Title: Wild Awake Author: Hilary T. Smith Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Music, Romance, Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: October 1st, 2013 Pages: 375 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate …
Title: Sia Author: Josh Grayson Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Social Change, Coming of Age, New Adult Publisher: self-published Publication Date: November 2013 Pages: 193 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): When seventeen-year-old Sia wakes up on a park bench, she has no idea who or where she is. Yet after a week of being homeless, she’s reunited with her …
Title: Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) Author: Katie McGarry Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: December 2013 Pages: 464 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that’s who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her …
Title: Game Plan Author: Natalie Corbett Sampson Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult, Publisher: Fierce Ink Press Date Published: November 2013 Pages: 360 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Just because the play goes wrong, doesn’t mean you quit the game. Ella Parker seems to have everything: great friends, an awesome family and a star position on …
Title: The Disgrace of Kitty Grey Author: Mary Hooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: June 2013 Pages: 288 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Kitty has a comfortable life as a country milkmaid. She is well looked after by the family who live up at the great house, and she enjoys …
Title: Diamonds are a Teen’s Best Friend (Living Blond series #1) Author: Allison Rushby Genre: Contemporary Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Allison Rushby Publication Date: November 1st, 2013 Pages: 138 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Nessa Joanne Mulholland, aka Marilyn Monroe’s No. 1 teenage fan, is used to moving house. This time, however, she’s relocating in movie-star …
Title: So Into You (The Jane Austen Academy #2) Author: Cecilia Gray Genre: Contempoary Romance, Young Adult, Retelling Publisher: Gray Life LLC Publication Date: November 6th, 2013 Pages: 149 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Sweet and sensible Ellie hasn’t met a problem her mom’s yoga mantras can’t fix. But when Ellie’s parents threaten to pull her from …
Title: The Isobel Journal Author: Isobel Harrop Genre: Art Journal, Realistic, Young Adult, Non-fiction, British Publisher: Hot Key Books Publication Date: November 2013 Pages: 208 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): THE ISOBEL JOURNAL is no ordinary snapshot of a contemporary teenage life. A charming and vivid narrative scrapbook of the eighteen-year-old author’s sketches, mini-graphic novels, photographs …
I’m delighted today to be interviewing the author of Destiny, Cindy Ray Hale, today on the blog. She took the time out of the busy life to answer a few of my questions about Destiny. musicals and writing. Title: Destiny (The Destiny Trilogy #1) Author: Cindy Ray Hale Genre: Contemporary Romance, Young Adult, Christian Fiction …
Title: Unchosen (The Reaper Diaries #2) Author: Michele Vail Genre: Egyptian Mythology, Young Adult, Paranormal, Publisher: A Freeman Publication Publication Date: 29th October 2013 Pages: 194 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I thought the worst of my reaper training was behind me… turns out I was wrong. Dead wrong. Molly Bartolucci has done a lot of …