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Time for another news update!

Check out the Kidlit Cares auction to bid on lots of bookish items to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief!

New releases:
MEANT TO BE by Lauren Morrill
ASHES OF TWILIGHT by Kassy Tayler
RENEGADE by J.A. Souders
BLACK CITY by Elizabeth Richards

Cover reveals:
CHICK-O-SAURUS REX by Lenore Appelhans

Contests:
Seen Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY out in the wild? Enter the BLACK CITY photo challenge and win some signed swag

Other awesomeness:
Jane McLoughlin's AT YELLOW LAKE has been longlisted for a Carnegie Medal in the U.K.
MEANT TO BE by Lauren Morrill was included in Huffington Post Teen's 5 Things We're Into This Week

Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S!

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Happy Friday! Here's our latest news:

New release:
FISHTALE by Hans Bauer and Catherine Masciola

Cover reveals:
TARNISH, and the paperback of GILT by Katherine Longshore
Heather Anastasiu's SHUTDOWN (Glitch #3)

Contests:
Enter to win one of ten copies of A.G. Howard's SPINTERED in the Official Amulet Giveaway
Check out Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY Blog Tour, going on all month with lots of interviews to read and prizes to win
Help spread the word about the release of M.B. West's GRAVITY e-book for a chance to have a character named after you in book two, plus a signed book or other prizes
Enter to win a copy of ASHES OF TWILIGHT by Kassy Tayler

Foreign rights:
Katherine Longshore's GILT trilogy - the U.K.

Reviews:
WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Kat Zhang was reviewed in The New York Times

Other awesomeness:
Debra McArthur is featured on the Girl Scouts' website, The Studio

Enjoy your weekend!

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Thanks to everyone who participated in the YAmazing Race With MGnificent Prizes! We had a lot of fun playing and hope you all did too.

We've taken a couple of weeks off of the good news updates while the race was going on, so let's get caught up:

New releases:
CREWEL by Gennifer Albin
BLIND SPOT by Laura Ellen
VENOM by Fiona Paul
TOUCHING THE SURFACE by Kimberly Sabatini
GRAVITY by Melissa West
THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART by Leanna Renee Hieber
OUT OF REACH by Carrie Arcos

Cover reveals:
Anne Nesbet's A BOX OF GARGOYLES
Paperback of PUSHING THE LIMITS by Katie McGarry
IMPOSTOR by Susanne Winnacker
UK cover for THE LIFE BEYOND by Susanne Winnacker
CHARMED VENGEANCE by Suzanne Lazear
Paperback for Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED
Kassy Tayler's SHADOWS OF GLASS

Foreign rights:
OUT OF REACH by Carrie Arcos - Spain

Other awesomeness:
Take a peek at the first chapter of RENEGADE by J.A. Souders
WAY TO GO by Tom Ryan has been nominated for Canada's White Pine Award
THE MONSTER WHO LOST HIS MEAN by Tiffany Strelitz Haber was featured in The New York Times' Sunday Book Review
OUT OF REACH by Carrie Arcos is a finalist for the National Book Awards for young people's literature, and received a starred review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Book trailer:
Leanna Renee Hieber's THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART:



Have a great weekend, readers!

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Happy Friday! Have a look at this week's exciting news:

New releases:
TIME BETWEEN US by Tamara Ireland Stone
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT by Colleen Clayton
VELVETEEN by Daniel Marks
FREAKLING by Lana Krumwiede
VALKYRIE RISING by Ingrid Paulson
THE UNFAILING LIGHT by Robin Bridges

Cover reveal:
Eve Marie Mont's next novel, A TOUCH OF SCARLET

Film rights:
Rights to Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY series sold to Screen Gems

Other awesomeness:
Carrie Arcos' OUT OF REACH is a National Book Award nominee
VELVETEEN by Daniel Marks is one of the novels recommended in this USA Today article
Some familiar names are on YALSA'S article "The Next Big Thing In Contemporary/Realistic Fiction"

Book trailers:
CREWEL by Genn Albin:


OUT OF REACH by Carrie Arcos:


Have a great weekend, readers!

