February 12, 2013 young adult book releases

By Megan CreweYA Post-ApocalytpicHardcover, 288 pages, Disney HyperionAfter the deadly virus destroyed Kaelyn’s community, she realizes no one is safe.  She breaks into her father’s lab, finding untested vaccine samples.  She and her friends leave town to try to find someone who can replicate it, but the world is a dangerous place and people are willing to kill for the vaccine.  How much will she risk for the unproven cure?By Richelle MeadYA Urban FantasyHardcover, 432 pages, RazorbillSydney is struggling with her Alchemist teachings and what her heart wants to do.  She meets rebellious Marcus Finch - an Achemist who escaped.  Marcus wants to teach her the secrets the Alchemists have been hiding.  As he pushes her to rebel, she finds that breaking free is harder than she thought.  When a magic user starts to target young witches, she needs to embrace her magical blood or risk being the next victim.By Christine JohnsonYA ParanormalHardcover, 352 pages, Simon PulseKeira’s having a breakdown.  She’s hallucinating; seeing a tree in her living room and a door hovering over the road.  Her parents are fighting and her best friend isn’t on speaking terms with her.  She only has Walker to turn to - and he can see the same things she sees.  But the closer they become, the more intense her visions get because Walker isn’t what he seems.View the list »
By Yelena BlackYA ParanormalHardcover, 447 pages, Bloomsbury USA Children’s BooksVanessa Adler has little hope of living up to her older sister’s reputation at the elite ballet school.  But when she dances, she loses herself in the music and breathes different air.  The world around her seemingly turns to flames.  When she attracts the attention of three men, and is asked to dance the lead as the Firebird, she has little idea that her dancing can turn deadly.

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These books are being released at the beginning of February 12, 2013. For other new releases, please see the links at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned for more February releases. Alternatively, more February releases can be found on the goodreads.com list.

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YA Dystopian:
“Override” by Heather Anastasiu (Glitch #2)
“Sever” by Lauren DeStafano (The Chemical Garden #3)

YA Fantasy/Steampunk:
“The Mirrored Shard” by Caitlin Kittredge (Iron Codex #3)

YA Gothic:
“Mistle Child” by Ari Berk (The Undertaken #2)

YA Historical Fiction:
“Out of The Easy” by Ruta Sepetys

YA Paranormal:
"Dance of Shadows" by Yelena Black
“The Gathering Dark” by Christine Johnson
“Notes from Ghost Town” by Kate Ellison
“Pivot Point” by Kasie West (Pivot Point #1)

YA Post-Apocalyptic:
“The Lives We Lost” by Megan Crewe (Fallen World #2)

YA Urban Fantasy:
“The Indigo Spell” by Richelle Mead (Bloodlines #3)
“Revel” by Maurissa Guibord

These list only contains brief summaries of the stories. For more information and reviews, please check out the individual titles on goodreads.com. You can purchase any of the February 2013 releases from amazon.com.

