Egmont's Last List

The Spring 2015 list is the last list to be published by Egmont USA. We hope you'll help us spread the word about these titles. #LastListEgmont January Releases 1/06 - Hissy Fitz by Patrick Jennings 1/27 - Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross February Releases 2/10 - White Space (paperback) by Ilsa J. Bick 2/10 - The Jaguar Stones 4: The Lost City by J&P Voelkel March Releases 3/10 - The Dickens Mirror by Ilsa J. Bick 3/24 - Odd, Weird & Little (paperback) by Patrick Jennings 3/31 - Anywhere but Paradise by Anne Bustard April Releases 4/14 - The Shadow Prince (paperback) by Bree Despain 4/14 - Burn Out (paperback) by Kristi Helvig 4/14 - Seaborne: The Lost Prince by Matt Myklusch 4/21 - Good Crooks 3: Sniff a Skunk! by Mary Amato 4/28 - The Eternity Key by Bree Despain 4/28 - Strange Skies by Kristi Helvig 4/28 - Valiant by Sarah McGuire

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All the books on Egmont USA’s last list (Spring 2015) have released! 🎉

1/06 - Hissy Fitz by Patrick Jennings 1/27 - Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross 2/10 - White Space (paperback) by Ilsa J. Bick 2/10 - The Jaguar Stones 4: The Lost City by J&P Voelkel 3/10 - The Dickens Mirror by Ilsa J. Bick 3/24 - Odd, Weird & Little (paperback) by Patrick Jennings 3/31 - Anywhere but Paradise by Anne Bustard 4/14 - The Shadow Prince (paperback) by Bree Despain 4/14 - Burn Out (paperback) by Kristi Helvig 4/14 - Seaborne: The Lost Prince by Matt Myklusch 4/21 - Good Crooks 3: Sniff a Skunk! by Mary Amato 4/28 - The Eternity Key by Bree Despain 4/28 - Strange Skies by Kristi Helvig 4/28 - Valiant by Sarah McGuire

Thank you so much for your support! Beginning May 1, these titles and nearly 100 Egmont USA backlist titles will be available from Lerner Books. You can read more about the acquisition here.

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New Releases! The Eternity Key, Strange Skies, and Valiant are out today!

The Eternity Key (Into the Dark Book 2) by Bree Despain

Haden, Prince of the Underrealm, is determined to defy his fate to protect Daphne, even as they and their small group of friends continue the search for the lost Kronolithe, the key of Hades--but his undeclared love for a mortal girl is a terrible risk, and they must both decide what they are willing to sacrifice to protect one another.

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Strange Skies (Burn Out Book 2) by Kristi Helvig

Tora Reynolds has escaped to a new planet, but must fight against the Consulate and a rebel leader to find and destroy her father's guns.

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Valiant by Sarah McGuire

A reimagined "Brave Little Tailor" about a clever young girl who saves her kingdom

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Girl Power: 15 Inspirational YA Female Protagonists

Justin Bieber. Smart phone addiction. Colorful nail polish. Angst. Teenage girl stereotypes prevent this large percentage of the population from being taken seriously, when that’s one of the things they need and desire most. These fifteen feminist YA novels represent teen girls accurately: They’re brave. They’re smart. They’re capable. They know what they want. Dive into any one of these books and help to give these people and this genre the credit they deserve.

Thrilled to see Tear You Apart and Strange Skies on this list!

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RockStar Book Tour Schedule for Kristi Helvig’s Strange Skies, featuring guest posts, reviews, interviews and giveaways:

4/20/2015- Dark Faerie Tales- Interview

4/21/2015- Curling Up With A Good Book- Review

4/22/2015- Such a Novel Idea- Guest Post

4/23/2015- Addicted Readers- Review

4/24/2015- A Book and a Latte- Interview

4/27/2015- Reading with ABC- Guest Post

4/28/2015- Moonlight Gleam Reviews- Review

4/29/2015- Bookhounds ya- Interview

4/30/2015- Library of a Book Witch- Review

5/1/2015- Two Chicks on Books- Guest Post

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Mary Amato’s Good Crooks 3: Sniff a Skunk! is out today!

