A group of teenagers face struggles in friendship when one of them succumbs to HIV, and another must overcome an addiction to Crystal Meth in Friends Unlikely. The title is available in ebook and paperback from Amira Press, and is authored by Susan Smith Alvis, an established non-fiction writer breaking into the teen fiction scene.
Archive for August, 2007
New Release: Friends Unlikely
Posted in New Releases on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Release: Nightmare Academy
Posted in New Releases on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dean Lorey’s Nightmare Academy, published by Harper Collins, is now available as an ebook from Fictionwise. It’s the story of a boy who must attend the ‘Monster Academy’ in order to learn how to fight the creatures that constantly haunt him.
Young Writer Makes eBook Debut
Posted in General News on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
New publisherCantarabooks will be releasing a multitude of new ebooks at the end of the month. Among them, a teen novel written by a teen. Hannah Moskowitz, now 16, was 14 when she wrote The Sublime. Few details on the plot have been revealed, but it is known to be set in one single location [...]
Coming Soon: The Vampire In My Dreams
Posted in General News on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Coming October 9th from Samhain Publishing, The Vampire In My Dreams by Terry Lee Wilde is a YA paranormal about a witch who has to help her vampire friend fight the man who made him a creature of the night. The Vampire In My Dreams will mark Samhain’s third ebook for teens. The company has [...]
Review: Other People’s Secrets
Posted in Reviews on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Aynslee is a counsellor for her classmates, whether they like it or not. She has a reputation for solving other people’s problems, and a genuine desire to help whenever she can. Naturally, she’s distraught when she becomes the only person who Katia – a girl with an abusive boyfriend – confides in. As she struggles [...]
New eBooks From Little Brown, Kimani Press
Posted in General News on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mainstream publishers have hogged the limelight at Fictionwise with three new releases added today. First Semester by Cecil Cross (Kimani, $9) and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown, $13) are available now. Eclipse, also by Meyer (Little Brown, $13), can be preordered with a 20% rebate, and hits virtual shelves tomorrow. Eclipse will mark [...]
New Release: Philip and the Case of Mistaken Identity
Posted in New Releases on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wings ePress has released a new mystery by John Paulits. Philip and the Case of Mistaken Identity is a sequel to March’s Philip Gets Even, and is Paulits’ second novel for young readers. The book can be purchased in a variety of formats at Wings ePress.