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  • By Yelena BlackYA ParanormalHardcover, 447 pages, Bloomsbury USA Children’s BooksVanessa Adler has little hope of living up to her older sister’s reputation at the elite ballet school.  But when she dances, she loses herself in the music and breathes different air.  The world around her seemingly turns to flames.  When she attracts the attention of three men, and is asked to dance the lead as the Firebird, she has little idea that her dancing can turn deadly.
  • By Christine JohnsonYA ParanormalHardcover, 352 pages, Simon PulseKeira’s having a breakdown.  She’s hallucinating; seeing a tree in her living room and a door hovering over the road.  Her parents are fighting and her best friend isn’t on speaking terms with her.  She only has Walker to turn to - and he can see the same things she sees.  But the closer they become, the more intense her visions get because Walker isn’t what he seems.
  • By Richelle MeadYA Urban FantasyHardcover, 432 pages, RazorbillSydney is struggling with her Alchemist teachings and what her heart wants to do.  She meets rebellious Marcus Finch - an Achemist who escaped.  Marcus wants to teach her the secrets the Alchemists have been hiding.  As he pushes her to rebel, she finds that breaking free is harder than she thought.  When a magic user starts to target young witches, she needs to embrace her magical blood or risk being the next victim.
  • By Megan CreweYA Post-ApocalytpicHardcover, 288 pages, Disney HyperionAfter the deadly virus destroyed Kaelyn’s community, she realizes no one is safe.  She breaks into her father’s lab, finding untested vaccine samples.  She and her friends leave town to try to find someone who can replicate it, but the world is a dangerous place and people are willing to kill for the vaccine.  How much will she risk for the unproven cure?
  • By Caitlin KittredgeYA SteampunkHardcover, 304 pages, Delacorte Books for Young ReadersDeath won’t stop Aoife Grayson from winning back her love, Dean.  In order to bring back the dead, she has to go to the Deadlands, something she cannot do on her own.  But she knows that Tremaine and the queen are determined to keep her out.  Problem for them is:  Aoife’s willing to kill to get Dean back.
  • By Ari BerkYA GothicHardcover, 352 pages, Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersSilas Umber is now the Undertaker of Lichport when an invitation calls him to Arvale, the ancestral manor of the Umbers.  The family has been waiting for a new Undertaker to preside over the Door Doom, a rite that binds the dead in judgement.  Silas is to assume the position and watch the threshold.  But spirits grow restless, hungry for vengeance on the family of Umber for harsh judgements.  Silas must overcome his family’s history to prove them wrong.
  • By Kate EllisonYA ParanormalHardcover, 336 pages, EgmontUSASixteen-year-old Olivia Tithe is visited by the ghost of her first love, Lucas Stern.  Through scattered images, notes left behind, she tries to unravel the mystery of his death.  But she’s gone colorblind, and Olivia fears she’s going crazy just like her mother.  She can’t explain the things she sees, or the things she feels for someone who isn’t really there.  The murder trial is nine days away, and she must find the truth, no matter how painful the past is.
  • By Ruta SepetysYA Historical FictionHardcover, 348 pages, Philomel BooksIn the French Quarter of 1950 New Orleans, Josie Moraine is the daughter of a brothel prostitute.  But she wants more out of life than what that has to offer.  When she tries to get out, she finds herself wrapped in a mysterious death.  The investigation makes Josie challenger her mother, conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street.  Caught between the dream of college and an underworld, New Orleans lures her to her quest for truth, dangling temptations at every turn.
  • By Heather AnastasiuYA DystopianPaperback, 320 pages, St. Martin’s GriffinZoe is free from the enslavement of the Community, but she is far from safe.  Zoe and Adrien hide at the Foundation, and academy that trains teen glitches to fight with the Resistance.  Together, they must risk their lives to rescue other glitchers and humans from the Chancellor’s control.  Adrien has become haunted by visions of the future, adding to the certainty of defeat.  As Zoe fights, she realizes that betrayal might be the one thing that brings the Foundation down from the inside.
  • By Kasie WestYA ParanormalHardcover, 320 pages, HarperTeenAs a Searcher, Addie has always been able to look six weeks into the future and see both outcomes.  When her parents get a divorced, she is faced with a choice:  Go with her father and live amongst the Norms outside the paranormal Compound, or stay in the life she’s always known with her mother.  One search proves that it won’t be an easy choice.  As a Norm, Addie meets Trever, a cute, sensitive artist who understands her.  In the Compound, she is pursued by the hottest guy in school, but she never intended on being a quarterback’s girlfriend.  When her father consults on a murder for the Compound, Addie’s choice becomes even harder.  There’s love and loss in both lives, but which she chooses will depend on who she can’t live without.
  • By Maurissa GuibordYA Urban FantasyHardcover, 256 pages, Delacorte Books for Young ReadersTrespass Island is home to a community of guarded secrets and can’t be found on any modern map.  While Delia grew up in Kansas, she has come here in search of answers and her family.  Delia’s not welcome and finds herself in a frightening supernatural world.  Sean Gunn befriends Delia and seems ready to risk his life for her.  But it’s Jax, an elusive young man, who finally makes her realize the full dangers of the island.  Delia has to fight to survive because of the monsters here.  And no one ever leaves Trespass alive.
  • By Lauren DeStafanoYA DystopianHardcover, 384 pages, Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersRhine’s on a clock and is desperate for answers.  After enduring Vaughn’s worst, she finds an alliance in his brother named Reed.  He takes her in, but soon finds herself wrapped up in her past.  Gabriel haunts her memories, Cecily tries to stay by her side, and Linden’s feelings are caught between them.  Meanwhile, Rowan’s involvement in the resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something terrible.  What she discovers has alarming implications for her future, and explains the past her parents never were able to.
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