY Liu, Liana Young adult (age 13-16) Science fiction Thriller HarperCollins (Winter 2015) This is an exciting debut YA thriller set in the near future in which a disease is wiping out people's memory. To counteract the epidemic, a corporation - Keep Corp - designs a memory key that is implanted in people's brains and enables them to retain memories, while also allowing other memories to fade. Our hero, Lora Mint, is a 17-year-old girl who has the key installed in her head. Lora's mother used to work for Keep Corp, but then she disappeared one night mysteriously when Lora was a child, and Keep Corp said that she had died in a car accident. Lora had never questioned her mom's death, but then she takes a bad tumble, and the key starts going haywire and she starts to remember everything. Perfectly. She is haunted by a specific memory of her mother the night before she disappeared, and when she attempts to find out what happened, discovers there are people who will do anything to make sure she does not uncover the truth. Edited ms available in Summer 2013 Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 76038 PROXY London, Alex Science fiction Novel Young adult (age 13-16) Extent: e-ms 350pp Philomel (June 2013) Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want - the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own. Then again, neither is Knox’s. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox’s father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid. A fast-paced, thrill-ride of novel full of non-stop action, heart-hammering suspense and true friendship - just as moving as it is exhilarating. Fans of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, James Dashner's Maze Runner, Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking series, and Marie Lu's Legend will be swept away by this story. -- "Put down what you're doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing. I fell in love with this story from the first sentence to the final, epic page. London is a force to be reckoned with." -- Marie Lu, author of the Legend series http://www.calexanderlondon.com USA: Philomel (June 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77522 IN THE AFTER Lunetta, Demetria Novel Young adult (age 13-16) Dystopian fiction Extent: e-ms351pp Harper Teen (June 2013) This is a lead title for Harper in June 2013 Blending the brutality of The Road with the paranoia of The Hunger Games, IN THE AFTER is the first in a YA trilogy where vicious creatures roam the earth and the only sanctuary, a utopian compound, may turn out to be an even worse trap. Fourteen-year-old Amy is watching TV when it happens - when the Before becomes the After, when her neighborhood, her country, her world are overrun by the vicious creatures she learns to call Them. Marooned in her high-security house, she is able to survive when others can’t, and soon rescues an abandoned 2-year-old she finds in a supermarket. "Baby" and Amy exist in fearful silence until an "alien ship" captures them and deposits them in New Hope, a survivors’ colony built on a former government research facility. In New Hope, Amy receives the shock of her life: Her mother is not only alive, but she directs the colony. At first a dream with plentiful food, safety and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals itself as far from ideal with its rigid career tracks, punishments and forced procreation. The colony also harbors dark secrets, and when the creatures break in and slaughter over 900 residents, Amy realizes there is more going on than meets the eye. She must choose between everything she loves and freedom. USA: HarperTeen (June 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77548 NODODY'S SECRET MacColl, Michaela Young adult (age 13-16) Mystery Historical Extent: e-ms 202pp Chronicle Books (2013) One day, fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. "Nobody" until he turns up dead in her family's pond. She's stricken with guilt. Only Emily can discover who this enigmatic stranger was before he's condemned to be buried in an anonymous grave. Her investigation takes her deep into town secrets, blossoming romance, and deadly danger. Exquisitely written and meticulously researched, this novel celebrates Emily Dickinson's intellect and spunk in a page-turner of a book that will excite fans of mystery, romance, and poetry alike. http://www.michaelamaccoll.com USA: Chronicle Books (March, 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77561 THIEF'S COVENANT #1 A Widdershins Advenure Marmell, Ari Young adult (age 13-16) Fantasy Series Title Extent: 272 pp Pyr (February 2012) Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city’s aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces—human and other—stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon’s underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshippers but Widdershins herself. It’s not a great life, certainly nothing compared to the one she once had, but it’s hers. But now, in the midst of Davillon’s political turmoil, an array of hands are once again rising up against her, prepared to tear down all