In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren to showcase new books and ebooks that we have aquired over the past week.
I've gotten tons of ebooks this week and I can't wait to read them! Here are some of my favorites!
The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse
Reading Level: Ages 12 and up
Hardcover: 384 pages
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Genre: Dystopian
Series: Book 1
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Amazon Summary:
A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian
trilogy.
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico,
the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be
quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna
can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have
to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she
is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but
with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as
Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that
snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners
concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem
impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.
False Memory by Dan Krokos
Reading Level: Ages 12 and up
Hardcover: 336 pages
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Book 1
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Barnes and Noble Summary:
Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability.
Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to be a weapon and is part of an elite force of genetically-altered teens who possess flawless combat skills and powers strong enough to destroy a city. But adjusting to her old life isn’t easy—especially with Noah, the boyfriend she can't remember loving.
Then Miranda uncovers a dark truth that sets her team on the run. Suddenly her past doesn’t seem to matter...when there may not be a future.
Dan Krokos' debut is a tour-de-force of non-stop action that will leave readers begging for the next book in this bold and powerful new series.
Nevermore by James Patterson
Reading Level: Ages 10 and up
Hardcover: 384 pages
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Series: Book 8 of the Maximum Ride Series
Book 1: The Angel Experiment
Book 2: School's Out Forever
Book 3: Saving The World
Book 4: The Final Warning
Book 5: Max
Book 6: Fang
Book 7: Angel
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Amazon Summary:
One last chance...
for Max, Fang, and Dylan...
before it all ends.
Are you ready for the final chapter? Are you ready for the ultimate flight?
Because THIS IS IT. One last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing
ending that no one could have seen coming.
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Reading Level: Ages 12 and up
Hardcover: 480 pages
Release Date July 10, 2012
Genre: Fantasy/Dragons
Series: Book 1
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Barnes and Noble Summary:
In her New York Times bestselling debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Eragon-author Christopher Paolini calls them, "Some of the most interesting dragons I've read in fantasy."
Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.
Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Reading Level: Ages 13 and up
Hardcover: 432 pages
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Book 1
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Amazon Summary:
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one.
But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done
anything remarkable, and can’t see how she ever will.
Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome
and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be
the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark
magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be
his people’s savior, and he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at
her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is
fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.
Most of the chosen do.
What did you get in your mailbox this week?
