Title: Earthdust Author: Gary Blackburn Publisher: Black Rose Writing Release Date: August 26, 2010 ISBN: 978-1935605614 Size: 212 pages, 6×9, paperback Genre: Science Fiction Escaping death from a roadside exploding car, Aaron James retrieves, from a dying college professor, a mystery disc containing secret information about the future of Planet Earth. A quick goodbye to his fiancée, Laura, Aaron races his Z400 to Utah, while […]
Title: Curse of the Bizarro Beetle (Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys, #2) Author: Julie Gardner Berry Illustrator: Sally Faye Gardner Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Release Date: August 12, 2010 ISBN: 978-0448453606 Size: 208 pages, 5×7, softcover Genre: Middle Grade Graphic Novel Series: The Rat Brain Fiasco This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award. With Cody’s archnemesis, Headmaster Farley, banished from the school, Cody […]
Title: The Rat Brain Fiasco (Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys, #1) Author: Julie Gardner Berry Illustrator: Sally Faye Gardner Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Release Date: August 12, 2010 ISBN: 978-0448453590 Size: 208 pages, 5×7, softcover Genre: Middle Grade Graphic Novel This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award. When Cody Mack is called to the principal’s office yet again, he finds something far worse […]
Title: Winning Mr. Wrong Author: Marie Higgins Publisher: Walnut Springs Release Date: August 2, 2010 ISBN: 978-1935217763 Size: 352 pages, 6×9, hardcover Genre: Romantic Comedy Read excerpt here. View trailer here. Will an internet list help Charley win her man? Whoever said the quest for love wasn’t comical never met Charlene Randall. Charley is looking for a man who wants to start a family, a […]
Turning sixteen should mean driving, dating, and breaking curfew. It should never mean certain death. Arrabella’s excitement for her upcoming birthday is swallowed up by not only her dismay at being moved to a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere, but by the terror of the dreams that assault her every night. Stalking her dreams, the raven haired beauty warns her, taunts her, […]
Title: No Place to Hide Author: Kristoffer Neff Publisher: Granite Release Date: August, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59936-061-4 Size: 244 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Suspense? YA? Orphaned! Abandoned! Running for their lives! A great thud hit the front door shaking the dust loose from around the frame. Panicked, Jerry turned to the boys, Hide! Thus begins an adventure that takes brothers, Alex and Simon, far from Phoenix […]
Title: Intrinsical Author: Lani Woodland Publisher: Pendrell Publishing Release Date: August 20, 2010 ISBN: 978-0982729700 Size: 298 pages, 6×9, hardcover Genre: YA Fantasy Book website with pdf excerpt & trailer. Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up […]
Title: Glimpse Author: Carol Lynch Williams Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books Release Date: June 22, 2010 ISBN: 978-1416997306 Size: 496 pages, hardcover Genre: YA In one momentit is over.In one momentit is gone. The morning growsthin, greyand our lives-how they were-have vanished.Our lives havechanged when I walk inon Lizziemy sisterholding a shotgun. Twelve year old girl Hope’s life is turned upside down when her […]
Title: Dizzy Fantastic and Her Flying Bicycle Author: Andrew Hueller Publisher: Bonneville (CFI) Release Date: August 12, 2010 ISBN: 978-1599553955 Size: 160 pages, 5.5×7, paperback Genre: Middle Grade Not eligible for a Whitney Award. Read an excerpt here. The kids at school make fun of her, her brother thinks she’s annoying, and her parents are always busy at their ice cream shop. It isn’t until […]
Title: Defensive Tactics Author: Steve Westover Publisher: Cedar Fort Release Date: August 12, 2010 ISBN: 978-1599554457 Size: 256 pages, 6×9, paperback Genre: Suspense Read Chapter 1 here. Paul Stephens has it all–a wonderful job at the FBI, a new girlfriend, and a great apartment. Even when Jimmy, a friend from his past, unexpectedly ends up on his couch, Paul has no worries. But when arresting […]