Join the Teen Read Week Book Club!
It’s a fact: GL girls
totally heart reading, and Teen Read Week = seven delightful days of book-lovin’
bliss. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up our fave reads and paired ’em with
awesome prizes--and we'll pick a winner every day during YALSA’s Teen Read Week, Oct. 16 to 22.
Enter To Win!
Click on the links below for more on our fabulous picks for fall must-reads, then learn more about YALSA's Teen Read Week by visiting ala.org/teenread. From now until Oct. 23, seven bookwork babes will win select Teen Read Week books and one go-green gal
will grab our grand prize—a fab new iPad2 (sponsored by Menace From The Moon
author David Rappaport) with titles from TRW.
Menace From The Moon
by David Rappaport
Bionic Editions
Nobody could have imagined
the unspeakable horror lurking in the foul depths of the dank moon where those
inhuman castaways watched the Earth with too many eyes. Watched and waited and
seethed and dreamed, living only for the day they would return to Earth.
menacefromthemoon.net
13 Gifts
by Wendy Mass
Scholastic
When Tara is sent to stay
with her cousin in Willow Falls for the summer, she decides it’s a good time to
start over—especially since she’s about to turn thirteen. Little does she know,
this charmed town has a special birthday surprise in store for her.
Flyaway
by Lucy Christopher
Scholastic
From the author of Stolen
comes a story of hope and healing. Visiting her father at the hospital, Isla
meets the first boy who really understands her. But Harry is ill, and as his
health fails, Isla tries to lift his spirits, and her own.
Pie
by Sarah Weeks
Scholastic
Everyone hoped Alice would
inherit Aunt Polly’s secret pie crust recipes. But all Alice got in the will
was her surly cat Lardo. Now Alice has to remind everyone that Polly’s secret
ingredient wasn’t found on a shelf—before the battle over her legacy turns into
a full-fledged pie fight!
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
by Joe Schreiber
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Perry’s plan for an
unforgettable night at his band’s first gig is ruined when he has to take
dorky, unpopular Gobi, the foreign exchange student, to prom instead. But she
has a secret and their night goes from zero to sixty in seconds. Grab this book
and hang on!
Blood Wounds
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Willa is lucky; she has a
loving blended family that gets along. But when a bloody crime involving her
estranged father takes place hundreds of miles away, it has an explosive effect
on Willa’s peaceful life and threatens to take from her all she holds
dear. From the author of the Life
As We Knew It series.
hmhbooks.com
Click here for more deets on Bloodwounds
Lost Voices
by Sarah Porter
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Spellbinding, enchanting
and wildly original. A group of girls surrender
their humanity in the
darkest moments of their lives to become beautiful and powerful mermaids–caught
between longing to fit in and the burning desire for revenge.
Wisdom’s Kiss
by Catherine Gilbert
Murdock
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Princess Wisdom longs for
a life of adventure beyond the old kingdom of Montagne.
Tips, a soldier, longs to
keep his true identity a secret. Fortitude, an orphaned maid, longs only for
Tips. These three souls might attain their dreams–if they can stand each other
long enough to come up with a plan. From the author of the Dairy Queen trilogy.
hmhbooks.com
Hourglass
by Myra McEntire
Egmont USA
For Emerson Cole, life is
about seeing what isn’t there. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death,
she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. So when her
brother brings in a consultant from an organization called the Hourglass,
Emerson is willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not
only change her future, it may change her past.
myramcentire.com
Fury
by Elizabeth Miles
Simon Pulse
Sometimes sorry isn’t
enough…
It’s winter break in
Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks peaceful.
But not all is as it
seems. In Ascension, mistakes can be deadly. And three girls—three beautiful,
mysterious girls—are here to choose who will pay. Em and Chase have been
chosen.
thefuryseries.com
Virtuosity
by Jessica Martinez
Simon Pulse
Now is not the time for
Carmen to fall in love…especially with Jeremy. He is the only person who can
stand in the way of Carmen getting the one thing she wants most: to win. But
what if Jeremy isn’t just hot…what if Jeremy is better? Sometimes, being on top
just means you have a long way to fall…
jessicamartinez.com
pulseitbooks.com
Tiger’s Curse Book 1
by Colleen Houck
Splinter
Kelsey Hayes never thought
she’d spend her summer before college working at a circus—or trying to break a
300-year-old Indian curse. But when she befriends a mysterious white tiger
named Ren, she finds herself halfway around the world, fighting dark forces and
falling for a prince who leaves her completely breathless.
tigerscursebook.com
Tiger’s Quest Book 2
by Colleen Houck
Splinter
Back in Oregon, Kelsey
knows she must push aside her feelings for Ren and at least appear to be a
typical teenager. Home isn’t safe though, and if she wants to save the ones she
loves, she must return to India—only now with Ren’s bad-boy brother Kishan. And
this time, the evil Lokesh is waiting.