that she’s built. The City Guard wants her in prison. Members of her own Guild want her dead. And something horrid, something dark, something ancient is reaching out for her, a past that refuses to let her go. Widdershins and Olgun are going to find answers, and justice, for what happened to her - but only if those who almost destroyed her in those years gone by don’t finish the job first USA: Pyr (February 2012); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77626 FAR FAR AWAY McNeal, Tom Young adult (age 13-16) Fantasy Novel Extent: e-galley384pp Random House (June 2013) In a small town where nothing ever happens, everything is about to change. Jeremy Johnson Johnson’s life has begun to feel like a cruel fairy tale. He hears voices - "strange whisperings"- so the citizens in the small town of Never Better treat him like an oddity and an outcast. His mother takes a bite of a cake so delicious it’s rumored to be enchanted and runs away with another man. Jeremy's heartsick father goes into his room and stays there unhappily ever after. Then the town’s coltish, copper-haired adventuress takes a bite of the enchanted cake and falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. This would be a turn for the better anywhere but Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions - whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows - is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . . Award-winning author Tom McNeal has crafted an enchanted and enchanting novel, a wholly original and addictive fairy tale that like the cake of Never Better will make you fall in love and take you far, far away. http://www.mcnealbooks.com USA: Random House (June 2013; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77732 3:59 McNeil, Gretchen Young adult (age 13-16) Fantasy Thriller Extent: 357 pp Balzer & Bray Josie Byrne's life is spiraling out of control. Her parents are divorcing, her boyfriend Nick has grown distant, and her physics teacher has it in for her. When she's betrayed by the two people she trusts most, Josie thinks things can't get worse. Until she starts having dreams about a girl named Jo. Every night at the same time - 3:59 a.m. Jo's life is everything Josie wants: she's popular, her parents are happily married, and Nick adores her. It all seems real, but they're just dreams, right? Josie thinks so, until she wakes one night to a shadowy image of herself in the bedroom mirror - Jo. Josie and Jo realize that they are doppelgängers living in parallel universes that overlap every twelve hours at exactly 3:59. Fascinated by Jo's perfect world, Josie jumps at the chance to jump through the portal and switch places for a day. http://www.gretchenmcneil.com Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77381 FANGIRL Rowell, Rainbow FICTION Novel Extent: 352pp St.Martin's Griffin, New York (September 2013) In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life - and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? Open her heart to someone? Or will she just go on living inside somebody else’s fiction? Rainbow Rowell is the author of two previous novels, Attachments, and Eleanor and Park. USA: St. Martin's Press (Fall 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77624 DEATH, DICKINSON AND THE DEMENTED LIFE OF FRENCHIE GARCIA Sanchez, Jenny Torres Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-ms64.000 words Running Press (May 2013) Frenchie Garcia can't come to grips with the suicide of Andy Cooper. Her friends have no clue she was crazy-in-love with him, and they definitely don't know she spent an entire night with him before he died. But Frenchie's biggest concern is how she blindly helped Andy die that night. Despite Frenchie's insane obsession with death and Emily Dickinson (who she's become pretty tight with these days when occasionally shooting the sh*t at Em's grave), the events leading up to Andy's death become too heavy to hold on to. But when Frenchie meets Colin, she finds an opportunity to recreate that fateful night in hopes of figuring out the real Andy she thought she knew. USA: Running Press (Spring 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77740 TRUE Scott, Kieran Young adult (age 13-16) Novel ROMANCE Extent: e-ms Simon & Schuster A fun, light commercial series (this is the first book in a trilogy) about a teenaged Cupid who is banished to Earth (without her trusted golden arrows) and must help pair three high school couples in order to save the love of her life from the wrath of the Gods Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77796 DAVID, UNSAVED Smith-Ready, Jeri Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-ms 93.000 words Simon Pulse (March 2014) Sixteen-year-old David's parents vanish on the night they believed the Rapture would happen. While he and his sister solve the mystery of their disappearance, David relives his struggle to save his father's sanity--and his family's future--without losing his own faith. Inspired by Harold Camping’s predictions of the end of the world in 2011, and the simple question of what happens to the families of those who believe when it doesn’t come true, DAVID UNSAVED is a captivating look at religious extremism and its effects on family bonds. