A Wide Range

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Karen Cushman

Catherine Called Birdy

HarperCollins

Newbery Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, ABC Children's Booksellers Choice Award and Booklist Editors' Choice Catherine Called Birdy features a clever young maiden who uses her smarts and trickery to avoid being married off by her father to a rich suitor. In addition to rave reviews by Kirkus, this novel was one of School Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year and made the International Board on Books for Young People Honor List.

Rosalind Wiseman

Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials

Punam Juvenile/Penguin

New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees & Wannabes (the basis for the movie "Mean Girls"), Rosalind Wiseman’s debut YA novel follows a headstrong young girl though her freshman year at a new magnet school where she quickly learns that she cannot escape the mean girls of her past. The novel has been endorsed by Tina Fey and Meg Cabot, among many others.

Jessica Brody

The Karma Club

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

The upcoming debut YA novel from author Jessica Brody, whose bestselling first book, The Fidelity Files, was a USA Today Hot Summer Read for 2008 and is currently in development for a television series.  In The Karma Club, three high school seniors, tired of waiting for the universe to balance things out in its own time, band together to dish up “karmic” retribution to the ex-boyfriends who broke their hearts.  But they soon discover that when you mess with Karma…. Karma messes back.

Carol Snow

Switch

HarperTeen/HarperCollins

Carol Snow’s “shocking” YA debut introduces Claire Martin, ordinary teenager—and body switcher.  Whenever electrical storms hit her quiet beach town, she finds herself in someone else’s body.  Usually she’s back to herself in no time, but when Claire gets stuck inside the beautiful blonde girl that has claimed the heart of her long-time crush, things may never be normal again.  Sarah Mlynowski calls Switch, “an electrifying page-turner—you’ll love this book.”

David Pogue

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power

Roaring Brook Press

New York Times writer David’s Pogue’s debut middle grade novel centers around Abby Carnelia, an otherwise ordinary fifth-grader, who makes an astonishing discovery—she has a magical power! But when Abby heads to Magic Camp she soon realizes that something strange is going on and has to use her powers to help the other campers escape before it’s too late.

Kristina Springer

The Espressologist

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR)

Kristina Springer’s debut YA novel is about 17-year old barista Jane Turner’s unique talent for matching couples based upon their favorite coffee drink. Jane calls it “Espressology”, and so far, she’s never been wrong in a match.  But can this be too much of a good thing? Jane is about to find out.  During a televised interview, at the height of her notoriety, she is forced into an impossible dilemma—lose her love interest or lose her credibility? The stakes are high and Jane soon realizes she may be in danger of losing it all—including her best friend.