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Spark of Summer - June's Contest

This giveaway is over.

Lo and behold, it's the end of another month!

The winner of last month's contest is...

-drumroll-

Lady Roxi! (I've emailed you to collect.)

This month's books?
I'm so glad you asked.

But first, remember...
-You must include what I've asked you to say, or else I'll understand you haven't read the post.
-Following my blog and informing me will get you an extra entry.
-Posting about this contest and informing me will get you an extra entry.
-Linking to WORD will get you an extra entry, but you must inform me or I won't know!
-Contest valid only to U.S. residents. Sorry!

Secrets of My Suburban Life by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Everything changed for Lauren ("Ren") after Harry Potter killed her mom. No,it's not what you think—Harry Potter didn't come to life and stab her oranything. A stack of those thick books crushed her. Now Ren is stuck out inthe suburbs of Connecticut, dragged out there because her father is too grief stricken to continue living in New York.

Ren tries to fit in at her new school, but the most popular girl, Farrin,keeps icing her out. Then Ren discovers that Farrin has a secret: She's been communicating online with an older man, and they are actually planning to meet! Ren can't let Farrin go through with it—she's witnessed enough tragic events as it is. So she comes up with the perfect plan to stop the perv. But then she finds out who he is...

Runaway by Steve Simpson

ARC of Intertwined by Gena Showalter

There's something about the new guy at Crossroads High.
Most sixteen year olds have friends.
Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him.

One can time travel,
one can raise the dead,
once can tell the uture,
and one can possess another human...

Playing with the Boys by Liz Tigelaar

New girl Lucy is desperate for friends. She tries out for Beachwood High soccer, but despite her amazingly accurate kick, fails to make the team. When the Coach points out that varsity football is looking for a new kicker, Lucy is skeptical. Football? Isn't that a boys' game?

But on the gridiron Lucy discovers that she feels strong-in control for the first time since her mother died. She loves football. She actually wants to play! (She also wants to hang out with super-cute quarterback Ryan Conner. But that's just icing on the cake.)

Too bad no one else wants her on the team. Not the boys' coach, not her teammates, and especially not her overprotective dad. Will Lucy cave in to the pressure? Or will she prove she's pretty tough after all?

Book of Nonsense by David Michael Slater

The book is ancient, ravaged and full of utter nonsense. But the moment it enters Daphna and Dexter's lives, bizarre things begin to happen. Why is their father, who found the book, suddenly so distant? Is the old man who took it form his some kind of hypnotist? Why is a giant, red-eyed by menacing them? And what does their thirteenth birthday have to do with all this? Daphna and Dexter can't stand each other, but they'll have to work together to learn the truth about the Book of Nonsense—before their lives come apart completely.

Happy start of the summer!

~N