I've included the US cover counterparts where available, so tell me what your favourites are! Some of these UK covers are very different to the US looks, so I'll be interested to hear what you think!
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Revived by Cat PatrickPublisher: EgmontRelease date: July 2012Ages: 12+
As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life.
A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five times in fifteen years. Daisy takes extraordinary risks, knowing that she can beat death, but each new death also means a new name, a new city, and a new life. When she meets Matt McKean, Daisy begins to question the moral implications of Revive, and as she discovers the agency’s true goals, she realizes she’s at the center of something much larger—and more sinister—than she ever imagined.
ETA: The UK cover for Revived has changed. Click here to see the new cover!
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| US and Australian covers of Revived by Cat Patrick |
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| Click image to read my review of Forgotten |
The Blessed by Tonya HurleyPublisher: Hodder Children's BooksRelease date: August 2012Ages: 14+
Brooklyn teens Lucy, Cecelia and Agnes find themselves in the emergency room at Perpetual Help Hospital at the lowest point in their lives. Lucy, the superficial party girl; Cecelia, a drop out rock chick; and Agnes, a hopeless romantic. All rebels running from their lives and themselves, plagued by broken hearts and broken dreams. Enter Sebastian. Mysterious, compelling, seductive. He seems to bring each of them what they long for...
But in the battle for his heart, will they lose their souls?
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Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland StonePublisher: Doubleday ChildrensRelease date: October 2012Ages: 12+
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility.
As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.
Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, TIME BETWEEN US is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction.
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Saving June by Hannah HarringtonPublisher: Mira InkRelease date: June 2012Ages: 14+
Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but no one can explain why.
When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going, California.
Enter Jake Tolan. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper’s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper’s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs.
Except June wasn’t the only one hiding something. Jake’s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper’s life upside down again.
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| US and Australian covers of Saving June by Hannah Harrington |
Spoiler Alert! The next cover is for a second-in-a-series book. You might want to skip reading the synopsis if you haven't read the first book already!
Rage Within (Dark Inside #2) by Jeyn RobertsPublisher: Macmillan Children's BooksRelease date: August 2012Ages: 14+
Aries, Clementine, Mason and Michael have survived the first wave of the apocalypse that wiped out most of the world's population, and turned many of the rest into murderous Baggers. Now, they're hiding out in an abandoned house in Vancouver with a ragtag group of surviving teens, and trying to figure out their next move.
Aries is trying to lead, but it's hard to be a leader when there are no easy answers, and every move feels wrong. Clementine is desperate to find her brother Heath, but it's impossible to know where he'd be, even if he is still alive. Michael is still haunted by the memories of his actions during his harrowing struggle to survive. And Mason is struggling with something far worse: the fear that he may be a danger to his friends.
As the Baggers begin to create a new world order, Aries, Clementine, Mason and Michael will have to trust and rely on each other in order to survive.
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And now you guys in the US are in for a treat, because one of my favourite reads of 2011, Velvet by Mary Hooper is getting a US release. Check out the new US cover look below -- I think it looks great!
Velvet by Mary HooperPublisher: Bloomsbury USARelease date: November 2012.Ages: 12+
Velvet is a laundress in a Victorian steam laundry. With both her mother and father dead, she is an orphan and has to rely upon her own wits to make a living. The laundry's work is back-breaking and Velvet is desperate to create a better life for herself. Then Velvet is noticed by Madame Savoya, a famed medium, who asks Velvet to come to work for her. Velvet is dazzled at first by the young yet beautifully dressed and bejewelled Madame. But soon Velvet realises that Madame Savoya is not all that she says she is, and Velvet's very life is in danger ...A romantic and thrillingly exciting new novel from an acclaimed and much loved historical writer for teens.
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* Please note: These covers may not be final and may be subject to change. Images sourced from publishers websites, Goodreads & Amazon.
I prefer the Australian editions of Revived and Saving June! I guess I just like girls in daydreaming in fields, ha.
ReplyDeleteOh, I definitely like the UK covers of Revived and The Blessed the best.
ReplyDeleteAnd I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SEQUEL TO DARK INSIDE!!! I think it could have worked quite well as a standalone novel actually, but oh well. I want to read Rage Within now! :)
I like the UK cover of Saving June, the red is pretty:) And I prefer the UK edition of Velvet to the US, the US version looks kind of dowdy to me:/...Love these posts Leanna:))
ReplyDeleteI am loving the premise and the cover for Time Between Us. I'm such a sucker for stories like that. I also
ReplyDeleteWhew, so many new covers! The Australian and original cover for SAVING JUNE is still my favourite. But I'm very thankful for the UK version of THE BLESSED, I find the US cover just horrible. That is sadly a cover which prevents me from buying the book.
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer the UK cover of The Blessed over the US one! I also think the Australian cover for Revived is the prettiest of the editions for that book too.
ReplyDeleteWow...these are all so different. I like the US and Aussie covers for Revived. The UK cover for Blessed. The US covers for the Dark Inside series and Velvet.
ReplyDeleteEvery cover is attractive!
ReplyDeleteFor Revived and The Blessed definitely the UK covers, for Saving June, neither fits >.< For Time Between us both :) and The Velvet covers don't look too different in terms of feel...
ReplyDeleteI love both of the Velvet covers, but perhaps I'm biased because I'm such a Mary Hooper fan!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I LOVED Dark Inside -- I can't wait to see what happens next!
ReplyDeleteI like the colours they used on the US version of Velvet -- it's a really great read!
ReplyDeleteI think you'd really love Velvet, Christina!
ReplyDeleteI know -- I completely bypassed The Blessed until I saw the UK cover. I think the plot sounds really cool, but the US cover is kinda freaky!! The original Aussie cover of Saving June is my fave too! :)
ReplyDeleteVelvet is the only book I've read by Mary Hooper and I loved it. I need to read more of her books!
ReplyDeleteThe UK cover for The Blessed beats the US cover hands down. I'm not sure if I'm totally in love with any of the covers for Revived, although I think the Aussie cover is probably my fave too!
ReplyDeleteSO PRETTY! I can't tell you how excited I am for REVIVED and BLESSED - both of those look amazing. And now I'm pumped for VELVET since you said it was a favorite of yours:) WOO HOO!
ReplyDeleteI still prefer the old Dark Inside cover...but Rage Within! Leanna, how excited are we? I can't wait! I need to know more! Especially about a certain someone :P. Love the AU cover of Revived but really like the UK one too! Especially the the faces are set out. Thanks for sharing :).
ReplyDeleteIike the UK cover of Revived, I like how it links into Forgotten. Also, what IS it with Australians and vintage-esque images of girls lying on grass??? Eitherway, I prefer the AUS cover of Saving June, the UK one is a bit meh. Love the cover for The Blessed! That's really pretty
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So much pretty! I love our covers for Saving June and The Blessed. Not really a fan of our cover for Revived though much prefer the other two!
ReplyDeleteYou help keep my lists up-to-date xxxx ;D
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