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Bound by C.K. Bryant

Title: Bound

Author: C.K. Bryant

Publisher: Dragonfly Press

Release Date: November 2011

ISBN: 978-0615550169

Size: 346 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

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When a photo shoot ends in tragedy, Kira discovers her best friend, Lydia, has been keeping a secret. Knowing the truth, and accepting it, will change Kira’s life forever and thrust her into a world of ancient curses, magical objects, and savage enemies. What happens next will challenge everything Kira knows about her world, herself and the shape-shifting warrior she’s falling in love with. No longer the timid mouse her mother accused her of being, but a woman who finds the mental and physical strength to endure and survive.

BOUND is a heroic tale of true friendship, infinite sacrifice and untamed love.

When Kyle Came Back by Melanie Marks

Title: When Kyle Came Back

Author: Melanie Marks

Publisher: Teen Love Publishing

Release Date: November 10, 2011

ISBN: 978-0983931539

Size: 78,000 words, ebook

Genre: YA paranormal

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Seventeen-year-old Rain Tolley’s childhood friend, Kyle Ryan, was abducted 10 years ago. Now, mysteriously, he is back—only where has he been?

Though Kyle is still kind and sweet—and yeah, smokin’ hot—Rain is drawn to him, but afraid of him as well. Kyle seems haunted by the demons from his past—literal demons. Kyle keeps warning Rain to stay away from him—to not get too close. But Rain can’t keep her distance from Kyle. She feels connected to him in a way she can’t explain. But soon Rain discovers she has gotten too involved with Kyle. The dark forces haunting Kyle are now after Rain as well.

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Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon

Title: Cinder and Ella

Author: Melissa Lemon

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: November 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599559063

Size: 280 pages, 5.5×8, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

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After her father’s disappearance, Cinder leaves home for a servant job at the castle. But it isn’t long before her sister Ella is brought to the castle herself. What Ella finds there starts a quest that will change her life and the entire kingdom. Cinder and Ella is a Cinderella story like no other, and one you’ll never forget.

Nightingale by David Farland

Title: Nightingale

Author: David Farland

Publisher: East India Press

Release Date: October 31, 2011

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Size: ebook (print available in December)

Genre: YA Speculative

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“We all become lost children at one time or another. When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.”
– Olivia

Bron Jones was abandoned as a newborn. Thrown into foster care, he is rejected by one family after another, until he meets Olivia, a gifted and devoted high-school teacher who recognizes him for what he really is—what her people call a “nightingale.”

But Bron isn’t ready to learn the truth. There are secrets that have been hidden from mankind for hundreds of thousands of years, secrets that should remain hidden. Some things are too dangerous to know.

Bron’s secret may be the most dangerous of all.

Tiger’s Voyage by Colleen Houck

Title: Tiger’s Voyage (Book 3)

Author: Colleen Houck

Publisher: Splinter

Release Date: November 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1402784040

Size: 560 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Tiger’s Curse (bk 1), Tiger’s Quest (bk 2)

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*The first two books in this series were re-releases, but I cannot find any references to this title being published before. It may or may not be eligible for a Whitney award. ??

With the head-to-head battle against the villainous Lokesh behind her, Kelsey confronts a new heartbreak: in the wake of his traumatic experience, her beloved Ren no longer remembers who she is. As the trio continues their quest by challenging five cunning and duplicitous dragons, Ren and Kishan once more vie for her affections–leaving Kelsey more confused than ever.

Fraught with danger, filled with magic, and packed with romance, TIger’s Voyage brings Kelsey and her two tiger princes one step closer to breaking the curse.

Crossed by Ally Condie

Title: Crossed

Author: Ally Condie

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Release Date: November 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-0525423652

Size: 367 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Dystopian

Series: Matched

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky—taken by the Society to his certain death—only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

Cassia’s quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander—who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia’s heart—change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.

Darkspell by Elizabeth Mueller

Title: Darkspell

Author: Elizabeth Mueller

Publisher: TreasureLine Publishing

Release Date: October 31, 2011

ISBN: 978-1617520808

Size: 360 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

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Winter Sky believes she is everything ordinary . . . until she is kissed by Alex Stormhold.

