This Week in YA- May 9, 2009

Random:

• Holly Black posted the new covers of the Tithe series on her blog.
• Meg Cabot posted the new Being Nikki trailer: Here.
• Linda Gerber is hosting a release party for her new book Death by Denim, more details in her blog.
• Shannon Hale's Austenland was nominated for Best New Fiction category for the Jane Austen's Regency World Awards 2009. You can vote here.
• Maureen Johnson posted a guide for giving Graduation Speeches on her blog.
• Mary E. Pearson posted the cover of the paperback of The Adoration of Jenna Fox here.
• Carrie Ryan sold the movie rights to The Forest of Hands and Teeth, more info on her blog.
• Melissa Walker compiled a list of contests you still have time to enter on her blog.

Books that came out last week:

• The Plague by Joanne Dahme
  
• My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi
• The Jewels of Sofia Tate by Doris Etienne
• Ghost Huntress Book 1: The Awakening by Marley Gibson
• Dragon's Heart: The Pit Dragon Chroniclesby Jane Yolen and Jonathon Schmidt
• Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez
• Cathy's Ring by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman, and Cathy Brigg
• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
• So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones
• Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph
• Ruby Unscripted by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
• Flirtin' With the Monster by Ellen Hopkins
• Being Nikki by Meg Cabot

Books that come out this week:

• May 12- The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
• May 12-Triskellion 2: The Burning by Will Peterson
• May 12-Super Stock Rookie (Motor Novels) by Will Weaver
• May 12-Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
• May 12-The Other Half of Life by Kim Ablon Whitney
• May 12-Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino
  
• May 12-Legacy of Blood by Michael Ford
• May 12-Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant
• May 12-If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney
• May 12-Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice by Pat Lowery Collins
  
• May 12-Gossip Girl, The Carlyles #3: Take a Chance on Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
  
• May 12-GirlForce by Nikki Goldstein
  
• May 12-Generation Dead: Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters
• May 12-Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 1st Case by Shane Peacock
• May 12-The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
  
• May 12-Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
• May 12-David Inside Out by Lee Bantle
  
• May 12-Darkwood by M.E. Breen and Molly Breen
• May 12-The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams and Jenna Lamia
• May 12-Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel
  
• May 12-Bad to the Bone: A Nannies Novel by Melody Mayer
• May 13-All About Us #4: Who Made You a Princess?by Shelley Adina
  
• May 14-Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti
• May 14-The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
  
• May 14-Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
  
• May 14-Slob by Ellen Potter
  
• May 14-Quantum Prophecy: The Reckoning: Book Three by Michael Carroll
  
• May 14-Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
  
• May 14-Gods of Manhattan II: Spirits in the Park by Scott Mebus
• May 14-Exclusively Chloe by J. A. Yang
  
• May 14-Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
  
• May 14-Death by Denim (Death By...) by Linda Gerber
  
• May 14-Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker
  
• May 14-Blade: Playing Dead by Tim Bowler
  
• May 14-Blackbringer (Dreamdark) by Laini Taylor
• May 14-Are U 4 Real? by Sara Kadefors and Tara Chace
  
• May 14-Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund
  

-The YAthenaeum Team