Title: The Soul Alliance: The Thorn of Gooze Author: Charles Streams Publisher: Central Orb Publishing (self) Release Date: March 11, 2009 ISBN: 978-0981881829 Size: 566 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: YA Fantasy Series: Respites of Power (v1) Roger Torrents, Israel Mckinley, and the Soul Alliance are on the search for the Ancient Treasures of Chanulville that have been scattered in different ruins throughout Mexico and protected […]
Title: Taken by Storm Author: Angela Morrison Publisher: Penguin/Razorbill Release Date: March 5, 2009 ISBN: 978-1595142382 Size: 292 pages, hardcover Genre: YA, Romance Leesie Hunt has many rules: No kissing. No sex. No dating outside the Mormon faith. When Michael Walden—a deep-sea diver who lost his parents in a violent hurricane—arrives in town, Leesie sees someone who needs her. They fall for one another, even […]
Title: Everything Is Fine Author: Ann Dee Ellis Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Release Date: March 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0316013642 Size: 160 pages, hardcover Genre: Middle Grade READ THE REVIEW Stuck at home caring for her severely depressed mother and abandoned by her father, Mazzy has only the day-to-day dramas of her neighborhood to keep her busy. But between flirting with the boy next door […]
Title: Amaranth Enchantment Author: Julie Berry Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Release Date: March 3, 2009 ISBN: 978-1599903347 Size: 320 pages, hardcover Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy When Lucinda Chapdelaine was a small child, her parents left for the royal ball and never returned. Ever since, Lucinda has been stuck in perpetual servitude at her evil aunt’s jewelry store. Then, on the very same day, a […]
Title: Just One Wish Author: Janette Rallison Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Release Date: March 5, 2009 ISBN: 978-0399246180 Size: 272 pages, hardcover Genre: YA, Romance Seventeen-year-old Annika Truman knows about the power of positive thinking. With a little brother who has cancer, it’s all she ever hears about. And in order to help Jeremy, she will go to the ends of the earth (or at least […]
Title: The Hunt for Dark Infinity (The 13th Reality, vol 2) Author: James Dashner Publisher: Shadow Mountain Release Date: March 4, 2009 ISBN: 978-1606410349 Size: 464 pages, hardback Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Series: The Journal of Curious Letters It’s been a quiet summer for Tick, Paul, and Sofia, but the latest message from Master George changes everything. The Realities are in danger and from something […]
Title: Shackles of Honor Author: Marcia Lynn McClure Publisher: Distractions Inc Release Date: February 23, 2009 ISBN: 978-0982192146 Size: 356 pages, 6c9, softcover Genre: Romance Cassidy Shea’s life was nothing if not serene. Loving parents and a doting brother provided happiness and innocent hope as life’s experience. Yes, life was blissful at Cassidy’s beloved home, Terrill. Still, for all Terrill’s beauty and tranquility, ever there […]
Title: Missing Pieces Author: Jeni Grossman Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Release Date: ISBN: 978-1598116434 Size: 6×9, softcover Genre: Mystery/Suspense CNN reporter Dulcey Moore kisses her children goodbye and flies to the Middle East to document history in the making: the excavation of a magnificent golden goddess statue in the fallen city of Zeugma, Turkey. Yet when terrorists attack her entourage, a perilous political plot is […]
Title: Winds of Hope Author: Anita Stansfield Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Date: February 2009 ISBN: 978-1598117288 Size: 360 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Romance Series: The Sound of Rain, A Distant Thunder When it came time for Will and Elizabeth to leave, Jayson felt like a lost child, alone and terrified. Elizabeth whispered near his ear, “I will be praying for you constantly. God will get […]
Title: Torn Apart Author: Diony George Publisher: Cedar Fort/Bonneville Books Release Date: February 10, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-59955-244-6 Size: 256 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: General Alyson thinks her life is perfect. Hectic and tiring, of course, but no more so than any other wife and mother of four boys. But with her husband becoming increasingly distant, Alyson wonders if there s something she s doing wrong. […]