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Happy Friday! Here's what our authors have been celebrating lately:

New releases:
GEEKS, GIRLS, AND SECRET IDENTITIES by Mike Jung
LEAGUE OF STRAYS by L.B. Schulman
SKINNY by Donna Cooner
THROUGH TO YOU by Emily Hainsworth
KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger
CHASING THE SKIP by Janci Patterson
SEND ME A SIGN by Tiffany Schmidt
STEALING PARKER by Miranda Kenneally

Cover reveals:
Elizabeth Richards' next novel PHOENIX (plus and excerpt and giveaway)
A.J. Hartley's second DARWEN ARKWRIGHT novel, DARWEN ARKWRIGHT AND THE INSIDIOUS BLECK

Foreign rights:
Marissa Meyer's CINDER - Japan

New sites:
J.A. Souders website (with ARC giveaways)

Contests:
Enter to win signed SPLINTERED advanced reader copies, an interactive Alice In Wonderland book, & lots more in A.G. Howard's "Unlock the Secrets to Splintered" giveaway

Other awesomeness:
J.A. Souders has a free Elysium Chronicles German short story, A DARK GRAVE
Shannon Messenger's KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES is the Simon Kids' book of the month. Read the first three chapters on their Facebook page

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

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Happy Friday! Take a gander at our latest news:

New release:
SCORCH by Gina Damico -

Cover reveals:
EMPTY by K.M. Walton

Foreign rights:
Tamara Ireland Stone's TIME BETWEEN US - Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Turkey

Reviews:
PERSONAL EFFECTS by E.M. Kokie received a starred review from Publishers Weekly
FISHTALE by Catherine Masciola received positive reviews from Kirkus and Booklist

Contests:
Enter to win books and other fun prizes when you pre-order Mike Jung's GEEKS, GIRLS, AND SECRET IDENTITIES

Other awesomeness:
Katherine Longshore announced the title and subject of her next book in the Royal Circle Series
BOY + BOT by Ame Dyckman was chosen for Reading is Fundamental's 2012-2013 STEAM Multicultural Book Collection. Thanks to the generous support of Macy’s, more than 600 book collections will be donated to RIF programs serving children in low-income communities throughout the U.S.
STARTERS by Lissa Price made a surprise reappearance on the Southern California Independent Booksellers Assoc Bestseller list at #8
K.M. Walton's CRACKED was nominated for the American Library Association's Quick Picks Award

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

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Here's what we're celebrating this week!

Cover reveal:
K.M. Walton's EMPTY (plus giveaway)

New releases:
TEN by Gretchen McNeil
WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Kat Zhang
STORMDANCER by Jay Kristoff (U.S. release)
Chanelle Gray's MY HEART BE DAMNED

Contests:
Enter to win Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY in the Goodreads giveaway

Other awesomeness:
The Veteran's History Project is featuring Corrine Jackson's IF I LIE this weekend at the National Book Festival. Find out more on Corrine's post, including the secret passphrases you can mention at the festival to win prizes
Pre-order KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger to receive a limited edition swag pack and benefit the Kids Need to Read organization

Enjoy a book-filled weekend!

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Happy Friday, everyone! Here's our latest news:

Cover reveals:
Cole Gibsen's SENSHI (KATANA book 2)

New releases:
PUSHING THE LIMITS by Katie McGarry

Film rights:
Gretchen McNeil's POSSESS

Contests:
Six copies of BUTTER by Erin Jade Lange are up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway

Foreign rights:
Lissa Price's STARTERS - Japan

Reviews:
E.M. Kokie's PERSONAL EFFECTS received a positive review from Kirkus

Other awesomeness:
Download free samples of Penguin's Fall Breathless Reads, like BLACK CITY by Elizabeth Richards and VENOM by Fiona Paul
Lissa Price's STARTERS is a teen bestseller in the Philippines

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Helloooo and happy Friday! Here's our latest news:

Cover reveals:
Heather Anastasiu's second book in the GLITCH series, OVERRIDE

New releases:
SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY by Susan Dennard

New sites:
A.G. Howard's website

New deals:
Leanna Renee Hieber's Gaslamp Fantasy saga, ETERNA, to Tor Books

Foreign rights:
Emily Hainsworth's THROUGH TO YOU - The U.K.
Lynne Kelly's CHAINED - France

Reviews:
Nikki Loftin's THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus

Other awesomeness:
Emily Hainsworth's THROUGH TO YOU made the Autumn Kids' Indie Next list

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Happy Friday! Here's our latest good news roundup!

