My picks for this week are...
Also Known As by Robin Benway
Believe it or not, there are some drawbacks to being a 16-year old safecracker, daughter of spies, and member of a Robin Hood-esque organization that fights corruption. On the list: never getting to stay in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend, being the only spy ever to have a 10 p.m. curfew, and being sent on assignment to Russia. In the winter. For Maggie Silver, the major perk thus far has been the avoidance of high school, and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple Masterlocks on the lockers(If it’s three digits or less, why even bother?). But when Maggie and her parents are sent to New York on a major assignment, though, all of that changes. She’ll need to attend a private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school’s security system, and befriend one aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the information she needs to crack the case, all while trying not to blow her cover.I loved Robin's The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June, and ever since reading it, I've been keeping an eye out for any new releases of hers. Thankfully, the time is finally here, as Also Known As will be released this coming year! It sounds like a super fun read...I mean, safecrackers?! You have to admit that's pretty awesome!
Also Known As will be released February 2013.
Burning by Elana K. Arnold
Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is closing, shutting the whole town down with it. Ben is lucky: he's headed to San Diego, where he's got a track scholarship at the University of California. But his best friends, Pete and Hog Boy, don't have college to look forward to, so to make them happy, Ben goes with them to check out the hot chick parked on the side of Highway 447.This one sounds like it has the potential to be really good, so I'm curious to see how it will turn out. Plus I just adore the cover! It's so summery with all the light.
Lala: She and her Gypsy family earn money by telling fortunes. Some customers choose Tarot cards; others have their palms read. The thousands of people attending the nearby Burning Man festival spend lots of cash--especially as Lala gives uncanny readings. But lately Lala's been questioning whether there might be more to life than her upcoming arranged marriage. And the day she reads Ben's cards is the day that everything changes for her. . . and for him.
Burning will be released June 2013.
I loved The Extraordinary Secrets too and that's why I'm excited for Also Known As-I bet it will be just as good if not better!
ReplyDeleteWow, both books sound great, but Also Known As sounds particularly fabulous.
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