Jan Blodgett
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The Scamp
First novelist Pashley has won awards for her short fiction, and she'll be attracting attention with this unrelentingly gritty book. Fans of darker fiction have a new author to follow.
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Coming of Age at the End of Days
Anna's contradictions—her vulnerability and her tendency for making dangerous choices—make her hard to love and her story hard to put down. [See Prepub Alert, 2/23/15.]
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Weightless
Bannan's first novel takes a skillfully nuanced approach to the high school mean girls drama plot. No easy emotional pull of championing vindication for a victim here; expect instead to experience the unease of tangled intentions and perceptions that leave no clear answers while offering deep insights.
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Readers will be caught up with Isla and Bo's lives as well as the Nella Dan and her world. A powerful work that is sure to stay with readers long after the last page. [See Prepub Alert, 10/5/14.]
When the Night Comes
Readers will be caught up with Isla and Bo's lives as well as the Nella Dan and her world. A powerful work that is sure to stay with readers long after the last page. [See Prepub Alert, 10/5/14.]
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The Unraveling of Mercy Louis
The solid pacing and strong characters in the author's second novel (after The Ruins of Us) provide a captivating read with the same tension and pleasures of being caught up in a well-matched and high-energy basketball game. [See Prepub Alert, 9/29/14.]
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The Grown Ups
Like Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings, Antalek's second novel (after The Summer We Fell Apart) is an engaging ensemble piece with revealing insights about friendships. A great choice for book clubs looking for new adult titles.
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Ugly Girls
Acclaimed short story writer Hunter's (Don't Kiss Me) debut novel is a gritty and unrelenting baring of lost souls that pulls readers along. The girls are not ugly, but their lives are. For readers with an appreciation of the dark and bitter. [See "Editors' Fall Picks," p. 27, LJ 9/1/14.]
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Debut author (and senior staff writer at Entertainment Weekly) Breznican captures a perfect balance of horror, heartbreak, and resilience and takes the high school novel into deeper places. Great for the beach but not just a summer read. [The author will appear at the June 29 United for Libraries program "The Laugh's on Us" at ALA in Las Vegas (http://ow.ly/xCQXL).—Ed.]
Brutal Youth
Debut author (and senior staff writer at Entertainment Weekly) Breznican captures a perfect balance of horror, heartbreak, and resilience and takes the high school novel into deeper places. Great for the beach but not just a summer read. [The author will appear at the June 29 United for Libraries program "The Laugh's on Us" at ALA in Las Vegas (http://ow.ly/xCQXL).—Ed.]
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The Hollow Ground
Brigid is no ordinary hard-luck heroine; her voice rings true, offering a matter-of-fact telling that never falls into self-pity or melodrama. Set against the 1960s Pennsylvania coal mine fires, this debut novel is a dark and rewarding read. [Library marketing.]
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