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Friday, May 4, 2012

BEA Booklist Announced!

A list has been compiled by Publishers Weekly of the galley's that will be available this year at BEA. It's times likes these that I wish I lived in America!

I thought I would share with you the titles I am most looking forward to this year. And, you know, if anyone wants to get me any of these, that would be beyond awesome ;)

Every Day by David Levithan
(28th August)
A genderless entity named “A” wakes up in a new body each day.

Speechless by Hannah Harrington
(28th August)
A high school gossip loses her queen-bee throne and takes a vow of silence.

Henry Franks by Peter Adam Salomon
(September)
A scarred and motherless teenager discovers his mysterious, horrific past.



Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie
(11th September)
After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a shocking discovery.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
(18th September)
Mystery, romance, and the supernatural suffuse the first in a new four-book series from the author of the Shiver trilogy.

Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin
(18th September)
This continues the near-future tale of a reluctant young mobster that began with All These Things I’ve Done.



Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(24th September)
The initial entry in Patterson’s first mystery series for teens finds a wealthy girl accused of killing her parents.

The Infects by Sean Beaudoin
(25th September)
This follows a group of juvenile delinquents into the wilderness, where their counsellors turn into flesh-eating zombies.

Zom-B by Darren Shan
(27th September)
A series confronting issues of racism, religion, politics, and more – against the backdrop of a zombie invasion.

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
(2nd October)
The first YA novel from the author of the Immortals After Dark series (and the first in the Arcana Chronicles) concerns a wealthy Louisiana girl whose life is upended by an apocalyptic event.



Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

(1st November)
A girl must save a group of bonobos – and herself – from a violent coup.

Immortal Beloved: Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan
(6th November)
Former party girl and ancient immortal Nastasya rounds out this series by ending a 450-year-old feud.

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
(18th December)
Ruby must escape from a government-run “rehabilitation camp” for teens with paranormal powers.



Return to Me by Justina Chen
(15th January 2013)
Three months before Rebecca Muir is set to begin college, her father reveals that he’s leaving.

Deviants by Maureen McGowan
(no date)
Book one of the Dust Chronicles is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a 16-year-old orphan with mutated DNA must protect her younger brother.

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So what do you think? Which titles are you looking forward to?

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