CHILDREN'S
A GIRL CALLED PROBLEM
By Katie Quirk (Orono, ME)
Thirteen-year-old Shida has lived a life filled with problems. So when the elders of her Tanzanian village make the controversial decision to move to a new location, Shida welcomes the change, hoping for new opportunities. Not everyone in her village shares that hope, but Shida is determined to prove to the villagers that they can have a better life in their new home. Ages 10-14
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
9780802854049 Paperback $8.00 April 18, 2013
Contact: Jessica VanBuren, jvanburen@eerdmans.com
ALPHABET ZOOUP
By Tara Reynolds (Edgartown, MA)
A is for a lot more than apple in this clever ABC book. It is filled with imaginative creatures who like their nachos and vegetables served with a side order of colorful and fun rhymes. So get ready to join Grace the Goose, Owen the Octopus, and Vinny the Vulture in a tour of the alphabet that will leave every child giggling and grinning as they make their way through Alphabet Zooup. Ages 0-5
Vineyard Stories
9780984913633 Hardback $16.95 Publication Date: May 15, 2013
Contact: Jan Pogue, info@vineyardstories.com
CALL ME AMY
By Marcia Strykowski (Bradford, MA, Librarian in NH)
For Amy, 1973 in her Maine fishing village has been a year of awkward moments, until she forms an alliance with a boy in a worn-out army jacket, and a peculiar older woman. Together they rescue an injured seal pup and Amy faces a challenge that could change her life.
Luminis Books
9781935462750 Paperback $14.95 Publication Date: May 15, 2013
Contact: Tracy Richardson, tracy@luminisbooks.com
DEAD END IN NORVELT:
TEACHER’S EDITION
By Jack Gantos (Boston, MA)
A middle grade novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a feisty old neighbor with a most unusual chore - typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. Includes a Common Core Teacher’s Guide. Ages 10 to 14
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR
9781250027313 Trade Paperback
Contact: Ellen Cormier, ellen.cormier@macmillan.com
MAYBE TONIGHT
By Bridie Clark (Greenwich, CT)
A YA series set in an elite New Hampshire prep school, and featuring a compulsively readable interactive quiz format as you (the main character) seek to define yourself and make your way amidst the various dramas, challenges, and temptations of the competitive, high-stakes prep school world. Ages 12 and up
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press
9781596438163 Trade Paperback $9.99 Publication Date: 8/6/13
Contact: Ellen Cormier, ellen.cormier@macmillan.com
OTIS DOODA
By Ellen Potter (Upstate NY)
A Middle Grade series about a nine-year-old named Otis who moves into a quirky NYC apartment. Otis is cursed to break his bones by the boy who lives in the potted lobby plant - a boy whose curses always come true – and must find a way to thwart the curse. Ages 7 to 10
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Feiwel & Friends
9781250011763 Paper Over Board $13.99 Publication date: 6/4/13
Contact: Ellen Cormier, ellen.cormier@macmillan.com
FLORA
by Gail Godwin
Award-winning, bestselling author Gail Godwin’s haunting novel about a child and a caretaker in isolation. Flora evokes shades of The Turn of the Screw and harks back to Godwin's memorable novel of growing up, The Finishing School. Named a Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2013 and an Indie Next List “Great Read from Booksellers You Trust,” John Irving calls it “a luminously written, heartbreaking book.”
Bloomsbury
9781620401200 Hardcover $26.00 On sale May 7, 2013
Contact: marketingusa@bloomsbury.com
GODIVA
By Nicole Galland (Nantucket, MA)
Everyone knows the legend of Lady Godiva - the woman who (in)famously rode naked on horseback through Coventry to relieve her people from unfair taxation. But why would a lady of the court take it all off and risk everything, including husband, home, and well-being?
HarperCollins / William Morrow Paperbacks
9780062026880 Trade Paperback $15.99 Publication Date: 7/2/13
Contact: Alaina Waagner, Alaina.waagner@harpercollins.com
JOURNAL OF EVA MORELLI
By Maryann D'Agincourt
Maryann D'Agincourt's psychologically astute debut novel tells the story of psychiatrist Stephen Forester and his actress wife Brea, who left New York ten years before for a quiet life in New Hampshire. But when Eva Hathaway steps into Stephen’s office and begins to reveal her tragic story, memories of Stephen’s own childhood return to haunt him as he wonders what secret is so terrible that Eva can only reveal it in her journal.
Portmay Press
9780989174503 Trade paper $9.99 Publication Date: May 2013
Contact: Emily Albarillo, editor@portmaypress.com
THE MEASURES BETWEEN US
by Ethan Hauser
In a Boston suburb, several lives interweave in this large-hearted novel about what binds us, what we cling to, and what we leave behind. Stephen King says “The Measures Between Us is a beautifully written and completely compelling story about the storms that flood towns and the ones that flood human lives. This is a novelistic debut of enormous accomplishment and even greater promise. It is the very essence of a good read.”
Bloomsbury
9781620401156 Hardcover $26.00 On sale July 9, 2013
Contact: marketingusa@bloomsbury.com
THE RATHBONES
By Janice Clark
A literary adventure set in New England, Janice Clark's gothic debut The Rathbones chronicles one hundred years of a once prosperous seafaring dynasty. Inspired by The Odyssey and infused with beautifully detailed descriptions of the realities of coastal and ship life reminiscent of Moby Dick, Clark's magnificent novel is a spellbinding literary adventure.
Doubleday
9780385536936 Hardcover $26.95 Publication Date: August 6, 2013
Contact: Andrew Sharetts, asharetts@randomhouse.com
NON-FICTION
THE ART OF FAST PLAY:
SOLVING GOLF’S MADDENING PROBLEM OF SLOW PLAY
By Sam Dunn (Vineyard Haven, MA)
If you've ever despaired about slow play on the golf course this is a book that you owe it to yourself to read. The Art of Fast Play will show you how to turn that despair into a plan of action - and how you can do your part to solve golf's most frustrating problem.
Vineyard Stories
9780984913626 Trade paperback $14.95 Publication date: June 15, 2013
Contact: Jan Pogue, info@vineyardstories.com
COASTAL INSPIRATIONS:
DRAWING BEAUTY AND MEANING FROM THE SEA
By Marissa O’Neil and Peter O’Neill (Ellicot City, MD & Martha’s Vineyard, MA)
A book of inspirational photos and quotes by a father/daughter team who use the coastlines of both East and West coasts to capture single moments in time for life's journeys. It is a timeless and universal approach to living life at the fullest. The book is almost magical in helping you see what is both beautiful and important in life.
Vineyard Stories
9780984913657 Trade paperback $19.95 Publication date: May 15, 2013
Contact: Jan Pogue, info@vineyardstories.com
LIVING OFF THE SEA ON THE ISLAND OF CHAPPAQUIDDICK
By Melinda Fager, New Canaan, CT, & Chappaquiddick, Edgartown, MA)
Melinda Fager is a photographer, writer, and home chef. A startlingly beautiful combination cookbook/photo book. The recipes feature the fish and shellfish found in the waters around Martha’s Vineyard. The entire package is accessible and light – what well-known cookbook writer Susie Middleton calls, "the very best kind of cookbook - authentic, evocative, inspiring.”
Vineyard Stories
9780984913640 Trade paperback $24.95 Publication date: May 15, 2013
Contact: Jan Pogue, info@vineyardstories.com
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