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Best Middle Grade & YA Books of the New Year!

Submitted by lpeugh on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 1:19pm

 

There are a lot of picks this month - there are just so many great books coming out this year! 2012 promises to be a great year for readers!

The Dead of Winter (Hardcover)

By Chris Priestley
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781599907451
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Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 1/2012
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Chris Priestley specializes in creepy, gothic mysteries and his newest, a ghost story, has a frightening sense of mounting dread and tension. He keeps readers in suspense 'til the very last, blood-chilling page!

Why We Broke Up (Hardcover)

By Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9780316127257
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 12/2011
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Daniel Handler (also known as Lemony Snicket) is surprisingly adept at plumbing the depths of a teenage girl's heart. Paired with Maira Kalman's beautiful, spare paintings, this blow-by-blow account of a breakup is moving and heartbreaking.

The Queen of Kentucky (Hardcover)

By Alecia Whitaker
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780316125062
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Published: Poppy, 1/2012
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The Queen of Kentucky" is a sweet, feel-good read with an endearing main character that girls will relate to - a perfect teen read for anyone who's ever wanted to reinvent themselves!

Unraveling Isobel (Hardcover)

By Eileen Cook
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781442413276
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Published: Simon Pulse, 1/2012
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Eileen Cook's juicy newest book is a modern gothic mystery that is irresistible! It's bad enough that Isobel has to move to the middle of nowhere since her mom married a guy she barely knows. Throw in a haunted estate with an ugly past and a hot, off-limits stepbrother and you've got a fun, spooky teen read!

Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles (Hardcover)

By Marissa Meyer
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780312641894
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Published: Feiwel & Friends, 1/2012
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A strong heroine + a classic fairy tale turned on its head + cyborgs + a chilling dystopian setting = a book that is too good to miss! Meyer's debut is impressive and I'm massively anxious for the next book in this smart, irresistible series!

The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)

By John Green
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780525478812
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Published: Dutton Juvenile, 1/2012
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John Green's newest (his first featuring a female protagonist) is beautiful and heartbreaking. The narrator is a teenage girl with terminal cancer who is funny, snarky, and real. Green manages to avoid the clichés books about illness usually fall prey to and it actually manages to be funny and sweet. Teens and adults won't be able to put down this gut-wrenching, but fulfilling novel!

Irises (Hardcover)

By Francisco X. Stork
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780545151351
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1/2012
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Stork's newest, about two sisters torn between following their individual dreams and taking care of their comatose mother, is warm, engrossing, and relatable. Teens and adults will fall in love with this sweet novel!

Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse (Hardcover)

By Lucas Klauss
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781442423886
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Published: Simon Pulse, 1/2012
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Klauss' debut is perfect for teen guys and girls, it's funny, warm, and well-written. The story is engrossing, the characters nuanced, and the conflicts realistic - I couldn't put it down!

Drowning Instinct (Hardcover)

By Ilsa J. Bick
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780761377528
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Published: Carolrhoda Books, 1/2012
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Bick's (you may remember her from the fantastic new book "Ashes") "fairytale with teeth" does indeed have bite - it's frightening and heartbreaking and creepy. I couldn't put it down!