Here is a selection of excerpts from young adult novels that have recently hit the web.
Breaking the Rules (Pushing the Limits #1.5) by Katie McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release date: December 8th 2014
For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so… different. But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants and with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah’s more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he’d be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn… seriously epic.
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Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles #0.5) by Marissa Meyer
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release date: January 27th 2015
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now. Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death.
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Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release date: January 24th 2012
Sadie is in love: epic, heartfelt, and utterly one-sided. The object of her affection is her best friend, Garrett Delaney, who has been oblivious to Sadie’s feelings ever since he sauntered into her life. But when Garrett leaves for a summer literary retreat, he falls in love. With some other girl! A heartbroken Sadie realizes that she’s finally had enough. It’s time for a total Garrett detox! Aided by a barista job, an eclectic crew of new friends Sadie embarks on a summer of personal reinvention.
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Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
Publisher: Penguin
Release date: November 25th 2014
Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, she blogs about school dramas, boys, her mad, whirlwind family – and the panic attacks she’s suffered from lately. When her family whisks her away to New York she meets the gorgeous, guitar-strumming Noah. Suddenly Penny is falling in love – and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret too. One that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover.
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Rumble by Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release date: August 26th 2014
Matthew Turner doesn’t have faith in anything. Not in family—his is a shambles after his younger brother was bullied into suicide. Not in so-called friends who turn their backs when things get tough. Not in some all-powerful creator who lets too much bad stuff happen. And certainly not in some “It Gets Better” psychobabble. But when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark, silent place, he hears a rumble…
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Vicious (Pretty Little Liars #16) by Sara Shepard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: December 2nd 2014
In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, reporters are lined up outside the historic courthouse, typing furiously at their iPhones with freshly manicured nails. Because the trial of the century is happening right here in Rosewood: the four pretty little liars have been accused of killing Alison DiLaurentis. Only Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily know that they’ve been framed. Ali is still out there, laughing as she watches the girls go down for her murder.
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