Katherine Longshore is the first-time author of Gilt (Viking, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
In the Tudor age, ambition, power and charismatic allure are essential and Catherine Howard has plenty of all three. Not to mention her loyal best friend,
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Leah Bobet is the first-time author of Above (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Matthew’s father had lion’s feet and his mother had gills, and both fled the modern-day city to live in underground Safe, a secret community of freaks,
Sarah Warren is the first-time author of Dolores: A Hero To Migrant Workers, illustrated by Robert Casilla (Marshall Cavendish, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Dolores is a teacher, a mother, and a friend. She wants to know why her students are too hungry to listen,
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Laurisa White Reyes is the first-time author of The Rock of Ivanore (Book One of the The Celestine Chronicles)(Tanglewood, 2012)(blog). From the promotional copy:
Marcus Frye, enchanter’s apprentice, sets out to in search of the rock of Ivanore,
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Sarvenaz Tash is the first-time author of The Mapmaker and the Ghost (Walker, April 2012). From the promotional copy:
Goldenrod Moram loves nothing better than a good quest. Intrepid, curious, and full of a well-honed sense of adventure, she decides to start her own exploring team fashioned after her idols,
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Tracy Bilen is the first-time author of What She Left Behind (Simon Pulse, 2012). From the promotional copy:
“Don’t even think of leaving…I will find you,” he whispered. “Guaranteed.”
Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara’s abusive father.
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Hilary Weisman Graham is the first-time author of Reunited
(Simon & Schuster, 2012)(blog). From the promotional copy:
1 concert. 2000 miles. 3 ex-best friends.
Alice, Summer, and Tiernan used to be best friends—as well as the self-proclaimed biggest fans of the band Level3.
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Shelley Coriell is the first-time author of Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
(Amulet, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Chloe Camden has a big heart and an even bigger collection of vintage shoes.
Life is good…until her best friend turns the entire school against her and her counselor axes her junior independent study project.
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Anne Greenwood Brown is the first-time author of Lies Beneath (Random House, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans,
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt is the first-time author of One for the Murphys (Nancy Paulsen/Penguin, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
In the wake of heart-breaking betrayal, Carley Connors is thrust into foster care and left on the steps of the Murphys,
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