YA Shelfies: the Year Ahead
Is there a more exciting feeling than opening the first page of a new book?
A page filled with promise, with the sense of a beginning, a fresh start – and, above all, the unknown. Who knows what you might find as you delve in; fabulous new worlds, new places filled with new sights, new stories, new characters – or old characters, doing new things, new feelings, new everythings.
Here on the YA Shelfies, we’re similarly imbued with the sense of a brilliant new beginning for the year ahead. What will 2017 bring? Well, there’s one thing we know for definite – there’s something for everyone in our 2017 YA. And to whet your appetites, we’re delighted to give you a sneak peak of the stories that we’re extraordinarily proud to be sending out into the world...
Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt What do you get if you mix conventions, a heart-stoppingly brilliant love story, and a big old dollop of fandom? Unconventional! If you’re a fan of Rainbow Rowell, if you’ve ever visited a convention, if you’ve ever been a fan of someone, anyone, or if you’ve ever fallen in love – with a fictional character, or a real person – Unconventional is most definitely the UKYA romance to look out for this Valentine’s Day. @MaggieHarcourt
Black Moon by LA Weatherly The epic Broken trilogy is drawing to a close in March. With more twists, intrigue, action and passion than ever before, all eyes are on Amity, as the fate of the world as she knows it rests on her shoulders. Are you Team Ingo or Team Collie? Are you ready for Black Moon? There’s only one way to find out… @LA_Weatherly
After the Fire by Will Hill What would you do if your whole world was a lie? asks this astonishing novel, which follows seventeen-year-old Moonbeam’s journey after she finds herself free of the religious cult which she grew up in. Exploring the provocative and universal questions of faith, truth and identity, as well as hope, love and family – this is the stunning, haunting story of one girl’s fight to find herself after everything she’s ever known falls apart. It’s totally unputdownable, and if you’re wondering what on earth you’re going to be reading on your summer holiday this year, look no further. @WillHillAuthor
The Extinction Trials by Susan Wilson If Katniss Everdeen ever had to face vicious dinosaurs, she could take some tips from Stormchaser Knux, who storms into death-defying action in The Extinction Trials. All Storm wants to do is escape her starved, grey life. And all Lincoln wants to do is save his dying sister. Their only chance is to join an expedition to a deadly country to steal dinosaur eggs. If they succeed, their reward is a new life filled with riches. But in a land full of monsters – both human and reptilian – only the ruthless will survive. The Extinction Trials are about to begin… @SusanWilsonBook
A hugely exciting new novel from Holly Bourne Holly Bourne, the bestselling author of The Spinster Club trilogy, is back with a top-secret new novel. We can’t tell you anything more as yet, but there’ll be lots of exciting news about it over the next few months… What I can say at this point, however, is that it’s really bloody great. Well, would you expect anything less from the incredible Ms Bourne? @Holly_BourneYA
What a year to look forward to! As always, the YA Shelfies will be here every step of the way with all sorts of exclusive content, behind-the-scenes previews of covers and free chapters, as well as our news and views about the YA world, so check back to find out more.
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So here’s to there being a lot of first pages in 2017… Happy reading, readers! @Walker_Becky