Oh boy. There are so many fabulous books I’ve been aching to talk about, and their pub date is finally here! From cutesy, girlie fiction to spooky, horrific fantasy, the month of May has a fabulous line-up of new releases for teens!
Peace, Love, & Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
Oh Ms. Myracle, we just love you here in Austin! From the 100% unique TTYL to the super-creepy Bliss, you can do no wrong!
And, teens of Austin, you will not be disappointed with Lauren’s latest, a throwback to hippiedom and a testament to sisters, Peace, Love, & Baby Ducks. Taking place in the wealthiest neighborhood in Atlanta, this is the story of 60s-obsessed Carly and girly-girl Anna, two very different sisters with a very strong bond. But things change when Anna starts high school with her brand-new (gasp!) boobs, and Anna is getting the attention that Carly feels she, as the older sister, deserves. With everything suddenly in flux, how will Carly handle her new crush, her Dad’s weirndess, and drifting away from her BFF, Peyton? Peace, Love, & Baby Ducks is a sweet, fun, true-to-life novel that not only rocks in a very modern way, but is a real throw-back to Judy Blume. Sisters everywhere will love reading this book.
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Kyra, a thirteen-year-old girl living with her father, three mothers, and 20 brothers and sisters among the Chosen Ones – a community of Believers living in isolation from the outside world. Kyra isn’t terribly happy with her life, her only reprieve being her sneaky trips to the mobile library that drives past the commune once a week. And there’s Joshua, the boy Kyra wishes she could choose. But that is a job for the Prophet, and soon he declares Kyra is to be wed to her father’s brother – a cruel, 60-year-old man. With the wedding on its way, Kyra knows she has to find a way out, even if it means abandoning her family. This is not just another cult book, but a compelling story of love and loss, and of finding oneself against all odds, lyrically written with compassion and style. The Chosen One is a book you won’t be able to put down, and Kyra’s story proves to be more than the morbid curiosity that led you to pick up the book in the first place.
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
With so many vampire and zombie books on the market, you’d think we didn’t need another. But Lili St. Crow’s young adult debut is spooky, dark, and captivating – exactly what we need in a teen horror novel! The first book in an upcoming series, Strange Angels follows Dru Anderson, a girl who has grown up aware of the sort of things most people choose to ignore: zombies, suckers, suckers, wulfen, and even ghosts. But when Dru and her ghost-hunter Dad move to a new town and the unspeakable comes to pass, Dru is left feeling like a fish out of water. Even her gift – what her grandmother called “the touch” – might not be enough to keep her afloat. Flying in the face of the romantic vampire presented in Twilight, Strange Angels is not a novel for the weak-of-heart. It is, however, a novel for someone who likes their zombies rotted, their ghosts angry, and their vampires killer.
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