As seer of Stormhold Coven, Alex is sworn to be Winter’s protector against the darkness that hunts her. Violently thrust into the magickal realm she always thought impossible, she stumbles upon a disturbing secret of her own.

Will love prove thicker than magick?

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The Princess and the Horse by Mette Ivie Harrison

Title: The Princess and the Horse

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Publisher: Self

Release Date: October 2011

Size: ebook

Genre: YA Speculative Romance

Series: Princess and the Hound (bk 1) The Princess and the Bear (bk 2), The Princess and the Snowbird (bk 3),

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Fierce’s mother has left her pack to become a human. Left behind, Fierce is determined to have nothing to do with humans. But one day she finds a woman who reminds her of her mother in the forest. She hesitates for a moment, just long enough for the woman–Princess Jaleel–to turn her into a human with the wild magic. Soon Fierce is dragged into human concerns about the effects of the misuse of wild magic by Princess Jaleel. Will Fierce choose to be human and save the world or to be a hound again and save herself?

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Catspell by Danyelle Leafty

Title: Catspell (The Fairy Godmother Dilemma, Book 1)

Author: Danyelle Leafty

Publisher: Danyelle Leafty

Release Date: October 22, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: YA Fantasy

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Sixteen-year-old Breena never thought anything could be worse than being forced to leave the faerie realm. Then she got stuck with a fairy godmother. But if she has to choose between the two, she’d leave the Faerie Realm over getting bossed about by a faerie with a pointed stick any day. Unfortunately, her attempt to evade her fairy godmother gives her growing pains in the form of fur, whiskers, and a tail.

Turning into a cat is the least of her worries, though. The potion wasn’t meant to bring out her inner feline, it was meant to put her to sleep. Forever. If Breena wants to make it to her Happily Ever After, she’ll have to accept that sometimes a fairy godmother really does come in handy, after all.

Seers by Heather Frost

Title: Seers

Author: Heather Frost

Publisher: Sweetwater/CFI

Release Date: October 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599557922

Size: 352 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

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When Kate Bennett survived the car accident that claimed her parents’ lives, she knew her world would be forever changed. But her life is more dramatically altered than she first realized. Not only is she able to see “mood auras” on the people around her, she’s even started seeing invisible people with no colors at all. And no matter how attractive the new addition to her American Lit class is, Kate sees what no one else can—the dangerous truths this mysterious man threatens to pour into her life.

Patrick O’Donnell was killed in the Irish Revolution in 1798. He’s here now to try and keep Kate alive, and stop her life from spinning out of control. The one thing he’s not going to do is fall in love with her. But plans change, especially when Demons are involved . . .

Kate is about to enter the world of Seers; where immortals are at war with each other, and unfortunate mortals like Kate are in over their heads.

Tris & Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison

Title: Tris & Izzie

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Publisher: EgmontUSA

Release Date: October 11, 2011

ISBN: 978-1606841730

Size: 272 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

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“I don’t want him to love me because of a potion,” she said.

Izzie loves Mark, and why shouldn’t she? As the captain of the basketball team, he is kind and loving and he’s everything she’s ever wanted in a boyfriend. Her BFF loves . . . somebody, but she won’t say who. So when a hot new guy, Tristan, shows up at school, who better for Izzie to fix up her friend[LL1] with? And what better way to do it than with a love philtre?

But even the best of magic has a way of going awry—and Izzie finds she’s accidentally fallen in love with Tristan herself. And that’s a problem. First of all, there’s Mark. Second, Tristan comes with baggage—like the supernatural creatures that keep attacking whenever he’s with Izzie, and the fact that he comes from the place where Izzie’s father was killed, years ago, by an enormous, evil serpent that’s still around—and it knows Izzie is out there.

Like Mettie Ivie Harrison’s The Princess and the Hound, praised by Orson Scott Card as “powerful, surprising, moving, and deep—a classic,” Tris and Izzie rings the changes on a timeless legend, this time in a contemporary high school setting.

The Death Cure by James Dashner

Title: The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, book 3)

Author: James Dashner

Publisher: Delacorte

Release Date: October 11, 2011

ISBN: 978-0385738774

Size: 336 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

Maze Runner Series: The Maze Runner (bk 1), The Scorch Trials (bk 2)

Thomas knows that Wicked can’t be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they’ve collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It’s up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.

