October YA Book Releases

By Megan McConnell

 

1.Carry On (Companion to Fangirl)- Rainbow Rowell

-October 6th

-Based on the fanfiction of Cather Avery from Rainbow Rowell’s other novel, Fangirl, this book follows the magical world of Simon and Baz in an epic fantasy story. With monsters such as vampires and ghosts, Simon Snow, the most powerful magician in the world, never gets the rest he wants while attending a school of magic, especially with his “nemesis”, Baz being his roommate.

Carry On

  1. A Thousand Nights- E.K. Johnston

-October 6th

-In this retelling of A Thousand and One Nights, the King, Lo-Melkhinn, has killed three hundred women while looking for a wife. When he comes to the village of the main character to take her sister, she takes her sister’s place and goes with the king instead, even though she knows what the risk is. Instead of dying however, she continues to wake up alive each morning and she has no clue why.

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  1. Romancing the Dark in the City of Light- Ann Jacobus

-October 6th

-Summer Barnes has recently moved to Paris to repeat her senior year of highschool after being kicked out of 4 other boarding schools. While there, she meets two very different guys, Moony (a classmate who encourages her to embrace her life) and Kurt (A mysterious, older guy who helps her discover the darkness in the city she now lives in). In the end, Summer has trouble deciding what she wants and whether her life’s worth living or not.

romancing in the dark in the city of light

  1. The Rose Society (The Young Elites #2)- Marie Lu

-October 13th

-Known by many people as the “White Wolf”, Adelina Amouteru goes on a mission to find more young elites and form an army with them. Out of vengeance and revenge, Adelina finds herself wanting nothing more than to kill everyone who made her suffer in the past. Even her friends cannot stop the darkness that is growing in her heart.

the rose society

  1. Happily Ever After (Companion to The Selection)- Kiera Cass

-October 13th

-This novel is a collection of novellas about what happened to the characters in Kiera Cass’s bestselling Selection series, including The Prince, The Guard, The Queen, The Favorite, Three scenes from Celeste, a scene from Lucy, and a bonus epilogue. It also includes various illustrations and a map of the kingdom that the world is set in.

Happily Ever After

  1. First & Then- Emma Mills

-October 13th

-Devon Tennyson loved her highschool life. She lived life carelessly, had a crush on her best friend, and watched all the Friday night games. However, when her cousin, Foster and his friend, Ezra come into every aspect of her life, Devon finds herself wishing they would just leave her alone.

first and then

 

  1. Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1)- Amie Kaufman

-October 20th

-That morning, the only thing Kady had to worry about was  breaking up with her boyfriend, Ezra . However, that afternoon her entire planet was invaded. Told through a series of documents (including emails, medical reports, texts and interviews) the story of Kady and Ezra having to fight through the invasion and plague attacking through their world begins to unfold.

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