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77741 THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE Standiford, Natalie Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: 256pp Scholastic (August 2013) Laura Reid goes to Leningrad for a semester abroad as Cold War paranoia is peaking in 1982. She meets a young Russian artist named Alexei and soon, with Alexei as her guide, Laura immerses herself in the real Russia--a crazy world of wild parties, black-market books and music, and smuggled letters to dissidents. She must keep the relationship secret; associating with Americans is dangerous for Alexei, and if caught, Laura could be sent home and Alexei put under surveillance or worse. At the same time, she's been warned that Soviets often latch onto Americans in hopes of marrying them and thus escaping to the United States. But she knows Alexei loves her. Right? As June approaches--when Laura must return to the United States--Alexei asks Laura to marry him. She's only nineteen and doesn't think she's ready to settle down. But what if Alexei is the love of her life? How can she leave him behind? If she has a chance to change his life, to rescue him from misery, shouldn't she take it? Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77748 MOJO Tharp, Tim Young adult (age 13-16) Mystery Novel Extent: 288pp Knopf (April 2013) All Dylan wants is mojo. What is mojo? It's power. The ability to command respect. It's everything Dylan doesn't have. He gets no respect at school and when he finds the dead body of a classmate, even the police push him around. All the thanks he gets for trying to help the investigation with his crime drama skills is a new nickname at school: Body Bag. So when Dylan hears about a missing rich girl from the other side of town, he jumps at the chance to dive into this mystery. Surely if he cracks a case involving a girl this beautiful and this rich, he'll get not only a hefty cash reward, but the mojo he's looking for. His investigation takes him into the world of an elite private high school and an underground club called Gangland. As Dylan - along with his loyal friends Audrey and Randy - falls down the rabbit hole, lured by the power of privilege, he begins to lose himself. And the stakes of the game keep getting higher. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 76881 THE SPECTACULAR NOW Tharp, Tim Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-galley304pp Knopf (2008) 2008 National Book Award Finalist . SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually. Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life - or ruin it forever. Feature film based on the novel by Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter with cast including Kyle Chandler and Jennifer Jason Leigh will premier at upcoming Sundance Film Festival. Italy: Piemme; Brazil: Record; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77616 EMPTY Walton, K. M. Young adult (age 13-16) Novel Extent: e-galley255pp Simon Pulse (Spring 2013) Dell is used to disappointment. Ever since her dad left, it’s been one let down after another. But no one - not even her best friend - gets all the pain she’s going through. So Dell hides behind self-deprecating jokes and forced smiles. Then the one person she trusts betrays her. Dell is beyond devastated. Without anyone to turn to for comfort, her depression and self-loathing spin out of control. But just how far will she go to make all of heartbreak and the name-calling stop? USA: Simon Pulse (Spring 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77781 UNTHINKABLE Werlin, Nancy Young adult (age 13-16) Fantasy Novel Extent: 400pp Dial Books (September 2013) Fenella was the first Scarborough girl to be cursed, hundreds of years ago, and she has been trapped in the faerie realm ever since, forced to watch generations of daughters try to break this same faerie curse that has enslaved them all. But now Fenella’s descendant, Lucy, has accomplished the impossible and broken the curse, so why is Fenella still trapped in Faerie? In her desperation, Fenella makes a deal with the faerie queen: If she can accomplish three acts of destruction, she will be free, at last, to die. What she doesn't realize is that these acts must be aimed at her own family – and if she fails, the consequences will be dire, for all of the Scarborough girls. How can she possibly choose to hurt her own cherished family - not to mention the new man whom she’s surprised to find herself falling in love with? But if she doesn’t go through with the tasks, how will she manage to save her dear ones? Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
