This Week in YA- April 4, 2009

Random:

• Ally Carter posted the first glimpse of her new book Heist that comes out in 2010.
• Sarah Dessen is having a contest. Details on her blog.
• Justine Larbalestier answered some questions about her new book, Liar, coming out in October on her blog.
• Megan McCafferty is posting 10 things about Perfect Fifths prior to the release of the book. She is currently on number 5 in the countdown.
• Sarah Mlynowski's new book Gimme a Call has been optioned by Paramount.

YA Authors with Nings (A few seem to have gotten them this week):

• Sarah Dessen- A community to discuss her books.
• Maureen Johnson- It's becoming her blog and others' blog.
• John Green- Can't say Ning without Nerdfighters.

YA Authors doing BEDA (Blog Every Day April):

(Remember, we're doing BEDA. If you want to join, you still can, even if it's already the 4th. Just go to Maureen's ning)

• Maureen Johnson (She started it)
• John Green
• Sarah Cross
• R.J. Anderson

Books that came out last week:

• Love at First Click by Elizabeth Chandler
• Purge by Sarah Littman
• Vampirates 4: Black Heart by Justin Somper
• Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
• Yes, I Know the Monkey Man by Dori Hillestad Butler
• Queen of Disguises by Melanie Jackson
• Prince Rama of the Solar Dynasty by Vrinda Doherty and Ann Doherty
• The People and Josh Wilson by John Reid
• Lost by Jacqueline Dav
• Leftovers by Heather Waldorf
• Inferno by Robin Stevenson
• The Glass Maker's Daughter by V. Briceland
• The Girls by Tucker Shaw
• Five Minutes More by Darlene Ryan
• Double Eagle by Sneed B. Collard III
• Bank Job by James Heneghan and Norma Charles
• Band Geeked Out by Josie Bloss
• All The Broken Pieces by Ann Burg
• You've Got Blackmail by Rachel Wright
• Willow by Julia Hoban
• The Purloined Boy by Mortimus Clay
• The Madman of Venice by Sophie Masson
• Hottie by Jonathan Bernstein
• Look Both Ways by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Books that come out this week:

• April 6- Cashay by Margaret McMullan
• April 6- King of the Screwups by K. L. Going
• April 6- My Big Nose & Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter
• April 7- The Twilight Prisoner by Katherine Marsh
• April 7- The Stoneheart Trilogy, Book Three: Silvertongue by Charlie Fletcher
• April 7- The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti
• April 7- Pure by Terra Elan McVoy
• April 7- Amy by Any Other Name by Maureen Garvie
• April 7- The Young Bond Series, Book Four: Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson
• April 7- Night World No. 3: Huntress, Black Dawn, Witchlight by L.J. Smith

-The YAthenaeum Team