New Tour Title: Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott

Hey friends! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read JUMPED IN by Patrick Flores-Scott.

Sam has the rules of slackerhood down: Don’t be late to class. Don’t ever look the teacher in the eye. Develop your blank stare. Since his mom left, he has become an expert in the art of slacking, especially since no one at his new school gets his intense passion for the music of the Pacific Northwest—Nirvana, Hole, Sleater-Kinney. Then his English teacher begins a slam poetry unit and Sam gets paired up with the daunting, scarred, clearly-a-gang-member Luis, who happens to sit next to him in every one of his classes. Slacking is no longer an option—Luis will destroy him. Told in Sam’s raw voice and interspersed with vivid poems, Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott is a stunning debut novel about differences, friendship, loss, and the power of words.

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New Tour Title: Tumble & Fall

Hey friends! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read TUMBLE & FALL by Alexandra Couts.

A novel about the end of days full of surprising beginnings 
 
The world is living in the shadow of oncoming disaster. An asteroid is set to strike the earth in just one week’s time; catastrophe is unavoidable. The question isn’t how to save the world—the question is, what to do with the time that's left? Against this stark backdrop, three island teens wrestle with intertwining stories of love, friendship and family—all with the ultimate stakes at hand. 
 
Alexandra Coutts's TUMBLE & FALL is a powerful story of courage, love, and hope at the end of the world.

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New Tour Title: Canary by Rachele Alpine

Hello fellow book nerds and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read CANARY by Rachele Alpine!

Staying quiet will destroy her, but speaking up will destroy everyone.

Kate Franklin’s life changes for the better when her dad lands a job at Beacon Prep, an elite private school with one of the best basketball teams in the state. She begins to date a player on the team and quickly gets caught up in a world of idolatry and entitlement, learning that there are perks to being an athlete. 

But those perks also come with a price. Another player takes his power too far and Kate is assaulted at a party. Although she knows she should speak out, her dad’s vehemently against it and so, like a canary sent into a mine to test toxicity levels and protect miners, Kate alone breathes the poisonous secrets to protect her dad and the team. The world that Kate was once welcomed into is now her worst enemy, and she must decide whether to stay silent or expose the corruption, destroying her father’s career and bringing down a town’s heroes.

Canary is told in a mix of prose and verse.

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New Tour Title: Rush by Eve Silver

Hello fellow book nerds and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read RUSH by Eve Silver!

So what’s the game now? This, or the life I used to know?

When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game—her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn.

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New Tour Title: Transparent by Natalie Whipple!

Hello fellow book nerds and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read TRANSPARENT by Natalie Whipple!

Plenty of teenagers feel invisible. Fiona McClean actually is.

An invisible girl is a priceless weapon. Fiona’s own father has been forcing her to do his dirty work for years—everything from spying on people to stealing cars to breaking into bank vaults.

After sixteen years, Fiona’s had enough. She and her mother flee to a small town, and for the first time in her life, Fiona feels like a normal life is within reach. But Fiona’s father isn’t giving up that easily.

Of course, he should know better than anyone: never underestimate an invisible girl.

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New Tour Title: Ink by Amanda Sun

Hello fellow book nerds and superbly awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hands of five lucky participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read INK by Amanda Sun!

 

I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.

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New Tour Title: Belle Epoque

Hello fellow book lovers and super readers! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hot little hands of five luck participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read BELLE EPOQUE by Elizabeth Ross.

When Maude Pichon runs away from provincial Brittany to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly as her savings. Desperate for work, she answers an unusual ad. The Durandeau Agency provides its clients with a unique service—the beauty foil. Hire a plain friend and become instantly more attractive. 

Monsieur Durandeau has made a fortune from wealthy socialites, and when the Countess Dubern needs a companion for her headstrong daughter, Isabelle, Maude is deemed the perfect foil.