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 | | Title No: 77631 THE ATTACK OF THE GOBBLEBOX #1 Iggy Loomis, Superkid In Training series Allison, Jennifer Children (age 7 to 10) Series Title Novel Extent: 202pp Dial Books for Young Readers (June 2013) Daniel Loomis’s younger brother Iggy accidentally ingests the DNA of a variety of bugs, insects, and icky critters combined with an alien virus. As a result, he is permanently changed. For Daniel, it was bad enough sharing a room with a little brother who throws tantrums and breaks toys. Now he has no idea what to expect: one minute Iggy is completely normal; the next, he might sprout wings and fly around the room or break a door with a burst of superhuman strength. Two more titles in the series under contract. With illustrations by Mike Moran. USA: Dial Books (June 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77355 ALMOST HOME Bauer, Joan Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Novel Extent: 240pp Viking Juvenile (2012) It all starts when the bank takes Sugar and her mother Reba’s beloved little house. Jobless and living in a homeless shelter, Reba falls into a spiral of depression, and Sugar is put into foster care, far from her former school and the charismatic teacher who encouraged her writing. She has nothing but her rescue dog Shush to remind her of the life she left behind. But Sugar is a girl who can’t be kept down for long. With new friends to help her, a new painting business keeping her busy, and Shush to love, Sugar proves what Reba has always believed: that she was put on this earth to bring a little sweetness into people’s lives. USA: Viking Juvenile (2012); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 76502 LITTLE DOG, LOST Bauer, Marion Dane FICTION Illustrated book Children (age 7 to 10) Extent: 198pp/ill Atheneum Books (2012) Written in free verse accessible to young readers, LITTLE DOG, LOST is bound to become a classic. A little dog is lost in a town named Erthly. Left behind with a woman who "knows nothing about dogs," the little dog runs away . . . only to find herself frightened and alone. A boy has longed his entire life for a dog but his mother always says "no." An elderly man lives alone in a mansion at the center of town. His life is empty. And there is a cat named Fido who doesn't put up with any nonsense from the town's dogs. A chaotic town council meeting brings them all together in this lovely novel of longing - and hope. With illustrations by Jennifer A. Bell Marion Dane Bauer is the author of over 70 books for children including the Newbery Honor Book, On My Honor, which sold over 1,750,000 copies, and New York Times bestseller, My Mother is Mine. Her books have been translated into over 12 languages. She recently retired from the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, where she was the first Faculty Chair. http://www.MarionDaneBauer.com USA: Atheneum Books (May 2012); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77297 FOX & PHOENIX Bernobich, Beth Fantasy Novel Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Extent: 360 pp Penguin Viking (2011) The king of Lóng City is dying. For Kai Zou, the news means more than it does for most former street rats in the small mountain stronghold, because he and the king's daughter are close friends. Then the majestic ruler of the ghost dragons orders Kai to travel across the country to the Phoenix Empire, where the princess is learning statecraft. In a court filled with intrigue, Kai and his best friend Yún must work together to help the princess escape and return to Lóng City. A refreshing mixture of magic, wit, and action, Fox and Phoenix is an auspicious debut! Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77649 GERY GARABATOS (Daniel the Doodler)CHL Càmara, Sergi Children (age 7 to 10) Novel Extent: 192pp/ill. Ediciones B (May 2012) At school Gery is a disaster. He gets distracted by a fly and is soon swept out of math class, his imagination transporting him to the Far West, with its dusty streets and perfidious gun slingers. He’s not much better at sports than school and in a basketball game when he hits the school bully Alfonso in the face, he becomes the target of his eternal hatred. And, to finish it off, Patri, the girl he likes, doesn’t pay him any attention at all. So, the time has come to take charge of the situation even if this means going against the rules to reach his goals. Will our hero be able to pass all of his classes, walk away unscathed from the clutches of Alfonso the bully, and capture the heart of Patri? To find out you’ll have to read this first adventure. http://www.gerygarabatos.com Spain: Ediciones B (2012) Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77648 LOS XUNGUIS VAN AL MUSEO (The Xunguis: Off To The Museum) Cera, Joaquín Ramis, Juan Carlos Children (age 7 to 10) Comics / Graphic Novel Activity Book Extent: 27pp/ill Ediciones B (2012) On the 20th anniversary of this bestselling Spanish comic series (over 1,1 million copies sold in Spain alone!) about a bunch of unruly extraterrestrials, the Xunguis, the Spanish publisher Ediciones B decided to relaunch the most successful titles. The Xunguis combines an educational aim with a hilarious story board and fantastic illustrations, and lots of built in activities such as mazes, games and puzzles. The entire backlist contains up to 20 titles. In The Xunguis: Off To The Museum, the xunguis are organizing an art exhibition on their planet for which they request the loan of some of the most representational paintings from