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Friday, April 15, 2011

Enter the World of the Iron Fey













When most girls turn 16, they look forward to having a big party, a new boyfriend, maybe a car. Not Meghan Chase - she has a destiny she could never have imagined. A stranger is stalking her and it turns out that her dad is a Faerie King and she is a pawn in a deadly war. Meghan's story begins in The Iron King by Julie Kagawa. You can read an excerpt of The Iron King here

The world of faerie is the stuff of dreams: powers unimaginable, love, magic, quests - and often romance. There are a wide variety of good faerie books out there for you to read. Although, if I were you, I would never trust a faerie.


For other books about the world of Faerie try . . .

The Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr

#1 Wicked Lovely

#2 Ink Exchange

#3 Fragile Eternity

#4 Radiant Shadows

#5 Darkest Mercy

The Need series by Carrie Jones

#1 Need

#2 Captivate

#3 Entice Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin

The Faierie Path series by Frewin Jones

The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

Friday, January 14, 2011

Prom and Prejudice

How early do you start thinking about prom? There are a number of great prom reads out there to help get you in the spirit, and it may just help with those winter blahs.

Coming soon (as in already on order) is Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg. And here is a fun trailer for it . . .




Other great prom reads include












Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ashley Hannigan does. not. care. about. prom. At all. But everyone else does - including her best friend Natalia, who is head of the committee. But when the faculty advisor steals all of the prom money, Ashley suddenly finds herself helping to put a dance together with almost nothing. Anderson is one of my favorite teen authors and I heartily recommend this book.

Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby

Look, I love a good zombie book. And what can be better than an unpopular girl who is trying to protect her boyfriend from the clutches of the cheerleading captain inflicting a zombie virus on the entire school? Nothing. Nothing is better. Quite a fun read.

Top 10 Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro

When you get stood up for the prom, what do you do with the dress? Nicolette is forced to answer this and other questions while she tries to manage her own feelings and help her parents navigate through their divorce. Touching and funny.

Prom Anonymous by Blake Nelson

Chloe Thomas is going to the prom. Of course, she doesn’t have a date, she needs a dress, and she's the last person anyone expects to see there. Why on earth did she agree to do this?

Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore (a part of the Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series)

When her classmates start falling prey to bizarre accidents, the intrepid reporter Maggie Quinn can't ignore the story. In the end Maggie will end up throwing down with a demon at her senior prom. That probably won't happen at yours, but it sure is fun reading about the Nancy Drew wannabe with a supernatural twist Maggie Quinn.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The 2011 Michael L. Printz Award Winners

The 2011 Michael L. Printz award winner for best Teen Fiction is Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Set in a bleak future, 17 year-old Nailer's job is to scavenge ship wrecks for profit. When he stumbles across a girl who is barely hanging on to life, he must decide if he should slit her throat and sell her for parts or take a chance and help her. Fans of Sci Fi like The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins will enjoy this book.

Honor books include . . .













Stolen by Lucy Christopher

The rugged Australian outback becomes Gemma’s prison after she is drugged and abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger in a first novel filled with searing imagery and archetypal characters.

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

Vera Dietz wants to be ignored, but the ghost of her ex-best friend won’t leave her alone in this dark comedy that examines relationships, identity, grief and flowcharts.

Revolver written by Marcus Sedgwick

In Sedgwick’s grim, chilling story set in the Arctic Circle, Sig finds his father’s frozen corpse as human predator Wolff arrives seeking retribution and a hidden Gold Rush treasure.

Nothing written by Janne Teller

Pierre Anthon’s nihilism causes his classmates to begin a search for life’s meaning in this bold, unsettling parable translated from Danish.