These are some of the books that I thought looked interesting that are being released this month.
Eve & Adam by Katherine Applegate, Michael Grant
Hardcover, 304 pages
Expected publication: October 2nd
2012 by Feiwel & Friends
Sixteen-year-old
Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother,
EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening
misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it.
Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been
sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive
injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing faster than physically possible.
While recuperating in Spiker Biotech’s lush facilities, she meets Solo
Plissken, a very attractive, if off-putting boy her age who spent his life at
Spiker Biotech. Like Evening, he’s never questioned anything... until now. Solo
drops hints to Evening that something isn’t right, and Emma-Rose may be behind
it. Evening puts this out of her mind and begins her summer internship project:
To simulate the creation of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Evening
uncovers secrets so big they could change the world completely.
Sanctum by
Sarah Fine
Hardcover, 433 pages
Expected publication: October 16th
2012 by Marshall Cavendish Children's/Amazon
"My plan: Get into the city. Get Nadia.
Find a way out. Simple."
A week ago, seventeen-year-old Lela Santos's best friend, Nadia, killed
herself. Today, thanks to a farewell ritual gone awry, Lela is standing in
paradise, looking upon a vast gated city in the distance – hell. No one
willingly walks through the Suicide Gates, into a place smothered in darkness
and infested with depraved creatures. But Lela isn't just anyone – she's
determined to save her best friend's soul, even if it means sacrificing her
eternal afterlife.
As Lela struggles to find Nadia, she's captured by the Guards, enormous,
not-quite-human creatures that patrol the dark city's endless streets. Their
all-too-human leader, Malachi, is unlike them in every way except one: his
deadly efficiency. When he meets Lela, Malachi forms his own plan: get her out
of the city, even if it means she must leave Nadia behind. Malachi knows
something Lela doesn't – the dark city isn't the worst place Lela could end up,
and he will stop at nothing to keep her from that fate.
Beta
by Rachel Cohn
Hardcover, 304 pages
Expected publication: October 16th
2012 by Disney Hyperion
Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a
sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from.
She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated
from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist.
Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for
the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for
perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the
island's workers--soulless clones like Elysia--are immune to.
At first, Elysia's life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that
Demesne's human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what,
exactly? She also comes to realize that beneath the island's flawless exterior,
there is an under-current of discontent among Demesne's worker clones. She knows
she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care--so why are overpowering
sensations cloud-ing Elysia's mind?
If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling clone she must pretend to
be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When her one chance at
happi-ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she's always had
but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to
overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.
The first in a dazzlingly original science fiction series from best-selling
author Rachel Cohn, "Beta "is a haunting, unforgettable story of
courage and love in a cor-rupted world.
The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) by Michelle Hodkin
Hardcover, 544 pages
Expected publication: October 23rd
2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her
past.
She can’t.
She used to think her problems were all in her head.
They aren’t.
She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she
loves would still be keeping secrets.
She’s wrong.
In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and
choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?
I'm most excited for The Evolution of Mara Dyer. I really enjoyed the first book.
Are you excited for anything this month?
