2013 Books by Austinites

Here's a quick preview of books written and/or illustrated by members of Austin's youth literature community scheduled to be published in 2013!


PICTURE BOOKS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUNNY, by Liz Garton Scanlon, ill. by Stephanie Graegin (Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster, January 2013).

ROCKABILLY GOATS GRUFF, by Jeff Crosby (Holiday House, Fall 2013).

BALL, by Mary Sullivan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Spring 2013).

OCTOPUS ALONE, by Divya Srinivasan (Viking, May 2013).

OTIS STEELE AND THE TAILEEBONE!, by Tom McDermott, ill. by Jeff Crosby (Pelican, September 2013).

THE YEAR OF THE BABY, by Andrea Cheng, ill. by Patrice Barton (Houghton Mifflin, May 2013).

THERE WAS A TALL TEXAN WHO SWALLOWED A FLEA, by Susan Holt Kralovansky, ill. by Deborah Ousley Kadair (Pelican 2013).

THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN, by Eve Bunting, ill. by Don Tate (Charlesbridge, Fall 2013).


CHAPTER BOOK/MIDDLE GRADE/TWEEN

JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE INTERSTELLAR TIME WARP, by Nathan Bransford, ill. by C.S. Jennings (Dial/Penguin 2013).

THE INVISIBLE BOY, by Trudy Ludwig, ill. by Patrice Barton (Knopf, October 2013).


YOUNG ADULT

FERAL NIGHTS, by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, January 2013).

ETERNAL: ZACHARY'S STORY, by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, February 2013).

HOMICIDAL ALIENS AND OTHER DISAPPOINTMENTS, by Brian Yansky (Candlewick, Fall 2013).

SOLSTICE, by P.J. Hoover (Tor/Macmillan, June 2013).

RIPTIDE, by Lindsey Scheibe (Flux, Summer 2013).

SCORCHED DRAGONBOUND, by Mari Mancusi (Sourcebooks Fire, Fall 2013).

PROMISE ME SOMETHING WHAT HAPPENED AT TALMADGE HILL, by Sara Kocek (Albert Whitman, September 2013).

ENTANGLED, by Amy Rose Capetta (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Fall 2013).

BLESSED and NIGHT SCHOOL signing! [Bumped and Updated]

Update 1: Check out the BLESSED blog tour!

Update 2: Check out the great article in Sunday's Statesman, "In 'Blessed,' neophyte vampire battles forces of the undead -- and adolescence"!

Update 3: If you're in the northeast, go see Cynthia next month on the BLESSED tour!

Save the date: On January 29, 2011, at 2 PM, at Book People at 6th and Lamar, Cynthia Leitich Smith and Mari Mancusi will be celebrating their new releases, BLESSED and NIGHT SCHOOL, respectively, with a party and signing!

Event is open and free to the public! The celebration will include author talks, a Q&A panel, book raffle, surprise giveaways, devilish desserts, demonic drinks and signing.

Wear red and black if you're on the side of Evil or blue and black if you're on the side of Good.

Bonus points (and possible prize) to anyone who dresses up as a vampire, shape shifter, vampire slayer, angel, or fairy!