the best museums of our world (or are they simply going to steal them?) Spanish: Ediciones B (2012) Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77745 ATTACK OF THE CUPIDS Dickinson, John Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Fantasy Series Title Extent: e-ms183pp David Fickling Books (August 2013) This is the second book in the Muddlespot series They’re on the march! Armed to the teeth, daringly dressed and just a tad overweight, the cupids are coming to Darlington High! In their way stands Sally Jones, possessor of the one cool head in class 9c. At her side, lean and powerful, is her Guardian Angel Windleberry. There’s no one else who can help. (Unless you count Muddlespot. You may not want to.) Can this ill-assorted trio defeat the power that uproots empires? And can they save the world? Because of course, the world needs saving too. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77744 SALT A Story Of Friendship In A Time Of War Frost, Helen Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Historical Novel Extent: 154pp Farrar Straus Giroux (July 2013) Twelve-year-olds Anikwa and James spend their days in 1812 fishing, trapping, and exploring the forest surrounding Kekionga and Fort Wayne. To Anikwa’s family, members of the Miami tribe, this land has been home for centuries. James's father is a trader with ties to the Miami community and American soldiers in the fort. Tensions rise as the British and American armies prepare to meet at Fort Wayne for a crucial battle, and other Native American tribes gather in Kekionga to protect their homeland. After trading stops, and precious commodities, such as salt, are withheld, the fort comes under siege. War ravages the land, and James and Anikwa must decide where their deepest loyalties lie. Helen Frost is a critically acclaimed author and Michael L. Printz Honor winner for her novel KEESHA’S HOUSE. In 2012, she teamed with illustrator, Rick Lieder, on the picture book, STEP GENTLY OUT, which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and Booklist. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77665 BEHOLDING BEE Fusco, Kimberly Newton Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Novel Extent: 329 pp Knopf (February 2013) Eleven-year-old orphan Bee lives with a traveling carnival fair. Even though her guardian Pauline tells her that the large wine-colored birthmark covering half of her face is Bee’s own diamond, the stares and taunts that Bee hears from the carnival patrons tell her otherwise. When a scruffy dog shows up, as unwanted as she, Bee realizes that she must find a home for them both. She runs off and eventually finds a house with gingerbread trim, thorny rose bushes, and a heavy gate- a house inhabited by Mrs. Swift and Mrs. Potter, who may or may not actually exist. Eventually, Bee makes her own place in the world and discovers that the real jewel is the glory within herself. USA: Knopf (February 2013); UK Faber & Faber; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77628 JULIUS AND THE WATCHMAKER Hehir, Tim Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Fantasy Novel Extent: 388pp Text Publishing (May 2013) Julius Higgins runs errands delivering books to customers of his grandfather’s bookshop - when he’s not running from Crimper McCready and his gang of bullies. Then a mysterious clock collector turns up looking for the diary of watchmaker John Harrison. Before he knows what he’s doing Julius has tricked his grandfather, run away from home and done a deal with the strange man Springheel. And that’s all before he finds out that the watchmaker’s diary is really an instruction manual for making a time-travel device. Now that Springheel has his hands on it, catastrophe almost certainly awaits. Julius and the Watchmaker is a fabulous time-travel adventure set in Victorian London - mostly - with an array of colourful Dickensian characters, gyrofliers, carts of offal, sharp-toothed creatures called Grackacks, and the most intricate and entrancing explanation of time and all its possible and probable futures. This debut novel is the work of a brilliant imagination, a classic in the making. Tim Hehir is an author of short stories and plays. His short story ‘God Bless Us One and All’ was published by Structo magazine (UK) and his play Pride and Prejudice in 10 Minutes Flat has been performed in various countries and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hehir is based in Melbourne. Julius and the Watchmaker is his first novel. Australia: Text Publishing (May 2013); Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77795 LISTENING FOR LUCCA LaFleur, Suzanne Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Novel Extent: e-ms 48.000 words Wendy Lamb Books (August 2013) "I'm obsessed with abandoned things." Siena's obsession began a year and a half ago, around the time her two-year-old brother Lucca stopped talking. Now Mom and Dad are moving the family from Brooklyn to Maine hoping that it will mean a whole new start for Lucca and Siena. She soon realizes that their wonderful old house on the beach holds secrets. When Siena writes in her diary with an old