Happy Monday! This week we’re featuring a few really awesome giveaways including a copy of MASK OF SHADOWS and THE KEEP OF AGES. Make sure to enter to win below, and check out all the other awesome books being released this week!

Happy Reading,

Shelly, Sam, Jocelyn, Martina, Erin, Susan, Kelly, Laura, Emily, Anisaa, and Lori Ann

YA BOOK GIVEAWAYS THIS WEEK

Mask of Shadows
by Linsey Miller
Hardcover Giveaway
U.S. Only
Sourcebooks Fire
Released 8/29/2017

Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender-fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class―and the nobles who destroyed their home.

When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand―the Queen’s personal assassins, named after the rings she wears―Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge.

But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. A childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the trials. And as Sal succeeds in the competition, and wins the heart of Elise, an intriguing scribe at court, they start to dream of a new life and a different future, but one that Sal can have only if they survive.

Author Question: What is your favorite thing about Mask of Shadows?

I love the freedom of it. I set out to do several very specific things—write good representation that didn’t overstep, provide an escapist fantasy that was inclusive and realistic while still playing with well-loved tropes, and explore morality and trauma in a way that I had wanted to read when I was a young adult. I didn’t want to hold anything back or gloss over the trauma that comes with writing an assassin. That grief and the ramifications of it were as important to me as the escapist aspects.

And it made Sal my favorite part of MASK OF SHADOWS. I love them and I love writing them. They’re clever and skilled but rash and arrogant. They are not perfect but they are perfectly them, and they’re one of my favorite characters to have ever written. So my favorite, favorite thing is that I got to add a character I love to the world of young adult fantasy, the world that nurtured me when I was a young reader. Being able to give back was very important, and I’m thrilled that I’ve gotten a chance to do that with MASK OF SHADOWS. I’m glad Sal is my debut character, and I hope other people love them, too.

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The Keep of Ages
by Caragh M. O’Brien
Hardcover Giveaway
U.S. Only
Roaring Brook Press
Released 8/29/2017

In the fast-paced, high-stakes conclusion to Caragh M. O’Brien’s Vault of Dreamers trilogy, Rosie travels to a derelict theme park to shut down dream mining once and for all.

Driven by fear when Dean Berg kidnaps her family, Rosie Sinclair strikes out across the country to rescue them. When an elusive trail leads her to Grisly Valley, the contaminated ruin of a horror theme park, Rosie has to consider that Berg may once again be manipulating her every move to make her fearful, priming her for a final, lethal dream mining procedure. As Rosie struggles to outmaneuver Berg, she unearths the ultimate vault of dreamers and the hint of a consciousness more powerful and dangerous than any she’s imagined before. Faced with unspeakable suffering and otherworldly beauty, Rosie must discover how to trust her mind, her friends, and reality itself.

Propulsive and deeply speculative, The Keep of Ages concludes the Vault of Dreamers trilogy with stirring possibilities for what it means to be alive.

Author Question: What is your favorite thing about The Keep of Ages?

My favorite thing about THE KEEP OF AGES is the way Rosie, the main character, deals with certain mind-boggling situations. She has a moment when she encounters a new kind of consciousness that startles and thrills me every time I read it, and this is true even though I know it’s coming. This book takes the most compelling ideas from the first two books in the series—the dreamers who are mined against their will, Rosie’s complicated relationships with her friends and her family, the evil of Dean Berg, and questions of consciousness—and ratchets up the stakes enormously. I just love seeing where Rosie goes.

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YA BOOK GIVEAWAYS LAST WEEK: WINNERS

These giveaway wins include all the other wins from the past two weeks that I missed picking because of my vacation. Thank you all for your understanding! – Shelly

Sasquatch, Love and Other Imaginary Things by Betsy Aldredge and Carrie DuBois-Shaw: Nicole M.
Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle: Megan K.
Crystal Blade by Kathryn Purdie: StacyRenee C.
Ferocious by Paual Stokes: Linda L.
Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens: Natasha D.
Mr. 60% by Clete Barrett Smith: Josh J.
Orphan, Agent, Prima, Pawn by Elizabeth Kiem: Anne C, Joycedale C
The Dire King: A Jackaby Novel by William Ritter: Misty H
The Rattled Bones by S.M. Parker: Danielle H.
After the Game by Abbi Glines: Theresa S.

