March 2013 young adult book releases: Mystery, thrillers, and horror

Title:  Scowler Author:  Daniel KrausRelease date: March 12, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  304 pagesPublisher:  Delacorte Books for Young ReadersRy Burke and his family barely scrape by on their dying farm.  He wishes for something to take away the grim memories of his father’s abuse.  When a meteorite falls from the sky, it brings a fragment of another world and a ruthless man, bent on destroying his family.  Ry must defend himself by relying on his imaginary childhood protectors.  Purchase here.Title:  Pretty Girl-13Author:  Liz ColeyRelease date: March 19, 2013Format: HardcoverLength: 352 pagesPublisher:  Katherine Tegen BooksSixteen-year-old Angie Chapman needs to piece together her own story of kidnapping and abuse.  She was taken when she was 13, and to the rest of the world, she was found.  But to herself, she’s still missing, and she still needs to heal.Purchase here.Title:  PanicAuthor:  Sharon M. DraperRelease date: March 12, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  272 pagesPublisher:  Atheneum Books for Young ReadersDiamond knows she shouldn’t get in a car with a stranger, but when a handsome man who claims to be casting a movie asks her, she makes the wrong decision.  She’s kidnapped and held captive, forced to face horrors she’s never dreamed.  Her friends and family desperately wait to hear any news of her whereabouts.Purchase here.View the list »
Title:  If You Find MeAuthor:  Emily MurdochRelease date: March 26, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  256 pagesPublisher:  St. Martin’s GriffinCarey’s only home has been with her younger sister, Janessa, in a broken-down camper deep in the national forest.  Their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency, and the sisters depend on each other.  But when her mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive, the girls find themselves thrust into school and the unknown.  Carey must face facts of why her mother abducted her years ago, and figure of the dark secrets that may include why Jenessa stopped talking a year ago.Purchase here.

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These books are being released in March 2013. They all have some suspenseful element to them. For other new releases, please see the links at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned for more March releases. Alternatively, more March releases can be found on the goodreads.com list.

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  • Title:  If You Find MeAuthor:  Emily MurdochRelease date: March 26, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  256 pagesPublisher:  St. Martin’s GriffinCarey’s only home has been with her younger sister, Janessa, in a broken-down camper deep in the national forest.  Their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency, and the sisters depend on each other.  But when her mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive, the girls find themselves thrust into school and the unknown.  Carey must face facts of why her mother abducted her years ago, and figure of the dark secrets that may include why Jenessa stopped talking a year ago.Purchase here.
  • Title:  PanicAuthor:  Sharon M. DraperRelease date: March 12, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  272 pagesPublisher:  Atheneum Books for Young ReadersDiamond knows she shouldn’t get in a car with a stranger, but when a handsome man who claims to be casting a movie asks her, she makes the wrong decision.  She’s kidnapped and held captive, forced to face horrors she’s never dreamed.  Her friends and family desperately wait to hear any news of her whereabouts.Purchase here.
  • Title:  Pretty Girl-13Author:  Liz ColeyRelease date: March 19, 2013Format: HardcoverLength: 352 pagesPublisher:  Katherine Tegen BooksSixteen-year-old Angie Chapman needs to piece together her own story of kidnapping and abuse.  She was taken when she was 13, and to the rest of the world, she was found.  But to herself, she’s still missing, and she still needs to heal.Purchase here.
  • Title:  Scowler Author:  Daniel KrausRelease date: March 12, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  304 pagesPublisher:  Delacorte Books for Young ReadersRy Burke and his family barely scrape by on their dying farm.  He wishes for something to take away the grim memories of his father’s abuse.  When a meteorite falls from the sky, it brings a fragment of another world and a ruthless man, bent on destroying his family.  Ry must defend himself by relying on his imaginary childhood protectors.  Purchase here.
  • Title:  When We WakeAuthor:  Karen HealeyRelease date: March 5, 2013Format: HardcoverLength: 304 pagesPublisher:  Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersTegan is just like every other girl in 2027.  She loves guitar, she’s falling in love, and she’s protesting the wrongs against the world.  On the best day of her life, she dies and wakes up 100 years in the future.  Tegan is the first cryonically frozen and successfully revived person, which makes her a bit of a celebrity.  The future isn’t what she hoped it would be, and she must either keep her head down and survive, or risk her life fighting for a better future.Purchase here.
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