This Week in YA- September 5, 2009

Random:

• If you're going to one of Holly Black's Spiderwick events and want a White Cat thingie, go here to find out how you can get one.
• Sarah Rees Brennan posted the next Big Idea, a short story entitled The Arundel Tomb. Go here to read it.
• If you live in Brazil or know what to wear in Brazil, send an e-mail to Meg Cabot and help her out. Go here for more information here.
• Kristin Cashore answered a few FAQs on her blog here.
• Tera Lynn Childs posted the cover and jacket blurb of her upcoming book, Forgive My Fins, on her blog here. She's also looking for help in choosing a title for its sequel (more information on that here) and she posted the Goddess Boot Camp trailer here.
• Melissa de la Cruz is having a contest for tickets to her release party in New York City and copies of The Van Alen Legacy. Find out more information on her blog post here. The final synopsis for the book can be found here and starting tomorrow Melissa will be putting sneak-peeks up on her twitter.
• The freebie friday this week on Linda Gerber's blog is for a signed copy of Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted. Find out how to enter here.
• Shannon Hale is having two contests, one fore The Actor and the Housewife and another for Rapunzel's Revenge. You can find out more information and how to enter both here.
• Cynthia Leitich Smith posted a link to a sneak peak of her story in the Immortal: Love Stories with Bite anthology and info about her current September giveaways on her blog post here.
• Alyson Noel announced the title of the 4th book in the Immortals series on her blog post here.
• Aprilynne Pike is giving away a signed ARC of The Maze Runner by James Dashner on her blog here.
• Courtney Summers is giving away an ARC of Some Girls Are and a signed copy of Cracked Up to Be. For more information and how to enter, go to her blog post here.
• Scott Westerfeld posted the trailer for Leviathan on his blog here.

Books that came out last week:

• The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson
• The Midnight Charter by David Whitley )
• Listen by Nancy Coffelt
• Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Intertwined (Harlequin Teen) by Gena Showalter
• How to Date a Millionaire (Living Blonde) by Allison Rushby
• The Hollow by Jessica Verday
• Hate List by Jennifer Brown
• Hannah (Daughters Of The Sea) by Kathryn Lasky
• Falling by Sharon Dogar
• The Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins
• Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
• Dragon Kiss (Tales of the Frog Princess) by E.D. Baker and E. D. Baker
• The Devouring #2: Soulstice by Simon Holt
• Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
• Dear Big V by Ellen W. Leroe
• Confessions of a First Daughter by Cassidy Calloway
• City of Fire (City Trilogy) by Laurence Yep
• The Circle Of Gold (The Book Of Time) by Guillaume Prevost
• Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton
• The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner
• Bras, Boys and Bad Hair Days: A Girl's Guide to Living with Style by Anita Naik
• bff: a girlfriend book you write together by Lauren Myracle
• Allison Investigates by Taylor Joseph
• Uncensored by Jeanne Mayo
• Possessions by Nancy Holder
• An Off Year by Claire Zulkey
• Newsgirl by Liza Ketchum

Books that come out this week:

• September 7- Ghost Huntress Book 2: The Guidance by Marley Gibson
• September 7- Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
• September 8- Winter's Child by Cameron Dokey
• September 8- Suspicion by Kate Brian
• September 8- Stealing Death by Janet Lee Carey
• September 8- Muchacho: A Novel by Louanne Johnson
• September 8- Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters
• September 8- The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
• September 8- Earth's Magic by Pamela F. Service
• September 8- The Ex Games by Jennifer Echols
• September 8- The Fatal Child by John Dickinson
• September 8- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
• September 8- The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley
• September 8- The Goldsmith's Daughter by Tanya Landman
• September 8- The Judgement Line by Nadine M. Riggs
• September 8- Crashed by Robin Wasserman and Kate Reinders
• September 8- Century #1: Ring of Fire by Pierdomenico Baccalario and Leah D. Janeczko
• September 8- Catwalk: Strike a Pose by Deborah Gregory
• September 8- Back Home by Julia Keller
• September 8- The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking: Book Two by Patrick Ness
• September 8- All About Us #5: Tidings of Great Boys: An All About Us Novel by Shelley Adina
• September 9- Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire by Chris Miller and Allen Miller

-The YAthenaeum Team