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Debut December: Upcoming Books (1)

Throughout Debut December I'll be featuring books that will be coming out next year. Everything you need - covers, summaries, Goodreads links, and how the author summarizes the book will be included!

And let's face it - there are SO many good books coming out. Take a peek!

Tokyo Heist
Author: Dianna Renn
Release Date: 14 June 2012

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Sixteen-year-old Violet loves reading manga and wearing scarves made from kimono fabric, so she’s thrilled that her father’s new painting commission means a summer trip to Japan. But what starts as an exotic vacation quickly turns into a dangerous treasure hunt. Her father’s client, the wealthy Yamada family, is the victim of a high-profile art robbery. Someone has stolen van Gogh sketches from the Yamadas’ Seattle mansion, and is holding them hostage until the Yamadas can produce the corresponding van Gogh painting. The problem is that nobody knows where this painting is hidden, and until they find it, all of their lives are in danger. Violet’s search for the missing van Gogh takes her from the Seattle Art Museum, to the yakuza-infested streets of Tokyo, to a secluded inn in Kyoto. As the mystery deepens, Violet’s not sure whom she can trust. But she knows one thing: she has to find the painting and the criminals—before it’s too late.

How does Diana Renn summarize it?: "In Tokyo Heist, a 16-year-old manga fan tries to find a hidden van Gogh painting and solve an international art crime. The young sleuth in this art mystery uses her visual skills and artistic talents in her detective work. For anyone who was ever told that reading or drawing comics is a waste of time, this one's for you!"

Born Wicked
Author: Jessica Spotswood
Release Date: 7 February 2012

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Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word . . . especially after she finds her mother's diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family's destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren't safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.

How does Jessica Spotswood summarize it?: "Short blurb: it's about witches & sisters & kissing. Slightly longer: Born Wicked follows a stubborn young witch, Cate Cahill, who's trying to keep her sisters safe from the Brotherhood, the patriarchal group of priests who run New England. If their magic is discovered, it could lead to an asylum, a prison ship - or an early grave."

If I Lie
Author: Corrine Jackson
Release Date: 4 September 2012

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Seventeen-year-old Sophie Quinn becomes an outcast in her small military town when she chooses to keep a secret for her Marine boyfriend who has gone MIA in Afghanistan.

Catching Jordan
Author: Miranda Kenneally
Release Date: 1 December 2011

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What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though-she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starting position... suddenly she's hoping he'll see her as more than just a teammate.

How does Miranda Kenneally summarize it?: "Catching Jordan is about a girl who knows what she wants. She wants nothing more than to play football, but she's scared of being herself off the field. She thinks if she acts like a girl in any way, guys won't respect her as a player. But guys do know she's a girl - a strong, beautiful, powerful girl. It takes a new guy coming to town to make her start to question her belief that she always has to act like a guy to earn their respect."

Fracture
Author: Megan Miranda
Release Date: 17 January 2012

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Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine

-despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

How does Megan Miranda summarize it?: "On the one hand, Fracture is a thriller with a touch of the supernatural: a girl with irreparable brain damage that manifests into something other—is Delaney drawn to death, is she causing it, or is there something more frightening at work? But it’s also the story of a girl who should’ve died but didn’t, and the impact that has on her life and the lives of those around her. She’s supposedly a miracle, but can anyone really walk away from disaster untouched?"

Don't they sound great?! This just the first batch of the many fantabulous debut authors we have to look forward to next year. Keep an eye out - over the next few days, some of these books may be up for giveaway, or some of the authors might swing by.

And you'll get to take a peek at some more debut authors soon!