Twins Billy and Jillian want to be good, and that’s a big problem. Why? Because their parents are crooks! In the third book of this hilarious series (for ages 7-10), the infamous parents, the Crooks, expect the kids to find a new place to rob. Instead, the twins discover a lonely little orphan skunk in need of help. Will they be able to rescue the skunk and keep their parents from pulling off the next heist? Will their new furry friend help by raising a stink? How can a good deed smell so bad?

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Good Deeds Double Giveaway - enter by May 30, 2015

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The Shadow Prince by our very own Bree Despain is a YALSA Teens’ Top Ten nominee! Congrats, Bree!

More info on the Teens’ Top Ten

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New releases! Seaborne: The Lost Prince is out today, and Burn Out and The Shadow Prince are now available in paperback!

Seaborne: The Lost Prince by Matt Myklusch

When thirteen-year-old Dean Seaborne's latest spy mission for the Pirate King takes him to the mythical island of Zenhala, his life changes as he fights to prove that he is the island's long-lost prince.

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Burn Out by Kristi Helvig

In the future, when the Earth is no longer easily habitable, seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds, a girl in hiding, struggles to protect weapons developed by her father that could lead to disaster should they fall into the wrong hands.

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The Shadow Prince by Bree Despain

In this modern retelling of the Persephone myth, Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, is sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead.

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Anywhere but Paradise by Anne Bustard is out today!

In 1960 twelve-year-old Peggy Sue and her family move to the island of Oahu, and she is finding it anything but paradise, because from the first day at school she is bullied and made fun of by the Hawaiian children, and she is worried sick about her beloved cat who is in mandatory quarantine--and then the tsunami hits Hilo where her parents have gone on business.

Book People | Indiebound | Amazon

Recent guest posts:

“When It’s Too Close to Home” - Writing Q&A at Pub(lishing) Crawl

“The Helpful Delete Key” - guest post at Janet Fox’s blog

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Odd, Weird, & Little by Patrick Jennings is out in paperback today!

It received a starred review in Kirkus, and was on their year-end roundup of best books:  Kirkus Reviews Best of 2014.

It was named a Best Book by the Banks Street College: Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year: 2015

When the new kid joins his class, Woodrow agrees with his schoolmates: Toulouse is really weird. He’s short— kindergarten short—dresses like a grandpa, has huge eyes, a pointy nose, and is always saying, “Who?” Who, or what, is this odd, weird, little kid?

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Lerner welcomes #LastListEgmont!

It's been a crazy past few weeks for us here at Lerner! On February 25, we announced via this press release that we had purchased around 100 titles from Egmont USA, including the twelve final titles that were due to be released this spring.

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Ilsa J. Bick's The Dickens Mirror is out today!

In the second book of the Dark Passages series, Emma wakes up trapped in the body of a grown Victorian woman trapped in an insane asylum, and must find a way back to Reality or else her friends and family will die with her

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Want to win a copy? Here are a few giveaways:

Adventures in YA Publishing

Icey Books

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Recent guest posts:

“On Writing with Outlines” at Adventures in YA Publishing

“Dark Times Redux” at The Examiner

“Through the Looking Glass” at Pub(lishing) Crawl

“Facing Dark Times as a Writer” at Fiction University

“Takeaways from Egmont USA’s Last List” at Cynsations

“All’s Well That...” at Icey Books

“The Call You Never Want to Take” at Icey Books

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#LastListEgmont Week on Teen Librarian Toolbox

Karen Jensen at Teen Librarian Toolbox was kind enough to host the Egmont's Last List authors for a week of interviews. Here's the line-up, including Karen's lovely tribute post:

Sunday Reflections: Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend, Egmont's Last List by Karen Jensen

A little over 3 years ago when I began TLT, I had no idea what I was doing. Sure you could argue that I still don’t know what I’m doing, but then I really didn’t know what I was doing. I began blogging as sort of a hail mary pass in a moment when my life was in extreme flux due to job issues – The Mr.’s – and I just knew that being a YA librarian was really and truly the heart of who I was. And one of the very first publishers to work with me was EgmontUSA.

Middle Grade Monday: Funny Cats and Crooks, Mary Amato and Patrick Jennings

AMATO: Patrick, I “get into character” in order to write. As you were writing Hissy Fitz, did you ever find yourself coughing up hairballs or eating cat food?