MORE YOUNG ADULT FICTION IN STORES NEXT WEEK WITH AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

Thirteen Rising
by Romina Russell
Hardcover
Razorbill
Released 8/29/2017

Romina Russell’s epic sci-fi fantasy series reaches its breathtaking conclusion with this fourth and final novel.

The master has been unmasked. Rho’s world has been turned upside down. With her loved ones in peril and all the stars set against her, can the young Guardian from House Cancer muster the strength to keep fighting? Or has she finally found her match in a master whose ambition to rule knows no limits?

Author Question: What is your favorite thing about Thirteen Rising?

I think THIRTEEN RISING was tonally very different from the previous books because by now Rho has endured so much that she’s shifted into a new woman. We’ve seen hints of that woman from time to time in the earlier books, but by now she’s fully embraced her new self, and it’s very shocking to see her shed her old skin—a little sad, a little exciting, and (for me) very fulfilling. I also loved diving into the villain’s mind and finally revealing what’s been going on behind-the-scenes. To me, it felt like a very complete book, filled with answers and action and heartbreak. And get ready for the big battle at the end!

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Zero Repeat Forever
by G.S. Prendergast
Hardcover
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Released 8/29/2017

He has no voice, or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind.

Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.

His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.

Until a human kills her…

Sixteen year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade, annihilating entire cities, taking control of the Earth. Isolated in the wilderness, Raven and her friends have only a fragment of instruction from the human resistance.

Shelter in place.

Which seems like good advice at first. Stay put. Await rescue. Raven doesn’t like feeling helpless but what choice does she have?

Then a Nahx kills her boyfriend.

Thrown together in a violent, unfamiliar world, Eighth and Raven should feel only hate and fear. But when Raven is injured, and Eighth deserts his unit, their survival comes to depend on trusting each other…

Author Question: What is your favorite thing about Zero Repeat Forever?

My favourite thing about Zero Repeat Forever is Eighth’s blend of strength, pathos and humor. I wanted to make a character that was both sad, frightening and impossible not to love. He has a complicated inner world and a superhuman capacity for emotions that made him fun to write.

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MORE YOUNG ADULT NOVELS NEW IN STORES NEXT WEEK

All Rights Reserved
by Gregory Scott Katsoulis
Hardcover
Harlequin Teen
Released 8/29/2017

In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society.

Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Speth must pay for every word she speaks (“Sorry” is a flat ten dollars and a legal admission of guilt), for every nod ($0.99/sec), for every scream ($0.99/sec) and even every gesture of affection. She’s been raised to know the consequences of falling into debt, and can’t begin to imagine the pain of having her eyes shocked for speaking words that she’s unable to afford.

But when Speth’s friend Beecher commits suicide rather than work off his family’s crippling debt, she can’t express her shock and dismay without breaking her Last Day contract and sending her family into Collection. Backed into a corner, Speth finds a loophole: rather than read her speech, rather than say anything at all, she closes her mouth and vows never to speak again. Speth’s unexpected defiance of tradition sparks a media frenzy, inspiring others to follow in her footsteps, and threatens to destroy her, her family, and the entire city around them.

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Backfield Boys
by John Feinstein
Hardcover
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Released 8/29/2017

Sportswriting powerhouse John Feinstein’s young adult novel Backfield Boys follows best friends and football stars Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson, a perfect, though unconventional, pair: Jason, the Jewish kid, is lightning fast and a natural wide-receiver, while African-American Tom has an amazing arm and a quarterback’s feel for the game. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to enroll on scholarship for their freshman year–despite their mothers’ fears of injury and especially CTE.

On day one, they’re stunned when the coaches make Tom a receiver and Jason a quarterback, a complete contradiction to their skill sets and training. They soon suspect this is a racial issue. The boys speak out, risking both their scholarships and their chance to play. But when Jason gets a concussion in the first game of the season, he and Tom must decide how much they’re willing to lose in their quest to expose the ugly remnants of a racist past that still linger in contemporary jock culture.

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Red Dirt
by Anna Jarzab
Hardcover
Harlequin Teen
Released 8/29/2017

The small town of Lake Bittersweet, Oklahoma, ain’t no paradise, but Sammy Lester has lived there her whole life, and she’ll most likely be buried there, too. Don’t matter that she barely graduated high school, or that money’s tight, or that her ex-con father’s on the verge of losing custody of her six-year-old half sister Decca. Sammy can’t leave Lake Bittersweet. She’s got nowhere else to go.

