The Book Shire

2016 ya releases

Interview with Kate Hattemer

If you haven't read one of Kate Hattemer's charming, witty, and insightful YA books yet, you won't believe what you're missing. Her debut novel, The [...]

Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston

Synopsis:  “I love you,” Polly says suddenly when I’m almost to the door. “I know,” I say. Hermione Winters has been a flyer. She’s been [...]

A Tyranny of Petticoats Edited by Jessica Spotswood

Synopsis:  From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array [...]

Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan

Synopsis:  10:00 tonight at the water tower. Tell no one. -Chaos Club When Max receives a mysterious invite from the untraceable, epic prank-pulling [...]

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Synopsis: The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But [...]

The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

Synopsis:  Wilhelmina has a hundred enemies. HER FRIENDS HAVE TURNED. After her identity is revealed during the Inundation, Princess Wilhelmina is kept [...]

Down With the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn

Synopsis: There's a reason they say "be careful what you wish for." Just ask the girl who wished to be thinner and ended up smaller than Thumbelina, or the [...]

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WHY?!??!??!?!?!?! CASSANDRA CLARE, WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US????????? Freaking torment us with forbidden fruit and then make it so that we [...]

A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann

This book was NOT at all what I was expecting… except, I was actually expecting it not to be what I was expecting, so maybe it was what I was expecting? [...]