Authors Ilsa J. Bick and Kristi Helvig Discuss Sci-Fi

KRISTI: As for my book, yeah, it was definitely sci-fi from the beginning. It was based on a vivid dream I had after watching a science documentary on television late one night. My dream involved our sun burning out way ahead of schedule and the entire cast of characters played out like a movie in my dream that night. It was pretty cool, actually, and I woke up scribbling in my journal like mad and finished the first draft in 6 weeks.

Once Upon an Interview: Sarah Cross and Sarah McGuire Talk Fairy Tales

MCGUIRE: I knew pretty much from the beginning that the tailor in my retelling would be a girl. I think the biggest issue I needed to work out was the giants. I knew I didn’t want them to be dumb . . . or monsters. So I wanted to find something wonderful, even exceptional, about them.

Bree Despain and Anne Bustard are "Fish Out of Water"

BREE: A few months after my first book was published, I got an email from a teenage girl whose best friend had been in an ATV accident and was in a coma. Every day, this girl had been bringing my book to the hospital and reading it out loud to her comatose friend. After a couple of weeks, her friend woke up—and one of the first things she said is that she wanted to know what had happened to Grace and Daniel (my characters) so she decided to wake up. I got this email while I was sitting in the lobby at a big writing conference and I just started bawling. I had no idea something I’d written could have that kind of impact on someone’s life.

Jaguar Stones, Pirate Adventures, and a New Publisher: Matt Myklusch and Jon and Pamela Voelkel Interview

J&P: We’d originally planned a wild adventure story about a city boy lost in the jungle – with Maya pyramids as a cool background. Jon had grown up in South and Central America, so he already knew the terrain. We went down to Belize with our kids for one week, so Pamela could get a feel for it too. And that changed everything. We learned so much about the ancient Maya and met so many modern Maya people that they took over the story. After that, we went down to Belize or Guatemala or Mexico every year. Sometimes twice a year. We became the kind of people who hang out at archaeology conferences. Jon even took a course at Harvard to learn how to read and write Maya glyphs. In our minds at least, the Jaguar Stones became more than an adventure series; it became the story of a boy from Boston and a modern Maya girl who are trying to understand each other’s worlds.

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Cuddlebuggery's Last List blog hop kicks off today!

Over 60 amazing blogs are hosting interviews, guest posts, spotlights and giveaways to celebrate Egmont USA's last list. A million thanks to Kat Kennedy at Cuddlebuggery for putting this blog hop together!

This post will be updated as more blog hop posts go live. A list of participating blogs can be found here.

On twitter: #LastListEgmont

On tumblr: http://egmontslastlist.tumblr.com/

MARY AMATO, Good Crooks series

Frances Lee Hall: Q&A with Mary Amato

Left to Write: Interview with Mary Amato

The Little Crooked Cottage: Q&A with Billy and Jillian Crook from The Good Crooks series

ILSA J. BICK, White Space and The Dickens Mirror

Stasia Ward Kehoe: Q&A with Ilsa J. Bick

Reader Girls: Ilsa J. Bick talks Worldbuilding

Fiktshun: Interview with Ilsa J. Bick and The Dickens Mirror giveaway

Lilybloombooks: Interview with Ilsa J. Bick and The Dickens Mirror giveaway

No More Grumpy Bookseller: Q&A with Ilsa J. Bick and White Space giveaway

Lisa Loves Literature: The Dickens Mirror review and ARC giveaway

Lost in Ever After: Interview with Ilsa J. Bick

YA Asylum: "What Inspired the Dark Passages Series?" by Ilsa J. Bick

ANNE BUSTARD, Anywhere but Paradise

Neon Yeti Reads: Q&A with Anne Bustard and Anywhere but Paradise ARC giveaway

Great Imaginations: Q&A with Anne Bustard and Anywhere but Paradise ARC giveaway

Caterpickles: Anywhere but Paradise review

Boston Writers: Interview with Anne Bustard

Swoony Boys Podcast: Anywhere but Paradise spotlight

SARAH CROSS, Tear You Apart

Jenuine Cupcakes: Q&A with Sarah Cross and Tear You Apart giveaway

Deadly Darlings: Interview with Sarah Cross and Kill Me Softly giveaway

Bookish Antics: Interview with Sarah Cross and Tear You Apart giveaway

Istyria Book Blog: Q&A with Sarah Cross and Kill Me Softly giveaway

Winter Haven Books: Q&A with Sarah Cross and Kill Me Softly giveaway

Angela's Library: Tear You Apart spotlight

Books, Words and Fandom: Kill Me Softly and Tear You Apart spotlight

Frugal Book Collectors: Tear You Apart spotlight

BREE DESPAIN, The Shadow Prince and The Eternity Key

Confessions of a Book Geek: Interview with Bree Despain and The Shadow Prince giveaway