What Wicked doesn’t know is that something’s happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can’t believe a word of what Wicked says.

The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.

Will anyone survive the Death Cure?

Variant by Robison Wells

Title: Variant

Author: Robison Wells

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: October 4, 2011

ISBN: 978-0062026088

Size: 384 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Speculative

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Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.

Where breaking the rules equals death.

But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

Title: Silence

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Release Date: October 4, 2011

ISBN: 978-1442426641

Size: 448 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Speculative

Series: Hush, Hush (bk 1), Crescendo (bk 2)

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The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They’ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch’s dark past…bridged two irreconcilable worlds…faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty, and trust…and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in each other, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they’ve worked for—and their love—forever.

Escape from Zarahemla by Chris Heimerdinger

Title: Escape from Zarahemla

Author: Chris Heimerdinger

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: September 29, 2011

ISBN: 978-1608615391

Size: 263 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: YA Speculative

Series: Passage to Zarahemla

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It’s been six months since the inexplicable passage to Zarahemla disintegrated and disappeared. Kerra and Brock McConnell have been reunited with their long-lost father, but an emptiness is left in Kerra’s heart as she watches her courageous Nephite warrior, Kiddoni, fade away in a vortex of time—possibly forever.

As a violent flash flood washes through the forested hollow near Leeds, Utah, it reawakens the Whistlers and reignites the mystical rift that leads to ancient America. Kerra and Brock quickly learn of multiple secrets their father did not reveal about his twelve-year sojourn in the first century AD. Soon they realize that such puzzles could have mind-bending ramifications for their lives and draw them into a world rife with dangers as lethal as obsidian blades, enemies more ruthless than the darkest savages, and evils so pervasive they could destroy their family once and for all.

In the tumult of their adventure, Kerra and Brock soon find themselves in league with familiar friends from other Chris Heimerdinger novels, fighting alongside these valiant heroes and binding together Escape from Zarahemla with the imaginative Tennis Shoes Adventure Series!

Dive into the fray as two wildly popular adventure series merge into one!

Indelible by Lani Woodland

Title: Indelible (Yara Silva, book 2)

Author: Lani Woodland

Publisher: Pendrell Publishing

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-0982729724

Size: 416 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

Series: Intrinsical (bk 1)

Yara is beginning to understand just how much her life will change now that her Waker abilities have emerged. She has come to terms with the fact that seeing ghosts is part of her life, but she isn t ready to let being a Waker dictate her choices. All she wants is a ghost-free senior year with her boyfriend, Brent, and her best friend, Cherie. But Yara soon discovers that there are more dark secrets in her school s history than just the curse she broke. While an angry ghost makes Yara question everything she thought she knew about spirits, she and Brent learn that there are long reaching consequences to last year s adventures. As new enemies emerge and old ghosts resurface, Yara finds herself in the center of another deadly mystery, and this time she has to contend with the living as well as the dead.

Shifting by Bethany Wiggins

Title: Shifting

Author: Bethany Wiggins

Publisher: Walker Childrens

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-0802722805

Size: 368 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Speculative

After bouncing from foster home to foster home, Magdalene Mae is transferred to what should be her last foster home in the tiny town of Silver City, New Mexico. Now that she’s eighteen and has only a year left in high school, she’s determined to stay out of trouble and just be normal. Agreeing to go to the prom with Bridger O’Connell is a good first step. Fitting in has never been her strong suit, but it’s not for the reasons most people would expect-it all has to do with the deep secret that she is a shape shifter. But even in her new home danger lurks, waiting in the shadows to pounce. They are the Skinwalkers of Navajo legend, who have traded their souls to become the animal whose skin they wear-and Maggie is their next target.

Full of romance, mysticism, and intrigue, this dark take on Navajo legend will haunt readers to the final page.

Slayers by C.J. Hill

Title: Slayers

Author: C.J. Hill (Janette Rallison)

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-0312614140

Size: 384 pages, 5.7×8.4, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

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Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And they’re smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about this, let alone believe it – these “Slayers” are descended from the original knights, and are now a diverse group of teens that includes Tori, a smart but spoiled senator’s daughter who didn’t sign up to save the world.

