Title: We Are All Made of Molecules Author: Susin Nielsen Release Date: May 12, 2015 Publisher: Tundra Books Pages: 256 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but "ungifted" socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is the undisputed "It" girl of grade nine, but her marks stink. Their worlds are about to collide when Stewart and his...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.  Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Simon Pulse Add to Goodreads Summary (from Simon & Schuster Canada):  The first novel in a brand-new series—from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines—about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in...

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Title: Daughter of Deep Silence Author: Carrie Ryan Release Date: May 26, 2015 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Pages: 384 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: I’m the daughter of murdered parents. I’m the friend of a dead girl. I’m the lover of my enemy. And I will have my revenge. In the wake of the devastating destruction of...

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Title: Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) Author: Jennifer Estep Release Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Kensington Pages: 368 Source: Bought Overall: 4.5 Stars Summary: There Be Monsters Here. . . It's not as great as you'd think, living in a tourist town that's known as "the most magical place in America." Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under...

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Title: Mad Miss Mimic Author: Sarah Henstra Release Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Razorbill Pages: 272 Source: ARC won on Goodreads Overall: 3.5 Stars Summary: It's London, 1872, where 17-year-old heiress Leonora Somerville is preparing to be presented to upper upper-class society -- again. She's strikingly beautiful and going to be very rich, but Leo has a problem money can’t solve. A curious...

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Title: Say You Will Author: Eric Walters Release Date: May 19, 2015 Publisher: Doubleday Canada Pages: 192 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 3 Stars Summary: A funny, heartfelt novel about one high school boy’s quest for a prom date, perfectly time for the surge in realistic YA. Sam is not exactly what you’d call a regular guy: while his IQ is stratospheric,...

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Title: Empire of Night (Age of Legends #2) Author: Kelley Armstrong Release Date: April 7, 2015 Publisher: Doubleday Canada Pages: 432 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: The second book in a big, breathtaking new trilogy that blends fantasy, romance, horror, and pulse-pounding action, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Sisters Moria and Ashyn are the Keeper...

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Title: Dream a Little Dream (The Silver Trilogy #1) Author: Kerstin Gier Release Date: April 14, 2015 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Pages: 336 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv's dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially the one where she's in a...

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Title: The Fill-In Boyfriend Author: Kasie West Release Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 352 Source: Bought Overall: 3.5 Stars Summary: When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she...

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  I'm thrilled to be taking part in the release day blitz for Cora Carmack's All Played Out, the latest novel in the Rusk University series! I've been so excited for this NA contemporary romance novel, and I can't wait to read all about Nell and Torres falling in love with each other. I've built up the anticipation so much in my mind...

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