But Isabelle has no idea her new "friend" is the hired help, and Maude's very existence among the aristocracy hinges on her keeping the truth a secret. Yet the more she learns about Isabelle, the more her loyalty is tested. And the longer her deception continues, the more she has to lose.

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New Tour Title: How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Hello fellow book lovers and super readers! We've got another debut waiting to hop into the hot little hands of five luck participants in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you're taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read HOW MY SUMMER WENT UP IN FLAMES by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski!

First she lost her heart. Then she lost her mind. And now she’s on a road trip to win back her ex. This debut novel’s packed with drama and romance!

Rosie’s always been impulsive. She didn’t intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend’s car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she’s served with a temporary restraining order on the first day of summer vacation, she’s heartbroken—and furious. 
To put distance between Rosie and her ex, Rosie’s parents send her on a cross-country road trip with responsible, reliable neighbor Matty and his two friends. Forget freedom of the road, Rosie wants to hitchhike home and win back her ex. But her determination starts to dwindle with each passing mile. Because Rosie’s spark of anger? It may have just ignited a romance with someone new…

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New Tour Title: Hammer of Witches!

Hello there fellow book lovers and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to make it's way through the hands of five lucky participants of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you are taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read HAMMER OF WITCHES by Shana Mlwaski

Baltasar Infante can weasel out of any problem with a good story.

But when he encounters a monster straight out of stories one night, Baltasar faces trouble even he can’t talk his way out of. Captured by the Malleus Maleficarum, a mysterious witch-hunting arm of the Spanish Inquisition, Baltasar is put to the question. The Inquisitor demands he reveal the whereabouts of Amir al-Katib, a legendary Moorish sorcerer who can bring myths and the creatures within them to life.

Now Baltasar must escape, find al-Katib, and defeat a dreadful power that may destroy the world.

As Baltasar’s journey takes him into uncharted lands on Columbus’s voyage westward, he learns that stories are more powerful than he once believed them to be—and much more dangerous.

Shana Mlawski’s magical debut novel takes a fresh look at one of the pivotal moments in human history.

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New Tour Title! In the Shadow of Blackbirds

Hello there fellow book lovers and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to make it's way through the hands of five lucky participants of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you are taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters.

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she’s forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love—a boy who died in battle—returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her?

Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.

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New Tour Title: Parallel by Lauren Miller!

Hello there fellow book lovers and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to make it's way through the hands of five lucky participants of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you are taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read PARALLEL by Lauren Miller!

Abby Barnes had a plan. Get into a great college, major in journalism, and land her dream job at a major newspaper. But on the eve of her 18th birthday, she's stuck on a Hollywood movie set instead, wishing she could rewind her life. But the next morning, she’s in a dorm room at Yale, with no memory of how she got there. A collision of parallel worlds has left Abby living a new reality every time her younger parallel self makes a new decision. Forced to live out the consequences of a path she didn't choose, Abby must let go on her plans for the future and learn to focus on the present, without losing sight of who she is, the boy who might just be her soul mate, and the destiny that’s finally in reach.

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New Tour Title: Mortality by Kellie Sheridan!

Hello there fellow book lovers and generally awesome people! We've got another debut waiting to make it's way through the hands of five lucky participants of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

 If you are taking part in the 2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read MORTALITY by Kellie Sheridan!

After surviving a deadly plague outbreak, sixteen-year-old Savannah thought she had lived through the very worst of human history. There was no way to know that the miracle vaccine would put everyone at risk for a fate worse than un-death.

Now, two very different kinds of infected walk the Earth, intent on nothing but feeding and destroying what little remains of civilization. When the inoculated are bitten, infection means watching on in silent horror as self-control disappears and the idea of feasting on loved ones becomes increasingly hard to ignore.

Starving and forced to live inside of the abandoned high school, all Savannah wants is the chance to fight back. When a strange boy arrives with a plan to set everything right, she gets her chance. Meeting Cole changes everything. Mere survival will never be enough.

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New Tour Title: Fraction of Stone by Kelley Lynn

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If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read Fraction of Stone by Kelley Lynn.