The dragon eggs have fallen into the wrong hands. The Slayers must work together to stop the eggs from hatching. They will fight; they will fall in love. But will they survive?

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My Boyfriend is a Mormon Vampire by Lexi Bjornholt

Title: My Boyfriend is a Mormon Vampire

Author: Lexi Bjornholt

Publisher: Greenjacket Books

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-0984275434

Size: 154 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: YA Speculative

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When seventeen-year-old Felicia moves from Alaska to windy central Oregon, she is enamored by a godlike creature that belongs to a secret coven of immortal beings with supernatural powers. Hilarious skewering of the teen vampire series with the wrinkle that Mormons are a coven of undead believers.

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The Ember Gods by Andrea Pearson

Title: The Ember Gods (Kilenya Series, book 2)

Author: Andrea Pearson

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-1466381612

Size: 280 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

Kilenya Series: The Key of Kilenya (bk 1)

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Jacob Clark has just returned from the world of Eklaron, where he frustrated the evil plans of the Lorkon and returned the magical Key of Kilenya to its rightful owners. His quest is far from over, though—Aloren is trapped in Maivoryl City by the Ember Gods, and Jacob can’t return to save her until he receives the potion that will protect his team from the corrosive influence of the Lorkon.

Balancing between this new world and his own proves tricky. Not only has he started his first year of high school, but his magical abilities are bringing him too much attention. He feels pulled by both sides, hoping he’ll figure out his special powers to save Aloren in time.

One of Them by A.D. Duling

Werewolves and Vampires…

She’s feared them, hated them and loved them, all from the safety of her couch as she read from her fictional books.

But what if vampires and werewolves were real?

Evie Patterson has found out that they are. And now not only does she have to deal with what comes with knowing that, she must also decide what side she is on before she becomes…one of them.

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Title: One of Them

Author: A.D. Duling

Publisher: Self

Release Date: September 21, 2011

ASIN: B005P8BWJU

Size: 141 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Paranormal

Banshee’s Cry by CC James

Title: Banshee’s Cry (Demon Trackers 2)

Author: C.C. James

Publisher: Red Rover Books

Release Date: September 8, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Series: The Anointed (bk 1)

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Jake and Cal are on the trail of a demon where a rash of suspicious deaths has broken out. When one brother is affected, can the other take out the source before it’s too late?

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The Armor of Light by Karen E. Hoover

Title: The Armor of Light (Book 2 of The Wolfchild Saga)

Author: Karen E. Hoover

Publisher: Tin Bird Publications

Release Date: September 6, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463663100

Size: 416 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: YA Fantasy

Series: The Wolfchild Saga: The Sapphire Flute (book 1)

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Ember has been accepted into the mage academy, but not without cost. She has gained a new enemy, ancient and dark, whose entire purpose is to destroy all white magic and her along with it. After nearly losing her life in a brutal attack, DeMunth is assigned her guardian, and the keystone he wears, The Armor of Light, begins the transition that will make it a true power.

Kayla has lost most everything of importance to her—the people, the prestige, and all she fought for the past ten years. With nothing left to lose, she continues her search for the birthplace of The Sapphire Flute and the Wolfchild she believes to be its player. Her journey will take her to strange, foreign, and often dangerous places, and everything she had thought to be true will be proven wrong.

In a showdown full of betrayal and heroic loss, Ember and Kayla finally meet on the battlefield, fighting a war on two fronts—against C’Tan and her people, and the mysterious enemy bent on destroying all magic—the shadow weavers.

The story is full of power, betrayal, hope, and love. The elements of the universe are coming together, and none can know who will stand in the end.

Witch Song by Amber Argyle

Title: Witch Song

Author: Amber Argyle

Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing

Release Date: September 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1936850167

Size: 325 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: YA Fantasy

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The world is changing.

For thousands of years, witch song has controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons. But not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by the dark Witch, Espen.

As the last echoes of witch song fade, Espen grows stronger as winter and summer come within the space of a day. Now she’s coming for the one she missed—a shy, untrained girl of fifteen named Brusenna.

Somehow, Brusenna has to succeed where every other Witch has failed. Find Espen. Fight her. Defeat her.

Or there won’t be anything left to save.