E. Kristin Anderson is the author of Dear Teen Me, co-authored by Miranda Kenneally (Zest, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics,
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Lana Krumwiede is the first-time author of Freakling (Candlewick, 2012). From the promotional copy:
In twelve-year-old Taemon’s city, everyone has a power called psi — the ability to move and manipulate objects with their minds.
When Taemon loses his psi in a traumatic accident,
Kimberly Sabatini is the first-time author of Touching the Surface (Simon Pulse, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
Life-altering mistakes are meant to alter lives…
When Elliot dies for the third time,
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L.B. Schulman is the first-time author of
League of Strays (Abrams/Amulet, 2012)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
This suspenseful debut follows a group of teenage misfits in their delicious quest for revenge on those who have wronged them at their high school.
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Colleen Clayton is the first-time author of What Happens Next (Poppy/Little, Brown, 2012). From the promotional copy:
How can you talk about something you can’t remember?
Before the ski trip, sixteen-year-old Cassidy “Sid” Murphy was a cheerleader,
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Nikki Loftin is the first-time author of The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy (Razorbill, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Lorelei is bowled over by Splendid Academy–Principal Trapp encourages the students to run in the hallways, the classrooms are stocked with candy dishes, and the cafeteria serves lavish meals featuring all Lorelei’s favorite foods.
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Katherine Catmull is the first-time author of Summer and Bird (Dutton, 2012).
When their parents vanish overnight, pragmatic Summer and her stormy, light-boned sister Bird follow a meager clue–well, it might be a clue–into the forest.
There the sad,
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Laura Ellen is the first-time author of Blind Spot
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Oct. 23, 2012)(reading guide). From the promotional copy:
Winter stops hiding Tricia Farni on Good Friday.
When a truck plunges through the thinning ice of Alaska’s Birch River,
Janci Patterson is the first-time author of Chasing the Skip (Henry Holt, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Ricki’s dad has never been there for her. He’s a bounty hunter who spends his time chasing parole evaders—also known as “skips”—all over the country. Ever since Ricki’s mom ran off,
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Gwenda Bond is the first-time author of Blackwood (Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry, 2012)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor drama for the tourists,
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