pen she found in her closet, the pen writes its own story, of Sarah and Joshua, a brother and sister who lived in the same house during World War II. As the two stories unfold, amazing parallels begin to appear, and Siena senses that Sarah and Joshua's story might contain the key to unlocking Lucca's voice. UK: Puffin / Penguin; Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77737 STAR SURVIVORS Merschel, Michael Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Novel on submission A heartfelt and affecting middle grade debut about a young boy who moves to a new town and pretends to be a space explorer. We think this will have some nice commercial potential as it tackles adult themes (imagination as a form of escape, the loneliness of being in a new town) through the lens of a child in a smart and honest way. The author is the book editor at the Dallas Morning News. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77780 THE WIZARD'S TEARS & OTHER TITLES Sexton, Anne Kumin, Maxine Children (age 7 to 10) Picture book Seven Stories Press (1971, 1975) The Wizard’s Tears & Other Titles is a series of four children’s books that renowned American poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin wrote collaboratively beginning in 1963 with the first of the series, Eggs of Things, followed by More Eggs of Things, The Wizard's Tears(1975) and Joey and the Birthday Present (1971). By then Anne and Maxine had been friends for six years, after they first met at John Holmes’ poetry workshop at the Boston Center for Adult Education and carpooled each week from their homes in the suburbs. As Maxine recalled, the first two books of the series, Eggs of Things and More Eggs of Things were churned out in just two days "among coffee breaks, respective children’s crises and phone calls". The creativity and versatility required by the limited vocabulary allowed for children’s books offered the two poets the opportunity to experiment and play with language in new, unexpected ways, to connect worlds and words with humble, powerful, childlike imagery - "not unlike writing a poem, where compression acts to intensify feelings", as Maxine reckoned. Wide-eyed, generous creatures populate these worlds of simple emotions and vivid sparks: Joey the field mouse and Prince the city mouse that "make blackberry paintings on piano keys", and "skate on a forgotten can of bacon fat"; the young Wizard with his richly imaginative spells "Watch the moon over your shoulder, catch a bee in a jar, and wash your face with buttermilk"; and Skippy and Buzz that create an old Easter basket telephone between their homes to send each other letters about their "eggs of things", much like the second phone line Anne and Maxine installed in their homes so that they could read their poems to each other. With an afterword by Maxine Kumin. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77742 SWITCHEROO Standiford, Natalie Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Fantasy Novel Extent: e-ms49.000 words Scholastic (August 2013) Even though Alexa Martin and Lavender Schmitz share the same birthday, they couldn’t be more different. Alexa is tall, pretty, athletic, and a member of the most popular clique in school - in other words, perfect. At least that’s what Lavender thinks and it drives her crazy. She is smart but awkward, and has only one real friend. What Lavender doesn’t know, though, is that Alexa isn’t happy either. She feels trapped by her clique, which has shut out her best friend and is dismissive of the crush she has on a nice guy outside their group. Both Alexa and Lavender want a different life. And on their thirteenth birthdays, they get their wish: blowing out the candles on their cakes, they make a wish to be someone else, and the next morning, Alexa wakes up as Lavender and Lavender as Alexa. While they initially enjoy the perks of being someone new, both realize that maybe it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be in ways that they never could have predicted. A funny and touching novel about discovering oneself in someone else’s body, SWITCHEROO is a sweet-natured and yet honest look at growing up. Zur Prüfung anfordern | |
 | | Title No: 77519 JANITORS: SECRETS OF NEW FORREST ACADEMY (#2) Whitesides, Tyler Middle Grade (age 9 to 12) Series Title Novel Extent: e-galley366pp Shadow Mountain (2012) Following the successful THE JANITORS (2011) in this wacky and action-packed fantasy middle-grade series. Now, more than ever, Spencer, Daisy, and even Dez must fight to save schools everywhere. The Bureau of Educational Maintenance (BEM) is after Spencer, and the only place he is safe is within the walls of the New Forest Academy. Or so he thinks. In this fast-paced adventure, the kids must figure out where their loyalties lie and who they can trust as they fight to discover the true secret of the New Forest Academy and what it means to the future of education. Watch book trailer under: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6xbRocV-DM http://www.tylerwhitesides.com USA: Shadow Mountain (2012); Zur Prüfung anfordern |
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