tigerscursebook.com
Tiger’s Voyage Book 3
by Colleen Houck
Splinter
As Kelsey and Ren confront
a new uncertainty of the heart,
she must decide between the two brothers. This time they reunite to
challenge five sly and unpredictable dragons. Danger, magic and love bring Kelsey
and her two tiger princes one step closer to breaking the curse.
tigerscursebook.com
Angel Burn
by L.A. Weatherly
Candlewick Press
They’re out for your
soul…and they don’t have heaven in mind. Don’t miss the first adventure in this
red-hot, action-packed paranormal romantic trilogy from Candlewick! Look for
Book Two, Angel Fire, in December.
facebook.com/angelbooktrilogy
candlewick.com
Misfit
by Jon Skovron
Amulet Books, an imprint
of ABRAMS
Are some girls just born
to cause trouble? As half-demon Jael unlocks her family’s dangerous history,
she deals with a vindictive Duke of Hell and a spacey yet intriguing skater boy
in this original paranormal novel.
jonskovron.com
amuletbooks.com
Reel Life Starring Us
by Lisa Greenwald
Amulet Books, an imprint
of ABRAMS
New to a school where
close-knit cliques rule, arty Dina makes a video with queen bee Chelsea in an
attempt to be popular. Her plan exposes the truth about social status in
this must-have back-to-school book.
amuletbooks.com
Ten Rules for Living with My Sister
by Ann M. Martin
Feiwel and Friends
Pearl and her sister are
totally different. Lexie is 13 and has a boyfriend. Pearl is 9 and her only
“boyfriend” is the family cat. Lexie is super popular. Pearl has one friend.
Suddenly, they’re forced to share a room! Will they learn how to get along?
Find out in this hilarious new book from the best-selling author of The
Baby-Sitter’s Club!
us.macmillan.com/tenrulesforlivingwithmysister
Dreamland
by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
The best-selling author of
Radiance continues the Riley Bloom series with Book Three! Riley is still
working hard to save lost souls, but now that she’s learned how dreams are
made, she wants to try to reach out to the one person on Earth who matters
most...her sister, Ever. Will it work? And is it too dangerous to try?
macteenbooks.com
Shimmer
by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
From the moment Riley
arrived in the afterlife, eternity has only gotten more interesting. She’s met
a ghost named Rebecca, who is trapped in her own anger and is a danger to everyone around her.
Can Riley help her? And will she risk everything to try? Find out in Book Two
of the Riley Bloom series by best-selling author Alyson Noël.
immortalsseries.com
macteenbooks.com
Radiance
by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
Don’t miss The New York
Times best-selling book that started the Riley Bloom series.
The author of the
Immortals series brings you an adventure featuring Ever’s younger sister,
Riley. Riley crossed the bridge to the afterlife and learned it’s not an
eternity of relaxing! Meet her dog Buttercup, and cute friend Bodhi, who’s
hiding something you’ll definitely want to find out.
immortalsseries.com
macteenbooks.com
The Iron Knight
by Julie Kagawa
Harlequin TEEN
Celebrate Teen Read Week
with The Iron Knight, book four of The New York Times best-selling The Iron Fey
series!
Winter Prince Ash gave up
everything for Meghan…and all for nothing. Unless he can earn his soul.
Relive the adventures with
The Iron King, The Iron Daughter and The Iron Queen!
Black, White, Other
by Joan Steinau Lester
Zondervan
Nina never thought much
about her biracial heritage—until her parents divorced. Now both of them are
asserting their cultural identity, and they want Nina to pick sides. Meanwhile,
in her hometown, racial tensions flare, and Nina feels caught in the battle.
Feeling conflicted and alone, Nina searches for wisdom and direction by turning to the story of
her great-great-grandmother’s escape from slavery.
Carrying Mason
by Joyce Magnin
Zonderkidz
Luna has learned a lot in
her 13 years—how to skin a rabbit, where to pick the perfect wildflowers, how
to gut a fish. But when her best friend Mason dies suddenly in an accident,
Luna has to learn to say goodbye. She moves in with Mason’s feeble-minded mother
and cooks, cleans, argues, compromises and finally finds a working
routine—until a distant aunt arrives and wants to lock Mason’s mother in a
mental institution.
zonderkidz.com
Sketchy Behavior
by Erynn Mangum
Zondervan
When Kate Carter’s art teacher
introduces forensic sketching, Kate’s photo-quality drawing helps police nab
the bad guy wanted for first-degree murder. She becomes the South Woodhaven
Falls Celebrity of the Year, and she’s loving every minute of it—until the
murderer escapes from jail and comes after Kate!
Drumroll, please! And the Teen Read Week 2011 winners are...
October 16: Duyen L. - Raceland, LA
October 17: Olivia M. - Rochester, MI
October 18: Andrea W. - Canyon Lake, CA
October 19: Emma F. - Lenexa, KS
October 20: Alicia G. - Merrimack, NH
October 21: Dana S. - Palm Desert, CA
October 22: Linniel S. - Bowling Green, KY
Congratulations! You'll receive an email soon with details about your prize. Thanks for joining Teen Read Week 2011!
BY GL ON 9/13/2011 12:00:00 AM