Ready Player One

Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline ISBN: 9780307913142 CDs/Discs: 13 CDs, 15.5 hours Pages: 374 pages Publisher/Date: Crown Publishers, Random House Audio, c2011. Awards: 2012 Alex Awards “You’re first instinct right now might be to log out and make a run for it,” Sorrento said. “I urge you not to make that mistake. Your [...]

The Probability of Miracles

Title: The Probability of Miracles Author: Wendy Wunder ISBN: 9781595143686 Pages: 357 pages Publisher/Date: Published by Penguin Young Readers Group, Produced by Alloy Entertainment, c2011 In the past month Cam had been to an acupuncturist, a Reiki practitioner, a reflexologist, an herbalist, a hypnotist, a taulasea– a Samoan medicine woman who made her drink breast mile–and [...]

The Night Circus

Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Narrator: Jim Dale ISBN: 9780307938909 Pages: 387 pages Dics/Cds: 13.5 hours, 11 CDs Publisher/Date: Doubleday, c2011. Publication Date: Sept. 13, 2011 The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply [...]

The Memory Bank

Title: The Memory Bank Author: Carolyn Coman and Rob Shepperson Illustrator: Rob Shepperson ISBN: 9780545210669 Pages: 379 pages Publisher/Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., c2010. “Forget her.” Hope’s father wasn’t kidding. He never kidded. Moments before, he had ordered Honey–Hope’s little sister, a skim coat of bubble gum covering most of [...]

Along for the Ride

Title: Along for the Ride Author: Sarah Dessen ISBN: 978067001940 Pages: 383 pages Publisher/Date: Viking, a member of Penguin Group Inc., c2009. Hollis’s picture frame was on the bedside table, and I picked it up, looking over the tacky blue stones. THE BEST OF TIMES. Something in these words, and his easy, smiling face, reminded [...]

The Unwanteds

Title: The Unwanteds Author: Lisa McMann ISBN: 9781442407688 Pages: 390 pages Publisher/Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, c2011. “I’m not sure we’re doing the right thing at all by holding him back.” Claire sighed. “[...] Alex is spending all his free time alone–and frankly, I don’t blame him. Everyone’s angry with him, and [...]

Matched

Title: Matched Author: Ally Condie ISBN: 9780525423645 Pages: 369 pages Publisher/Date: Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., c2010. “Cassia Reyes, the Society is pleased to present you with your Match.” I smile as Xander’s face appears on the portscreen immediately following the recorded message. It’s a good picture of him. As always, [...]

Anna and the French Kiss

Title: Anna and the French Kiss Author: Stephanie Perkins ISBN: 9780525423270 Pages: 372 pages Publisher/Date: Dutton Books, c2010. He’s drunk. He’s just drunk. Calm down, Anna. He’s drunk, and he’s going through a crisis. There is NO WAY he knows what he’s talking about right now. So what do I do? Oh my God, what [...]

Keeper

Title: Keeper Author: Kathi Appelt ISBN: 9781416950608 Pages: 399 pages Publisher/Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2010. “Come on, moon,” she implored. Didn’t it know she was in a hurry? As soon as she said the word “moon,” she chewed on her bottom lip. So much had depended upon tonight’s moon, a blue moon, second full [...]

Finnikin of the Rock

Title: Finnikin of the Rock Author: Melina Marchetta ISBN: 9780763643614 Pages: 399 pages Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2008. (originally published in Viking/Penguin Books (Australia), 2008) U.S. Publication Date: Feb. 9, 2010. As summer moved into autumn and the days grew shorter, Finnikin began to worry. He would tremble in fear when he remembered his dream. [...] Until [...]