Thursday, September 1, 2011

Notable New Releases - September 2011


Here are the new releases I'm most excited about this month!


September 1st

 Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health
Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health
by Amy Kalafa
Tarcher
(non-fiction)

September 5th
Until Again: Prequel Novella to BLUE 
Until Again: Prequel Novella to Blue
by Lou Aronica
The Fiction Studio
Here's my review of Blue


September 6th
All These Things I've Done
All These Things I've Done
by Gabrielle Zevin
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
In the year 2083, chocolate & caffeine are illegal.  The teenage daughter of a former chocolate mafiya boss finds herself involved in a business she wants nothing to do with.
Reading this right now.  Took a bit to get into, but am enjoying it. 

  Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
 edited by Megan Kelley Hall & Carrie Jones
Harper Teen
I've heard great things about this one & have sent a purchase request to my library

Sweet Venom
Sweet Venom (Medusa Girls #1)
by Tera Lynn Childs
Katherine Tegan Books
Three teenage girls find they are triplets and descendants of Medusa

The Beginning of After
The Beginning of After
by Jennifer Castle
HarperTeen
A girl loses her parents and brother in a fatal car accident caused by her bad-boy neighbor's father.

The Entitlement Trap: How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership
The Entitlement Trap
by Richard Eyre
Avery Trade
(Parenting / non-fiction)

The Taker
The Taker
by Alma Katsu
Gallery Books
Adult paranormal/historical fiction


September 13th
So Silver Bright (Théâtre Illuminata, #3) 
So Silver Bright (Theatre Illuminata #3)
by Lisa Mantchev
Feiwel & Friends
Loved this beautiful/quirky/fun/imaginative series!

Fateful
Fateful
by Claudia Gray
HarperTeen
YA paranormal/historical fiction - werewolves on the Titanic :)

The Night Circus
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
Doubleday
I don't have a copy of this, but it was heavily (& creatively) promoted at BEA so I've been curious about it.

September 20th
Cold Kiss
Cold Kiss
by Amy Garvey
HarperTeen
A girl uses before untapped powers to bring her dead boyfriend back to life, but he's not the same person he was before.

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)
The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1)
by Maureen Johnson
Putnum Juvenile
A girl attending boarding school in London is the only one who can see the prime suspect in a string of Jack-the-Ripper-esque killings.

September 27th
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
by Michelle Hodkin
Simon & Schuster

A Beautiful Dark
A Beautiful Dark
by Jocelyn Davies
HarperTeen
YA Paranormal - On her 17th birthday, a girl meets two mysterious boys - one very dark, and one very fair - and is drawn to them both in the midst of a number of other strange events.


September 29th
Lola and the Boy Next Door
Lola and the Boy Next Door
by Stephanie Perkins
Dutton
I LOVED Stephanie's debut novel, Anna and the French Kiss so I'm way excited to read this one, based in San Francisco.


What titles have you been looking forward to?

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