Chasm of Books: Interview with Bree Despain

Wonderland Novels: Q&A with Bree Despain

Reading Teen: Q&A with Bree Despain and The Eternity Key giveaway

In Love with Handmade: Q&A with Bree Despain and The Shadow Prince giveaway

Book CatPin: Q&A with Bree Despain and Dark Divine series giveaway (3 book set)

The Eternal Writing Optimist: Q&A with Bree Despain

KRISTI HELVIG, Burn Out and Strange Skies

Bedtime Bookworm: "The Hardest Part About Writing a Sequel" by Kristi Helvig

The Book Nut: Q&A with Kristi Helvig and Strange Skies ARC giveaway

Crazy for YA: Q&A with Kristi Helvig

It Starts at Midnight: "Five Things that Kept Me Sane While Writing a Sequel" by Kristi Helvig and giveaway (Burn Out or Strange Skies)

No BS Book Reviews: "Top 5 Tips for Writing Sci-Fi" by Kristi Helvig and Burn Out giveaway

The Psychotic Nerd: Q&A with Kristi Helvig and Strange Skies ARC giveaway

Reading with ABC: Interview with Kristi Helvig and Strange Skies ARC giveaway

PATRICK JENNINGS, Hissy Fitz and Odd, Weird & Little

Book Buddies: Interview with Patrick Jennings and Odd, Weird & Little giveaway

WhoRuBlog: Q&A with Patrick Jennings

Holly VanDyne: Q&A with Patrick Jennings and Odd, Weird & Little giveaway

SARAH MCGUIRE, Valiant

Cuddlebuggery: Q&A with Sarah McGuire and Valiant giveaway

Effortlessly Reading: "Things to Remember When You're Facing a Giant" by Sarah McGuire and Valiant ARC giveaway

Step Into Fiction: Interview with Sarah McGuire and Valiant ARC giveaway

Rosie Reads: "10 Tips on Becoming a Better Writer" by Sarah McGuire

Rebecca Wells Writes: Q&A with Sarah McGuire and Valiant ARC giveaway

Ciao Bella: Sarah McGuire talks fairy tales

Bookish Serendipity: Interview with Sarah McGuire and Valiant ARC giveaway

MATT MYKLUSCH, Seaborne

Always Me: Seaborne review and giveaway

The Wanderlands: Q&A with Matt Myklusch

Lostbraincell's Bookish Blog: Q&A with Matt Myklusch and giveaway of 3 Egmont USA ARCS: Seaborne, The Jaguar Stones: The Lost City, and Anywhere but Paradise

Books and Ashes: Seaborne review

J&P VOELKEL, The Jaguar Stones series

Anita's Edge: Q&A with J&P Voelkel

Bookish Illuminations: Q&A with J&P Voelkel and giveaway of The Jaguar Stones series (4 book set)

The Daily Dahlia: "A Traveler's Tales" by Pamela Voelkel

The Best of It: Q&A with J&P Voelkel

The Book Jam: 3 Questions with Pamela & Jon Voelkel

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Egmont USA Authors Respond to Joining Lerner Publishing Group

Egmont USA authors were uniformly excited and relieved by the news that Lerner Publishing Group will acquire Egmont USA's final list.

The Last List's Ilsa J. Bick, Anne Bustard, and Patrick Jennings talk to PW about Lerner's recent acquisition of Egmont USA's titles

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Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Egmont USA List - Nearly 100 Egmont USA Titles Find a New Home at Lerner Publishing Group

Big news for the Last List and Egmont USA titles!

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Authors, bloggers promote and celebrate #LastListEgmont - YA Interrobang

Authors and bloggers are gathering digitally to promote the last books published by Egmont USA, using the hashtag #LastListEgmont.

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Egmont USA: What Comes Next?

In the wake of Egmont’s January 21 announcement that it would be shuttering its U.S. offices, PW gets word on what lies ahead for staff members and authors.