New releases:
LIES BENEATH by Anne Greenwood Brown
REUNITED by Hilary Graham
MY LIFE NEXT DOOR by Huntley Fitzpatrick
TOKYO HEIST by Diana Renn

Cover reveals:
Leanna Renee Hieber's THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART

New deals:
Susanne Winnacker's IMPOSTOR, the story of a girl who uses her shape-shifting ability to assume the identity of a teenage murder victim and solve the mystery of a small-town serial killer, pitched as X-Men meets The Zodiac Killer, in a two-book deal to Razorbill

Foreign sales:
Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY CHRONICLES - Complex Chinese
Talia Vance's SILVER - Complex Chinese
Lauren Morrill's MEANT TO BE - Germany

Contests:
Visit Diana Renn's TOKYO HEIST Art Gallery and enter the last giveaway

Reviews:
Joanne Levy's SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE received a positive review from Kirkus

Other awesomeness:
Leigh Bardugo's SHADOW AND BONE debuted at #8 on the New York Times Bestseller List

Book trailers:
Diana Renn's TOKYO HEIST on YA Books Central
Robin Mellom's THE CLASSROOM:

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It's Friday, and time for another good news roundup!

Cover reveals:
Lenore Appelhans' LEVEL TWO

New releases:
SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo
SHADOWS CAST BY STARS by Catherine Knutsson
ALL THESE LIVES by Sarah Wylie
AT YELLOW LAKE by Jane McLoughlin

Contests:
Visit Diana Renn's blog to see the TOKYO HEIST Art Gallery and enter the giveaway
Win big at Hilary Graham's REUNITED "Spread This Book Trailer Everywhere" contest
Visit Laurisa White Reyes' blog to enter the Super Swag Giveaway, with tons of Apocalypsies swag

Reviews:
Lynne Kelly's CHAINED received positive reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and The Horn Book

Other awesomeness:
You can read the first chapter of Claire Legrand's CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS online

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Happy Friday! Here's the latest news that has us feeling celebratory:

Cover reveals:
LEVEL 2 by Lenore Appelhans
LET THE SKY FALL by Shannon Messenger

New sites:
Tamara Ireland Stone's TIME BETWEEN US website

Events:
Meet the Apocalypsies at BEA! More than twenty Apocalypsies members will be at the Javits Center on Tuesday afternoon. See details on Lenore Appelhans' blog.

New releases:
ANGEL EYES by Shannon Dittemore
DEVINE INTERVENTION by Martha Brockenbrough

Foreign rights:
Marissa Burt's STORYBOUND - China

Contests:
Visit Diana Renn's blog to see the TOKYO HEIST Art Gallery and enter the giveaway
There's still time to enter Hilary Graham's LOVE YOUR LIBRARY giveaway
Win a Breathless Reads slipcase and other prizes from Elizabeth Richards

Other awesomeness:
Lissa Price's STARTERS made an appearance in the May 28th issue of Christian Science Monitor

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Helloooooo and happy Friday! Here's our latest good news:

New releases:
GILT by Katherine Longshore
THE ROCK OF IVANORE by Laurisa White Reyes
KISS THE MORNING STAR by Elissa Janine Hoole
THE OTHER LIFE by Susanne Winnacker (U.S. release)

Cover reveals:
German cover for J.A. Souders' RENEGADE
Cover reveal 10-ARC giveaway for Jay Kristoff's STORMDANCER

New sites:
Marissa Meyers' website with launch quiz and Scarlet giveaway

Foreign sales:
Lissa Price's STARTERS - Indonesia

Audio rights:
W.H. Beck's MALCOM AT MIDNIGHT - Recorded Books, available in October
Kassy Tayler's ASHES OF TWILIGHT - AudioGo

Contests:
Win a signed, annotated ARC of DEFIANCE in C.J. Redwine's Celebrate May Giveaway
Katherine Longshore's online GILT launch party
Hilary Graham's REUNITED Giveaway Extravaganza
There's a little time left to enter Susanne Winnacker's THE OTHER LIFE giveaway

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Happy Friday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the YAmazing Race With MGnificent Prizes, and congratulations to all the winners! Special thanks to Gina Damico for putting it all together.

