March 2013 young adult book releases: Paranormal (psychic powers)

Title: The Nightmare Affair (The Arkwell Academy #1)Author:  Mindee ArnettRelease date: March 5, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  367 pagesPublisher: Tor TeenDusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, as a literal Nightmare.  As the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a magic boarding school, she has to follow in her mother’s infamous shadow.  That’s hard enough, but she sneaks into Eli Booker’s house and things get more complicated.  He’s really attractive, and invading his dreams seems much more personal.  But Eli is dreaming of a murder, and his dreams comes true.  Dusty must follow the clues to stop the killer before she becomes his next target.Purchase here.Title:  The MurmuringsAuthor:  Carly Anne WestRelease date: March 5, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  384 pagesPublisher:  Simon PulseEveryone thinks that Nell went crazy and committed suicide, but her sister, Sophie, starts to hear the same voices.  Sophie is convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.  As she starts to piece together Nell’s last days, she unravels a web of lies.  As she digs deeper, she gets into more danger - and the same haunting whispers circle her brain.  The question is, which is worse:  going crazy or the voices being real?Purchase here.Title: Impostor (Slide #2)Author:  Jill HathawayRelease date: March 26, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  278 pagesPublisher:  Balzer + Bray for HarperCollinsVee’s gift of sliding - slipping into the mind of another person - has been somewhat under control since she witnessed her classmates dying six years ago.  She hopes that things will go back to normal, but her relationship with Rollins, her best friend, heats up.  But she has a strange experience, losing consciousness and waking up over the body of the boy who took advantage of her last year is just the beginning.  She suspects someone else has the ability to slide, and that this slider is using Vee to get revenge.Purchase here.View the list »
Title:  17 & GoneAuthor: Nova Ren SumaRelease date: March 21, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  352 pagesPublisher:  Dutton JuvenileGirls are going missing, and seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions.  They all have one thing in common:  17 and gone without a trace.  Lauren struggles to rid herself of the visions.  Why are they speaking to her?  And is it possible for her to help them?  Worse: is she next?  While searching for clues, everything falls apart.  A brush with death lands her in the hospital, along with the shocking truth.Purchase here.

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These books are being released in March 2013. All of these young adult releases have paranormal elements, specifically dealing with things in the mind. 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:  17 & GoneAuthor: Nova Ren SumaRelease date: March 21, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  352 pagesPublisher:  Dutton JuvenileGirls are going missing, and seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions.  They all have one thing in common:  17 and gone without a trace.  Lauren struggles to rid herself of the visions.  Why are they speaking to her?  And is it possible for her to help them?  Worse: is she next?  While searching for clues, everything falls apart.  A brush with death lands her in the hospital, along with the shocking truth.Purchase here.
  • Title: Impostor (Slide #2)Author:  Jill HathawayRelease date: March 26, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  278 pagesPublisher:  Balzer + Bray for HarperCollinsVee’s gift of sliding - slipping into the mind of another person - has been somewhat under control since she witnessed her classmates dying six years ago.  She hopes that things will go back to normal, but her relationship with Rollins, her best friend, heats up.  But she has a strange experience, losing consciousness and waking up over the body of the boy who took advantage of her last year is just the beginning.  She suspects someone else has the ability to slide, and that this slider is using Vee to get revenge.Purchase here.
  • Title:  The MurmuringsAuthor:  Carly Anne WestRelease date: March 5, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  384 pagesPublisher:  Simon PulseEveryone thinks that Nell went crazy and committed suicide, but her sister, Sophie, starts to hear the same voices.  Sophie is convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.  As she starts to piece together Nell’s last days, she unravels a web of lies.  As she digs deeper, she gets into more danger - and the same haunting whispers circle her brain.  The question is, which is worse:  going crazy or the voices being real?Purchase here.
  • Title: The Nightmare Affair (The Arkwell Academy #1)Author:  Mindee ArnettRelease date: March 5, 2013Format:  HardcoverLength:  367 pagesPublisher: Tor TeenDusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, as a literal Nightmare.  As the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a magic boarding school, she has to follow in her mother’s infamous shadow.  That’s hard enough, but she sneaks into Eli Booker’s house and things get more complicated.  He’s really attractive, and invading his dreams seems much more personal.  But Eli is dreaming of a murder, and his dreams comes true.  Dusty must follow the clues to stop the killer before she becomes his next target.Purchase here.
  • Title:  Unremembered (Unremembered #1)Author:  Jessica BrodyRelease date: March 5, 2013Format: HardcoverLength:  320 pagesPublisher:  Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (BYR)No one thought they would find any survivors when Freedom Airlines flight 121 goes down into the Pacific Ocean.  It is strange when a sixteen-year-old girl shows up alive.  She can’t remember anything, and worse, no one can identify her.  Her DNA and fingerprints cannot be traced.  Seraphina struggles to piece together her past and discover who she is, but each clue leads to more questions.  She discovers some abilities she has that she doesn’t understand.  One boy claims he knows her - that they were in love.  But can she trust him?  Will be be able to protect her from the people who are trying to make her forget?Purchase here.
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