Teen romance, teen horror, teen fiction
New York: G.P. Putnam/Penguin, 2010. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine in generally fine dust jacket, that shows some wear at the edges. Second printing. Hardcover. 200 pp. New girl Raye creates a joke social media page for mysterious vixen "Elizabeth". When hot guy Julian becomes infatuated with the imaginary temptress, Raye.....
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2020. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine. Near fine, crisp dust jacket with a crease to inner front flap. Second printing. Hardcover. 330 pp. The first book in the Emblem Island series, a middle-grade fantasy adventure inspired by Colombian folklore, where 12-year-old Tor is cursed with a shortened lifeline.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine with fine dust jacket. Note previous owner sig on front free-end paper. First American edition. Hardcover. 204 pp. The story of a ruined Irish town called Old Jethart, inhabited only by the pub owner and his daughter, Lillie. A......
Charleston, WV: Independently published by the author, 2015. First edition. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Softcover. 248 pp. Signed by the author, with inscription: "___, it was great meeting you at RAI. There's no victory without a battle. Allyssa Painter". When the Earth is destroyed by humanity, the people call out.....
Tallahassee, FL: Harmony Ink, 2016. Presumed first edition. Softcover. Fine. Presumed first edition. Softcover. 175 pp. In a culture where arcane power is forbidden and pracitioners are executed, Tasis will have to keep is own aptitude for magic a secret when he and his sister undertake a quest to revive.....
New York: Julian Messner, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition (no statement and no other printings listed). The author's first and only book. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, " 6-2-67/ To John/ May your success in your writing surpass mine (but not for a while.) / Betty E......
Fort Collins, Colorado: Entangled Publishing, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 378 pp. Gia, a young tomboy, chases her crush to Paris by teleporting to a French library. Arik is a knight from Boston, who also travels through books with a band of Sentinels.....
New York: Longmans, Green, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Hardcover in tan cloth stamped in black. Illustrated endpapers. 269 pp. Illustrated with striking black and white drawings by Helen van Stockum. Very good, cloth lightly soiled. No jacket. Classic and important WW2-era young adult tale set in 16th.....
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. First printing (no statement as is correct). Hardcover in canary yellow cloth lettered in dark brown. Fine in color illustrated dust jacket with narrow chip head of spine and spine a bit darkened. 249 pp. Young adult historical fiction set in.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018. ARC. Spiral_bound. Color illustarted softcovers. Advance review copy; the book would be re-titled upon release. 296 pp with black and white graphic panel section. Very good. "...stirring modern feminist YA [young adult] set in a pulpy-B movie setting..." . Phobe Darrow is a lightning.....
Springfield, Mass. Milton Bradley Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in light tan cloth lettered in black and with design of a racing horse with jockey. Hardcover. xx+ 228 pp. With full page black and white drawings by Charles Livingston Bull. Firm in its binding, some light soiling.....
New York: Random House, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust jacket, with a touch of light bumping to lower edges. First edition. Hardcover. 446 pp. The third hilarious chapter book for middle-schoolers featuring Milton Fauster, a plump kid sent to Heck looks for his friend Virgil. A......
New York: Harper Collins, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED PAGE. Fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine, crisp dust jacket. The third book in the 'Dorothy Must Die' series. Hardcover. 270 pp. In this installment in the 'Dorothy Must Die' series.....
New York: Harper Collins, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED PAGE. Fine, fresh, like-new copy in equally fine dust jacket with minor bend to internal cover. The fourth book in the 'Dorothy Must Die' series. Hardcover. 277 pp with first two chapters.....
Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, 2004. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition (stated), first printing with number line with "1". A fine, fresh copy in equally fine, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 215 pp. plus publisher's ads at rear for other books in this series. "Trust no one in.....
New York: thomas Nelson, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (no statement as is consistent with this publisher's erratic practice of identifying editions). Hardcover in forest green cloth stamped in black. v174 pp. with illustrations in black and white and in color by the author. Very good in very good.....
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine, lightly toned dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. 96 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with drawings and diagrams. Unique concept book that presents a series of games for young adults that are designed to show the great number of rules.....
North Mankato, MN: Switch Press, 2015. Hardcover. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 303 pp. Fiction. Contemporary reimaging of teenage Lois Lane. She's an Army brat and her family has moved to Metropolis for good. When arriving at her new high school she finds.....
Hermosa Beach, CA: Sumner Books, 2015. Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. Fine. Thress Horatio Alger books are reprinted here along with illustrations, commentary and optional teacher's guide. Chelsea, Massachusetts native Horatio Alger (1832-1899) began writing young adult "rags-to-riches" tales in which impoverished boys worked their way toward success through hard work.....
New York: Henry Holt, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (no statement or later printings as is correct for this publisher at that time). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR , "To ___ ___/ Hugh Lewis" on the front free endpaper. Hardcover in bright yellow cloth stamped in red. Some lightreddish staining.....
Katherine Tegen Books, 2014. Andrea Offermann. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition. 488 pages. Illustrated. A tale for younger folks of a girl, a place called the Thicketr, and the power of magic. When Kara Westfall as.....
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE (PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO FIND SIGNED.) Fine, fresh, like-new copy in equally fine, bright dust jacket. The sequel to 'The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.' Hardcover. 312 pp. Callie Vee, Travis, Grand-daddy.....
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2009. Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine, bright dust jacket. Hardcover. 340 pp. In the summer of 1899 in a sleepy Texas town, Calpurnia Tate explores the natural world around her, develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates.....
Unknown: Red Willow Publishing, 2011. Jane George. Softcover. Near fine, with a very faint crease bottom right cover. Softcover. 326 pp. When an enigmatic Ringmaster asks 15-year-old Evan Leane to run away with the circus, she says yes. Anywhere's got to be better than nightmarish foster home Number 8. Evan.....
Marble, NC: Word Branch Publishing, 2012. First edition. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Softcover. 256 pp. New York City girl Sunny experiences crippling fear and alienation when she is transplanted to the country in her junior high school years. She is the new girl, with a horrible nickname, and ultimately faces.....
