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Author: Lurlene McDaniel Publication: June 14, 2016   By: Delacorte Press   Amazon | B&N | Goodreads   This emotionally-charged novel about three high school seniors who in the midst of planning their futures after high school are instead faced with present circumstances that force them to grasp what it means to make choices, take responsibility, and truly become an adult.   Lani Kennedy has dreamed of becoming a nurse since her cousin Arie died of leukemia. Nothing will stop her from getting into the local nursing program. Dawson Burke hasn’t dealt with his mom’s death, and he’s angry at his dad for moving them to Windemere right before senior year. He grudgingly accepts that he must wait till graduation before he leaves. Sloan Quentin can belt out a song and knows that her band is her ticket to fame and fortune. When she discovers that her boyfriend—the band’s lead guitarist—is cheating on her, she finds comfort—and revenge—in someone els...

Author: Julie Buxbaum Publication: April 15, 2016 By: Delacorte Press Amazon | B&N | Goodreads  What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met? Julie Buxbaum mixes comedy and tragedy, love and loss, pain and elation, in her debut YA novel whose characters will come to feel like friends. Tell Me Three Things will appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart. Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago—the closest place she has to something like home—she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help? The thing is, Jessie does need help. It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and bec...

Series: The Maze Runner #2 Author: James Dashner Publication: August 4, 2015 By: Delacorte Press Amazon | Goodreads Delacorte Press is pleased to announce the movie tie-in edition of THE SCORCH TRIALS, book two in James Dashner’s #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER SERIES. Available in hardcover ($18.99), paperback ($10.99), and eBook ($10.99), THE SCORCH TRIALS movie tie-in edition will be on sale August 4, in advance of the Twentieth Century Fox film adaptation release on September 18. The Maze Runner series has sold 10.7 million copies in all formats, and the paperback edition of the movie tie-in will carry a first printing of 500,000 copies.  The movie tie-in edition of The Scorch Trials includes the original novel and features movie art on the cover, as well as an 8-page full-color insert with photos from the film and a foreword by director Wes Ball. The paperback edition will also include a sticker. The Maze Runner movie, which debuted last fall, was an i...

SHOW AND PROVE by Sofia Quintero A heartrending coming-of-age story about two boys finding their way in the South Bronx in the mid-1980s.   “The story is powerful and thought-provoking, an homage to a climactic hip-hop era, when friends are caught between aspirations and predetermined social disadvantages. A must-read for fans of Walter Dean Myer’s All the Right Stuff and other lovers of proud urban realism.” — Kirkus Reviews SHOW AND PROVE (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers | On sale July 14, 2015 | Ages 12 and up | $17.99) by Sofia Quintero set in the South Bronx in the 1980s, when this neighborhood was the poster child for hip-hop, urban blight, and the AIDS epidemic. SHOW AND PROVE is the perfect introduction to a critical time in the urban landscape, while critically acclaimed Quintero’s storytelling is accessible and compelling.   Summer for Raymond “Smiles” King is not off to a good start. He’s supposed to be the assi...

Series: The Dispossessed #3 Author: Page Morgan Publication: April 14, 2015 By: Delacorte Press Amazon | B&N | Goodreads   LOVED.IT.SO.HARD. For fans of Lauren Kate's Fallen series comes the exciting conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Beautiful and the Cursed and The Lovely and the Lost . The Waverly sisters must save themselves before all is lost. Since the Waverlys arrived in Paris, the streets have grown more fearsome by the day. As Ingrid learns to master her lectrux gift, she must watch Axia's power grow strong enough to extend beyond her Underneath hive. By all indications, the fallen angel's Harvest is near-and the timing couldn't be worse. Targeted by vengeful gargoyles, Gabby has been exiled to London for her own protection. Meanwhile, the gargoyle castes are in disarray, divided between those who want Luc to lead them and those who resent him and his fondness for humans. The Alliance is crumbling from the inside as wel...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   The Wondrous and the Wicked (The Dispossessed #3)     Author: Page Morgan Expected Publication: April 14, 2015 By: Delacorte Press     For fans of Lauren Kate's Fallen series comes the exciting conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Beautiful and the Cursed and The Lovely and the Lost . The Waverly sisters must save themselves before all is lost. Since the Waverlys arrived in Paris, the streets have grown more fearsome by the day. As Ingrid learns to master her lectrux gift, she must watch Axia's power grow strong enough to extend beyond her Underneath hive. By all indications, the fallen angel's Harvest is near-and the timing couldn't be worse. Targeted by vengeful gargoyles, Gabby has been exiled to London for her own protection. Meanwhile, the gargoyle castes are in disarray, d...

Author: E. Lockhart Publication: May 13, 2014 By: Delacorte Press Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads 3.75 Stars A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. Thank you Random House, Delacorte Press and Netgalley for this eARC.   This is one of those stories that is really hard to review because I don't want to spoil anything! I went into this with certain expectations. The title lends itself to so many different interpretations but this wasn't anything I imagined it would be either in plot or prose. I did consider DNF'ing it because trying to get a grasp of Cadence...