When she meets charming city boy Brayton Foster, things start looking up for once. Then one dark night, her father, Bobby Ray, goes missing, and Sammy knows in her bones who’s to blame. Local drug kingpin Redbreast Tuller and his family of criminals have unfinished business with Bobby Ray, and it seems they finally caught up with him. But the sheriff is in the Tullers’ back pocket, and nobody in law enforcement cares about finding Sammy’s dad.

As she struggles to keep her family–and her new relationship with Brayton–from falling apart, Sammy realizes that if she wants answers, if she wants someone to pay, she’ll have to handle it her damn self. Because in a place like Lake Bittersweet, justice ain’t something you’re given–it’s something you take.

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The Big F
by Maggie Ann Martin
Paperback
Swoon Reads
Released 8/29/2017

Danielle effed up. Big time.

Danielle’s plans for the future were pretty easy to figure out… until she failed senior English and her single college application was denied. Suddenly she’s in hot water with very few options, because honestly who applies to a safety school when their mom is a semi-famous “college psychic”?!

Determined to get her life back on track, Danielle enrolls in her hometown community college with a plan: pass her English class and get back into Ohio State and her mother’s good graces. Romance isn’t on her radar… until she reconnects with her childhood crush and golden-boy-next-door, Luke.

Between family drama, first love and finding her own way, Danielle can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. Thankfully she has her friendship with the snarky and frustratingly attractive Porter, her coworker at the campus bookstore, to push her to experience new things and help keep her afloat.

One thing’s for sure: This time, failure’s not an option.

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The Broken World
by Lindsey Klingele
Hardcover
HarperTeen
Released 8/29/2017

The adventures of three teen royals and foster girl Liv, which began in The Marked Girl, conclude in this exciting sequel.

In the fantasy world of Caelum, Liv, Cedric, and Kat must attempt to defeat an evil traitor and his army to save their families and the kingdom. But the city they left behind is facing its own problems: back in Los Angeles, the sky is orange, gravity isn’t working right, and earthquakes shake the ground every few hours. Opening the portals has had devastating effects, and Liv’s best friend Shannon and Cedric’s frenemy Merek are the only ones who know what’s going on – and that tracking down the murderous Knights of Valere might be the way to fix everything.

It’s a race against time as the crew must find a way to reunite and combine their quests to save both worlds.

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The Dazzling Heights
by Katharine McGee
Hardcover
HarperCollins
Released 8/29/2017

New York, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marvel that touches the sky. But amidst high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, five teenagers are keeping dangerous secrets…

LEDA is haunted by memories of what happened on the worst night of her life. She’ll do anything to make sure the truth stays hidden–even if it means trusting her enemy.

WATT just wants to put everything behind him…until Leda forces him to start hacking again. Will he do what it takes to be free of her for good?

When RYLIN wins a scholarship to an upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being there means seeing the boy whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.

AVERY is tormented by her love for the one person in the world she can never have. She’s desperate to be with him… no matter the cost.

And then there’s CALLIOPE, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who arrives in New York, determined to cause a stir. And she knows exactly where to begin.

But unbeknownst to them all, someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. And in a world of such dazzling heights, just one wrong step can mean a devastating fall.

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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo
Hardcover
Random House Books for Young Readers
Released 8/29/2017

She will become one of the world’s greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . .

Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law—risking exile—to save a mere mortal. Even worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world.

Alia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer—a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.

Together, Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies—mortal and divine—determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. If they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.

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You Don’t Know Me but I Know You
by Rebecca Barrow
Hardcover
HarperTeen
Released 8/29/2017

Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a time.

There’s a box in the back of Audrey’s closet that she rarely thinks about.

Inside is a letter, seventeen years old, from a mother she’s never met, handed to her by the woman she’s called Mom her whole life. Being adopted, though, is just one piece in the puzzle of Audrey’s life—the picture painstakingly put together by Audrey herself, full of all the people and pursuits that make her who she is.

But when Audrey realizes that she’s pregnant, she feels something—a tightly sealed box in the closet corners of her heart—crack open, spilling her dormant fears and unanswered questions all over the life she loves.

Almost two decades ago, a girl in Audrey’s situation made a choice, one that started Audrey’s entire story. Now Audrey is paralyzed by her own what-ifs and terrified by the distance she feels growing between her and her best friend Rose. Down every possible path is a different unfamiliar version of her life, and as she weighs the options in her mind, she starts to wonder—what does it even mean to be Audrey Spencer?

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