Look Out For These Books + Contest Reminder!

Food, Girls, And Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Publisher: Egmont USA
Pages: 272
Pre-order: Amazon.com

Summary: Life used to be so simple for Andrew Zansky—hang with the Model U.N. guys, avoid gym class, and eat and eat and eat. He’s used to not fitting in: into his family, his sports-crazed school, or his size 48 pants. But not anymore. Andrew just met April, the new girl at school and the instant love of his life! He wants to find a way to win her over, but how? When O. Douglas, the heartthrob quarterback and high school legend, saves him from getting beaten up by the school bully, Andrew sees his chance to get in with the football squad. Is it possible to reinvent yourself in the middle of high school? Andrew is willing to try. But he’s going to have to make some changes. Fast. Can a funny fat kid be friends with a football superstar? Can he win over the Girl of his Dreams? Can he find a way to get his Mom and Dad back together? How far should you go to be the person you really want to be? Andrew is about to find out.

Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Publisher: Egmont USA/UK
Pages: 320
Pre-order: Amazon.com

Summary: Mirrorscape is a thrilling and inventive adventure for all fantasy fans, children and adults alike. The book is the first in a trilogy and will be succeeded by Mirrorstorm and Mirrorshade. In this his debut novel, the artist and illustrator Mike Wilks brings his extraordinary visual imagination from the canvas to the page! Fulfilling the dream of a lifetime, Melkin Womper is apprenticed to a master painter, Ambrosius Blenk. Son of a village weaver, Mel is over-awed by the master’s richly coloured and vividly detailed paintings. He is particularly amazed by the colours, because there are no colours back home. To have colour in your life, you have to buy the Pleasure, and the sinister scarlet-robed Fifth Mystery owns the rights to such Pleasures. Soon, Mel and his new friends Ludo and Wren find themselves caught in a power struggle between the Mystery and the master. One that involves stepping through paintings into a world where the bizarre is commonplace and all logic is irrelevant. A world where angels, pyramid mazes, imaginary monsters, talking houses and - most importantly - the simple paintbrush all combine to form a hugely original and deeply compelling fantasy.

Of All The Stupid Things by Alexandra Diaz
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Publisher: Egmont USA
Pages: 256
Pre-order: Amazon.com

Summary: When a rumor starts circulating that Tara's boyfriend, Brent, has been sleeping with one of the guy cheerleaders, the innuendo doesn't just hurt Tara-it marks the beginning of the end of three lifelong friends. Tara's training for a marathon, but also running from her fear of abandonment after being deserted by her father. Whitney Blaire seems to have everything, but an empty mansion and absentee parents leave her to look for her own value in all the wrong places. And Pinkie has compulsive need to mother everyone to make up for the mom she's never stopped missing. This friendship that promised to last forever is starting to break under the pressure of the girls' differences. Of All The Stupid Things offers insight into three very different lives sharing one unforgettable high-school year.

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Please remember my giveaway of The Society of S is still going on and ends on August 10, 2009, so if you haven't entered yet, what are ya waiting for! The winner will be picked by Susan Hubbard herself and if she likes your answer you'll get a shout out in her next book, can't get any better than that! So, hurry up before it's too late!
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**Contest is open to everyone**