And now, on to what else we've been up to:

New releases:
WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND by Tracy Bilen
THE VICIOUS DEEP by Zoraida Cordova
WELCOME, CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE by Shelley Coriell
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY by Lucy Jones
STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth
CHAINED by Lynne Kelly
HEMLOCK by Kathleen Peacock
ONE FOR THE MURPHYS by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Cover reveals:
K.M. Walton's next YA novel, EMPTY
Jodi Meadows' ASUNDER, the sequel to INCARNATE

New sales:
Tiffany Schmidt's next YA novel, BRIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE, to Walker-Bloomsbury

Foreign sales:
Jay Kristoff's STORMDANCER trilogy - Spain

Reviews:
Diana Renn's TOKYO HEIST received positive reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly
THE WICKED AND THE JUST by J. Anderson Coats received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Shelf Awareness

Contests:
Zoraida Cordova is having a month-long contest to celebrate the release of THE VICIOUS DEEP

Other awesomeness:
Kiera Cass' THE SELECTION has made the New York Times bestseller list
Congratulations to all our members who are included on the Summer Indie Next List
Lissa Price's STARTERS is now an international bestseller, and has spent several weeks in the top ten on the SoCal Indie Next Bestseller list and the Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller list
Katherine Longshore's GILT is an Editor's Pick for Best Teen Books of May on Amazon

Book trailer:
Tracy Bilen's WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND

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Happy Friday, readers! Here's what we've been up to:

Events:
Our next YAmazing Race With MGnificent Prizes starts next Wednesday! Check it out to learn more about some of this year's debuts and enter to win prizes.

New releases:
THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass
OLDSOUL by Dan Haring
UNRAVELING by Elizabeth Norris
THE MAPMAKER AND THE GHOST by Sarvenaz Tash
BREAKING BEAUTIFUL by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
STORM by Brigid Kemmerer

Cover reveals:
K.M. Walton's EMPTY

Contests:
Enter to win THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY by L.A. Jones at Smack Dab in the Middle
Stop by Elizabeth Richards' blog for her BLACK CITY ARC and swag giveaway
Read Gretchen McNeil's exciting blurb news for her next novel, TEN, and enter the giveaway
There's a little time left to enter Kat Zhang's birthday giveaway to win an ARC of WHAT'S LEFT OF ME

Book trailers:
Jennifer Bosworth's STRUCK on RT Book Reviews

Reviews:
Ame Dyckman's BOY + BOT was reviewed in The New York Times

Other awesomeness:
Elizabeth Richards and Fiona Paul have been selected to participate in Penguin's Fall Breathless Reads Tour
Listen to an excerpt from Anne Greenwood Brown's LIES BENEATH

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Hello there, Apoca-readers! Here's our news of the week:

New releases:
BOY + BOT by Ame Dyckman
YOU CAN'T HAVE MY PLANET, BUT TAKE MY BROTHER, PLEASE by James Mihaley
REMARKABLE by Lizzie K. Foley
PUZZLED BY PINK by Sarah Frances Hardy

Cover reveals:
SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard

Foreign sales:
Jessica Spotswoods' THE CAHILL WITCH CHRONICLES - Russia

Reviews:
Lizzie K. Foley's REMARKABLE was reviewed in The New York Times
Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED received a starred review from VOYA, who called the book "enchanting and addicting" and "a must-have for any library."

Contests:
Author Daisy Whitney's giveaway of BUTTER by Erin Jade Lange
Goodreads giveaway for Lynne Kelly's CHAINED
Goodreads giveaway for THE WICKED AND THE JUST by J. Anderson Coats

Other awesomeness:
Books mentioned in The Huffington Post's "What's Next After The Hunger Games" include GLITCH by Heather Anastasiu, WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Kat Zhang, GRAVITY by Melissa West, and ASHES OF TWILIGHT by Kassy Taylor
The first chapter of Lynne Kelly's CHAINED is online at Macmillan's website
The blog tour for Katherine Longshore's GILT kicked off this week with "Tudor Tuesdays." See the Glass of Wine blog for details
Amazon named BOY + BOT by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino one of the best picture books of April

Book trailers:
BOY + BOT by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

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Happy Friday! Here's our latest good news:

