Always and Forever
by Karla J. Nellenbach
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition
Pages: 265 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Publication date: September 18, 2012
Suggested tags: young adult, realistic fiction, contemporary
From Amazon:
"Mia's first reaction is outright disbelief. Obviously, a mistake has been made. Sixteen-year-old girls don't die. But, when the diagnosis is confirmed, she dives headlong into anger. If she has to die, why should it be of cancer? In fact, anything would be preferable to cancer. Better for her to say when, where, and especially how.Read my review of Always and Forever.
Determined to meet death on her own terms, Mia devises scheme after scheme to get the job done. A “fall” down the basement stairs, driving her car off a bridge, and even a dance with a train all end in her survival.
And through it all, Mia keeps her family and friends at arms' length with her destructive and hurtful behavior. With each failed suicide attempt and burned relationship, she slowly realizes that it’s not the dying that she’s afraid of, but the life she’ll be leaving behind. Now, that life is in a shambles. As time begins to slip through her fingers and death is upon her, Mia fights to rebuild the bridges she has destroyed, but can she do it before the clock runs out?"
The Cloud Seeders
by James Zerndt
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition
Pages: 268 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication date: July 1, 2012
Suggested tags: young adult, dystopia
From Amazon:
"Serve Your Country, Conserve Your Water, Observe Your Neighbor
This is the slogan of the Sustainability Unit and of a country gone eco-hysterical. After nearly twelve months without rain and the hinges of the world barely still oiled, Thomas and his younger brother, Dustin, set out across a drought-ridden landscape in search of answers. What they discover along the way will change their lives, and their country, forever.
The Cloud Seeders weaves humor and heartache, action and romance, as well as poetry and science, into a unique novel that defies categorization.
Intended for adults/teens. Contains some sex and foul language. May not be suitable for younger, middle grade readers."
Feathermore
by Lucy Swing
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition
Pages: 290 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Lucy Swing
Publication date: March 1, 2012
Suggested tags: young adult, paranormal, romance
First in the Feathermore series. From Amazon:
"When the one thing you live for is denied to you, do you let it go or do you fall?
Jade, like any other student at Brushwood High, awaits the start of the school year with a certain measure of dread. Worse, she is being threatened by a voice that only she can hear—a voice that lurks at the edges of her awareness, haunting her and warning her of something unknown. She has always been able to count on her two best friends, Claire and Nate, but can she confide in them now? About this? Would they even believe her?
Life takes a turn for the better when she meets Avan, a darkly handsome new student who, somehow, seems to drown out the voice and make her feel at ease.
But Jade soon comes to realize that good things don’t last forever. When everything spirals out of control, she is shattered by something she never saw coming. Dazed and despairing, she must now overcome tragedy and embrace her true existence and a new but dangerous love. Will she be able to save herself and those she loves, before it’s too late? Or will she let the surrounding darkness consume her?"
Storybound
by Marissa Burt
Available as: hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 416 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: April 3, 2012
Suggested tags: middle grade, fantasy
First in the Storybound series. From Amazon:
"When Una Fairchild stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, she thinks nothing of opening the cover and diving in. But instead of paging through a regular novel, Una suddenly finds herself Written In to the land of Story—a world filled with Heroes and Villains and fairy-tale characters.
But not everything in Story is as magical as it seems. Una must figure out why she has been Written In—and fast—before anyone else discovers her secret. Together with her new friend Peter and a talking cat named Sam, Una digs deep into Story's shadowy past. She quickly realizes that she is tied to the world in ways she never could have imagined—and it might be up to her to save it."
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