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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Profile Name - Nil ( Goodreads ) Author - Lynne Matson Genre - YA Science Fiction Release Date - March 4th 2014 On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape, or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley doesn’t know the rules. She doesn’t even know where she is. The last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she wakes up, she’s lying naked in an empty rock field. Lost and alone, Charley finds no sign of other people until she meets Thad, the gorgeous leader of a clan of teenage refugees. Soon Charley learns that leaving the island is harder than she thought . . . and so is falling in love. With Thad’s time running out, Charley realizes that to save their future, Charley must first save him. And on an island rife with dangers, their greatest threat is time. Available -  The Book Depository  |  Fishpond  |  Amazon  |  Barnes and Noble   The Insider's Scoop 1) The original ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debutante Profile Name - Lynne Matson Debut - Nil Publisher - Henry Holt Genre - YA Science Fiction Website -  HERE Facebook -   HERE Twitter -  HERE Lynne is a former attorney who thinks writing books is much more fun. Her debut novel, NIL, a YA thriller with a SF twist, will be published by Macmillan/Henry Holt on March 4, 2014. When she's not writing or reading, you'll find her hanging out with her husband and their 4 boys, probably at the beach. Cookies are her kryptonite, especially thin mints. Dream Debutante Dress -  "I'm SO excited about being a Debutante (thank you Lisa!) and getting to pick a killer formal dress…not that I wear fancy dresses much because, um, did I mention I'm mom to four boys?! And I live in Florida so I basically live in shorts, t-shirts, and flip-flops. I picked this sleek white dress worn by Jennifer Lawrence (love her!) for three reasons: (1) it's sleek and simple, which is how I dress anyway, (2) did I menti...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Profile Name - The Murder Complex ( Goodreads ) Author - Lindsay Cummings Genre - YA Futuristic Thriller Release Date - June 10th 2014 An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young’s Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna. Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is—although he doesn’t know it—one of the MC’s programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Available -  The Book Depository  |  Fishpond ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debutante Profile Name - Lindsay Cummings Debut - The Murder Complex Publisher - HarperCollins/Greenwillow Genre – YA Futuristic Thriller Website–  HERE Blog -   HERE Twitter -  HERE Lindsay Cummings lives in Texas with her husband, 2 german shepherds, a wolf, and a draft horse named Dan the Man. She is the leader of the #booknerdigans army, and the author of THE MURDER COMPLEX series and THE BALANCE KEEPERS series, both coming from HarperCollins in 2014. Dream Debutante Dress -  Notes from a YA Debutante 10 Facts About Me- 1) I'm a major fangirl. Like….MAJOR. My poor husband thinks I need to be institutionalised. 2) I collect weapons and I think my apartment neighbours also think I need to be institutionalised. 3) I talk to my dogs all day, with different voices for each of them…and they think I need to be institutionalised, too. 4) I take naps every day. Long naps. Awesome naps. 5) One time, I fell down the stairs of my middle school, head over...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Profile Name - Side Effects May Vary ( Goodreads ) Author - Julie Murphy Genre - Contemporary YA Release Date - March 18th 2014 What if you’d been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you? When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs—however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, whom she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that’s as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her arch nemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger and reliving some childhood memories). But just when Alice’s scores are settled, she goes into remission. Now Alice is forced to face the consequences of all that she’s said and done, as well as her true feelings for Harvey. But has she done irreparable dama...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debutante Profile Name - Julie Murphy Debut – Side Effects May Vary Publisher - HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray Genre – Contemporary YA Website–  HERE Blog -   HERE Twitter -  HERE Bio: Julie Murphy lives in North Texas with her husband who loves her, her dog who adores her, and her cat who tolerates her. When she's not writing or trying to catch stray cats, she works at an academic library. Her debut contemporary young adult novel, Side Effects May Vary, is out from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins on March 18, 2014. Julie’s follow-up novel, currently titled Dumplin’, is due out in 2015. Dream Debutante Dress -  "So I chose my debutante dress because it reminded me of the type of thing someone might have worn to prom in the 60s. Think The Virgin Suicides!" Notes from a YA Debutante I’m super excited to be one of Badass Bookie’s 2014 Debutantes! (Also, best blog name ever!) - Thank-you! :D I make lists for all kinds of things. Like, if I’ve had a...