Events:
Meet eight of our members at the B&N Educator Appreciation Day in Exton, PA
Four Apocalypsies are among the fabulous group of authors appearing at Houston's Teen Book Con this month

New releases:
WAY TO GO by Tom Ryan
ABOVE by Leah Bobet
KISS THE MORNING STAR by Elissa Janine Hoole
STORYBOUND by Marissa Burt

Cover reveals:
Joanne Levy's SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE
UK cover for Tamara Ireland Stone's TIME BETWEEN US
L.B. Schulman's LEAGUE OF STRAYS

Foreign sales:
Marissa Burt's STORYBOUND - Italy
Lissa Price's STARTERS - Iceland

Contests:
Enter to win an advance copy of Cat Knutsson's SHADOWS CAST BY STARS
See the Goodreads giveaway where you can win one of ten copies of Sarvenaz Tash's THE MAPMAKER AND THE GHOST
Tell The Class of 2k12 who your favorite author is to enter to win marked-up copies of Lynne Kelly's CHAINED and J. Anderson Coats' THE WICKED AND THE JUST

Other awesomeness:
All this month you can read Marissa Burt's STORYBOUND free on the HarperCollins website
Lissa Price's STARTERS was mentioned in This Week magazine's "The Book List," and in the April/May issue of Justine magazine, along with Veronica Rossi's UNDER THE NEVER SKY. See images of both articles here. Lissa also just completed a five-city STARTERS tour

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Happy Friday, everyone! Here's a wrap-up of all the good news our members are celebrating this week:

New releases:
SLIDE by Jill Hathaway
A BREATH OF EYRE by Eve Marie Mont
NEVERSINK by Barry Wolverton

Cover reveals and giveaways:
UK cover for Jay Kristoff's STORMDANCER
Colleen Clayton's WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Foreign sales:
Marissa Meyer's CINDER - Taiwan, The Netherlands, Hungary

New sites:
Kat Zhang's Hybrid Chronicles website and Facebook page

Other awesomeness:
W.H. Beck's MALCOLM AT MIDNIGHT will be part of Middle Grade Buzz panel at this year's Book Expo America. The Young Adult Buzz panel at BEA will include Donna Cooner's SKINNY, Gennifer Albin's CREWEL, and Kat Zhang's WHAT'S LEFT OF ME
The book trailer for STARTERS by Lissa Price played at select theaters before showings of The Hunger Games
Kami Kinard's poem "Tick-Tock Tick" is included in the anthology NASTY BUGS (Dial), edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
See Marissa Burt's series of videos about STORYBOUND on the HarperKids YouTube channel

Book trailer:
Dan Haring's OLDSOUL

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Happy Friday, everyone! Here's our good news of the week:

New releases:
CROAK by Gina Damico
SEEING CINDERELLA by Jenny Lundquist

Cover reveals:
Genn Albin's CREWEL
Stephanie Blake's THE MARBLE QUEEN

Book trailers:
See Leigh Bardugo's SHADOW AND BONE trailer on Seventeen.com and Veronica Rossi's UNDER THE NEVER SKY trailer on MTV's Hollywood Crush

Excerpts posted:
Read excerpts of Zoraida Cordova's THE VICIOUS DEEP and Tom Ryan's WAY TO GO

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Hi, everyone! Here's our good news of the week:


New releases:

PRETTY CROOKED by Elisa Ludwig
STARTERS by Lissa Price

Cover reveals: (Check for contests!)
Daniels Marks' VELVETEEN, with contests here, here, and here
Tiffany Schmidt's SEND ME A SIGN
Janci Patterson's CHASING THE SKIP

Film rights:
Miranda Kenneally's CATCHING JORDAN

Foreign sales:
Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED - Sweden
Jill Hathaway's SLIDE - Turkey

Reviews:
Lissa Price's STARTERS was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times

New sites:
Katherine Longshore's website (Check the blog for the GILT giveaway!)

Contests:
Enter to win Kristen-Paige Madonia's FINGERPRINTS OF YOU and read chapter one of the book on The Story Siren's giveaway
Lauren Morrill's MEANT TO BE

New titles:
The sequel to Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED is STAR CURSED, out February 2013

Other awesomeness:
Read an excerpt of THE MAPMAKER AND THE GHOST by Sarvenaz Tash

Book trailer:
CHAINED by Lynne Kelly