For the Love of YA

30 November 2015

New YA Books for November 2015

Here are some new YA titles for the month of November!

Contemporary
² All the Major Constellations by Pratima Cranse
²Traffick (Tricks #2) by Ellen Hopkins
² Violent Ends by Shaun David Hutchinson
² A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern
² The Firebug of Balrog County by David Oppegaard
² Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D Schmidt
² All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder
² Young Man With Camera by Emil Sher
² The Lies About Truth by Courtney C. Stevens
² Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Historical Fiction

² The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
² The Many Lives of John Stone by Linda Buckley-Archer
² These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
² Juba! by Walter Dean Myers
² The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones

Based on a True Story
² Chasing Forgiveness by Neal Shusterman

Realistic Fiction

²Losers Take All by David Klass
²All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

Horror

²Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics

Thriller

²The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong
²The Detour by S.A. Bodeen

²Need by Joelle Charbonneau
²We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean

Mystery:

² The Murder of an Angel (Confessions #4) by James Patterson

² Beastly Bones (Jackaby #2) by William Ritter
² Trust Me, I'm Trouble (Trust Me #2) by Mary Elizabeth

Mythology:

² A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond
² Triple Moon (The Beauchamp Family #4) by Melissa De la Cruz

Adventure:

² Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix

Fantasy:

²Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo
²Crushed (The Witch-Game #1) by Kasi Blake
²An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet
²The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter #1) by Virginia Boecker
²Persuasion (The Heirs of Watson Island #2) by Martina Boone
²Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga #3) by Jennifer Donnelly
²The Iron Warrior (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten#3) by Julie Kagawa
²The Queen's Choice (Heirs of Chrior #1) by Cayla Kluver
²The Empty Throne (Heirs of Chrior #2) by Cayla Kluver
²Soundless by Richelle Mead
²The Caretaker's Guide to Fablehaven (Fablehaven Series) by Brandon Mull
²The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
²Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
²Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1 - Illustrated Edition) by J.K. Rowling
²It's a Wonderful Death by Sarah J. Schmitt

Supernatural

²Unforgiven (Fallen #5) by Lauren Kate
²The Rose Society (The Young Elites #2) by Marie Lu
²The Devil and Winnie Flynn by Micol Ostow
²Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young

Fairy Tale Retelling
²The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
²Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer

Science Fiction
²Wild Sky (Night Sky #2) by Suzanne Brockmann
²Sky Key (Endgame#2) by James Frey
²Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
²No True Echo by Gareth P. Jones
²Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman
²Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl

Dystopian
²Through the Dark ("The Darkest Minds" series - Short Stories) by Alexandra Bracken
²MARTians by Blythe Woolston

Paranormal

²Life and Death; Twilight Tenth Anniversary (Twilight Series) by Stephenie Meyer
²A Mad Zombie Party (White Rabbit Chronicles #4) by Gena Showalter

Steampunk:

²Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School #4) by Gail Carriger
²The Conjurer's Riddle (The Inventor's Secret #2) by Andrea R. Cremer

Romance:

²Happily Ever After (companion to "The Selection" series) by Kiera Cass
²Either the Beginning or the End of the World by Terry Farish
²Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
²Diamonds are Forever (The Secret Diamond Sisters #3) by Michelle Madow
²First & Then by Emma Mills

17 November 2015

Teen Authors & Publishing Your Own Work as a Teen

Created this display showing authors who were published as teens and books on publishing your own work:

Here are some resources for teens looking to get their own work published:

http://www.teenink.com/Resources/PublishingR.php

They provide resources on publishing a variety of teen work including:

Artwork/Cartoons
Essays/Creative Nonfiction
Fiction Writing
Journalism
Photography
Poetry Writing

See interviews with some teen authors over on this blog.

http://teenwrite.org/

TEENWrite is a community where we

Support one another’s writing
Gain fluency in the language of fiction and poetry
Take our own work seriously

http://goteenwriters.blogspot.com/

Provides encouragement, instruction, and a community for teen writers
They also have a handy step-by-step guide to getting published

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/teenagers/writing-tips/

Provides some general writing tips for teens.

02 February 2015

Rogue Wave

Series: Book #2 Waterfire Saga
ISBN: 9781423182009

Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Publication Date: January 6th 2015
Number of Pages: 313
Source: Local Library
Goodreads Summary: Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis. The ancient evil that destroyed Atlantis is stirring again, and only the mermaids can defeat it. To do so, they need to find magical talismans that belonged to the Six.
Serafina believes her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. While researching its location, she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. . . . The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating.

Neela travels to Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world. But they find her story outlandish; a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber for rest and recovery. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons.

As they hunt for their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning they didn't know they possessed. They face down danger and death, only to endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave.

Rating

*This review contains spoilers for the first three books in the series.

This is book 2 in the Waterfire Saga series. We join Serafina and her friends in a search for the six talismans belonging to the original six mages. Serafina discovers her feelings for the mermaid Blu, a member of the Praedatori are warranted because he is Mahdi in disguise! She teams up with him to lead the Black Fin resistance, where we are introduced to the cute little character of a girl mermaid, Coco.

I only gave book one, Deep Blue, 2.5 stars because of the jarring way the POVs were handled. This book developed the storyline better and the different POVs transitioned more smoothly. We still only focus mainly on Serafina and Neela, which is disappointing (but SPOILER – book three, Dark Tide, lets us in on all the other girls and their journeys.)

Mahdi must risk his life to go undercover:

“There are things in this world worse than death” -Mahdi to Sera, pg 252

I love how much Serafina grows in this book:

“Serafina’s back was straight, her head was high. There was a dangerous new light in her eyes.” -pg 294

You do not see the ending coming. Ling gets captured by Rafe Laoro Mfeme and if you rearrange his name, you’ll discover who this villain truly is!

Overall, this was a good second book and I do recommend going on to book three. The fourth book, Sea Spell, is due out June 14th next year.