Wind tunnels, torrential rains and earthquakes tear apart Casden. The cause of the world’s imbalance is unknown, but the mounting occurrences suggest there’s little time before life ceases to exist.

Rydan Gale and Akara Nazreth are the only humans with the ability to wield magic. The tattoo on their necks and the discovery of an ancient book, dictate they are the key to the world’s survival.

But the greatest obstacle for saving mankind isn’t the bizarre creatures, extreme betrayals and magic-fearing men hunting them.

It’s that Akara doesn’t believe the world is worth saving.

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New Tour Title! Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza

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If you are participating in this year's Debut Author Challenge, hosted by Hobbitsies, then here's your chance to read Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza!

Mila 2.0 is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.

Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past —that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.

Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.

Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity–style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.

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New Tour Title! The Murmurings by Carly Anne West

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If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read The Murmurings by Carly Anne West.

A teen girl starts hearing the same voices that drove her sister to commit suicide in this creepy, suspenseful novel.

Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.

As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not….

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New Tour Title! Hooked by Liz Fichera

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If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read HOOKED (Hooked #1) by Liz Fichera.

When Native American Fredricka ‘Fred’ Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school’s golf team, she can’t say no. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done. 

But Fred’s presence on the team isn’t exactly welcome — especially not to rich golden boy Ryan Berenger, whose best friend was kicked off the team to make a spot for Fred.

But there’s no denying that things are happening between the girl with the killer swing and the boy with the killer smile...

GET HOOKED ON A GIRL NAMED FRED

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New Tour Title! When We Wuz Famous by Greg Takoudes

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If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read WHEN WE WUZ FAMOUS by Greg Takoudes.

Francisco Ortiz, a handsome straight-A student and gifted basketball player from the barrio, wins a full scholarship to an elite boarding school. His future seems promising. But soon after Francisco moves into the dorm, his new classmates assume the worst of him: they pepper him with questions about drugs and gangs. It’s all so confusing, made even more complicated when Francisco realizes that back home in the hood, he no longer fits in, though his friends still rely on him to solve their problems. In a desperate attempt to help one of his homies, Francisco makes a terrible decision and becomes everything he fought so hard to rise against.

Greg Takoudes has written a riveting novel about breaking down stereotypes, crossing boundaries, and clinging to where you come from.

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New Tour Title! Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

Here's another great title for you DAC peeps to peep! 

If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read BEING HENRY DAVID by Cal Armistead.

Seventeen-year-old "Hank" has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything --who he is, where he came from, why he's running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. And so he becomes Henry David-or "Hank" and takes first to the streets, and then to the only destination he can think of--Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. 

Cal Armistead's remarkable debut novel is about a teen in search of himself. Hank begins to piece together recollections from his past. The only way Hank can discover his present is to face up to the realities of his grievous memories. He must come to terms with the tragedy of his past, to stop running, and to find his way home.

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New Tour Title! The Watcher by Lisa Voisin

Happy New Year, fellow readers! We're celebrating the beginning of the new year by sending another great debut around to five lucky participants of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge!

If you are taking part in this year's Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies, here's your chance to read THE WATCHER by Lisa Voisin.

Millennia ago, he fell from heaven for her. Can he face her without falling again?

Fascinated with ancient civilizations, seventeen-year-old Mia Crawford dreams of becoming an archaeologist. She also dreams of wings—soft and silent like snow—and somebody trying to steal them.

When a horrible creature appears out of thin air and attacks her, she knows Michael Fontaine is involved, though he claims to know nothing about it. Secretive and aloof, Michael evokes feelings in Mia that she doesn’t understand. Images of another time and place haunt her. She recognizes them—but not from any textbook.

In search of the truth, Mia discovers a past life of forbidden love, jealousy and revenge that tore an angel from Heaven and sent her to an early grave. Now that her soul has returned, does she have a chance at loving that angel again? Or will an age-old nemesis destroy them both?

Ancient history is only the beginning.

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