A couple of new vampire series have joined the many others on the NYT children’s lists. Cynthia Leitich Smith’s second YA dark fantasy, Eternal, debuts on the 3/14 NYT Children’s Paperback best seller list at #5.
The NYT annotation reads, “Vampires plus fallen angels equal romance.” Horn Book puts it this way,
Teen readers have lapped up the steady outpouring of vampire books, most of which feature a forbidden mortal/immortal romance. Here Smith creatively revamps the star-crossed pair as a “newly risen” eternal (read vampire), adolescent Miranda, and her fallen guardian angel, Zachary.
She also brings a refreshing touch of humor to the mix.
Eternal is a companion book to the author’s earlier title Tantilize (Candlewick, 2007). Coming next year is Blessed, in which the casts from the previous two books will cross over.
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| Retail Price: |
$8.99 |
| Paperback: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Candlewick – (2010-02-09) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
076364773X / 9780763647735 |
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Audio from Listening Library; UNABR; 9780739385616
Audio and ebook available from OverDrive
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| Retail Price: |
$8.99 |
| Paperback: |
336 pages |
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Candlewick – (2008-07-22) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
076364059X / 9780763640590 |
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Audio from Listening Library; UNABR; 9780739363997
Audio and ebook available from OverDrive
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Heather Brewer’s Chronicles of Vladimir Tod entered the competitive Series Books list at #5 two weeks ago and is now at #7. The series began with Eighth Grade Bites (Dutton, 2007). The fourth book in the series, Eleventh Grade Burns came out in hardcover last month and the paperback of Tenth Grade Bleeds came out in January, with Twelfth Grade Kills scheduled for September.
Brilliance is releasing the series in audio this summer.
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| Retail Price: |
$16.99 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Dutton Juvenile – (2010-02-09) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0525422439 / 9780525422433 |
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ebook available from OverDrive.
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| Retail Price: |
$8.99 |
| Paperback: |
304 pages |
| Publisher: |
Speak – (2010-01-12) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
014241560X / 9780142415603 |
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ebook available from OverDrive.
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| Retail Price: |
$16.99 |
| Hardcover: |
224 pages |
| Publisher: |
Dutton Juvenile – (2010-09-16) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0525422242 / 9780525422242 |
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Stretching a bit to zombies, Carrie Ryan debuts on the Series Books list with The Forest of Hands and Teeth. The second book in the series, The Dead-Tossed Waves was just released. PW said the new book, “…functions as something of a retelling of [the previous] story, albeit with a different protagonist.”
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| Retail Price: |
$17.99 |
| Hardcover: |
416 pages |
| Publisher: |
Delacorte Books for Young Readers – (2010-03-09) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0385736843 / 9780385736848 |
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The paperback of the first volume was released last month.
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| Retail Price: |
$9.99 |
| Paperback: |
336 pages |
| Publisher: |
Delacorte Books for Young Readers – (2010-02-09) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0385736827 / 9780385736824 |
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
One I’d recommend is Blood Song, the first installment launches in June! I just finished it, and it was a blast. Kind of a reinvisioned Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Campy & fun while still maintaining suspense with a bit of romance!
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Song-Cat-Adams/dp/0765324946/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268066315&sr=8-1