FREE/BARGAIN - Children's, YA - 2014

[pdurrant]

A thread for 2014.

We point out free and bargain Childrens' and YA titles to each other. Please don't post any self-published books*, and please do a search before posting to avoid duplicates.

In case no retailer is specifically mentioned in a post, it is safe to assume it's for Amazon US.

Be aware that many freebies are only free for a day, so grab them fast!

*Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way.

[Froide]

Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery

FREE at BN.com

Overview:
As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever...but will the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected-a skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If only she can convince them to let her stay, she'll try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes and blurting out the first thing that comes to her mind. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special-a girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Also From Barnes & Noble:
When mischievous orphan Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert farm Green Gables, she knows she wants to stay forever. One of the best-loved & most enduring books in all of children's literature, written with sweetness and charm. Ages 10 & up

[Froide]

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
by Herman Melville

Free at BN.com

Overview:
The classic tale of existential despair

A Wall Street lawyer specializing in bonds and mortgages hires a respectable young man to copy legal documents by hand. At first, the new scrivener approaches his duties with a calm efficiency. Then comes the day when his response to a new assignment is, “I would prefer not to.” The mysterious phrase soon becomes Bartleby’s reply to everything asked of him, and his surrender to inertia is both maddening and inexorable. Torn between frustration and pity, anger and sorrow, his employer desperately tries to save Bartleby, but the cause is as doomed to disappointment as life itself.

A strange and haunting fable that continues to resonate a century and a half after it was first published, Bartleby, the Scrivener is a masterpiece of American literature.

This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

[peachiekene]

Bargain

$3.99

Hatchet (Brian's Saga Book 1) by Gary Paulsen

This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present—and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent’s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair—it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.

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[peachiekene]

Free

The Dream Dollhouse Do-It-Yourself Book by Julie Shelton

Easy and adorable! This book has more than 80 budget friendly dollhouse projects for the most popular dolls in the world.
This is the 1:6 scale miniverse, for superstar fashion dolls like Barbie, Bratz and Monster High. Definitely no woodworking skills required.
Fairy tale pink and pretty? Sixties chic? Up to the minute modern? Mix and match for your favourite style.
Upcycle. Repurpose. Scavenge. The materials are simple and either inexpensive or free.
This book is so much fun, and a perfect gift for children and the adults who love them.

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[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Nightmare Kingdom: A Romance of the Far Future by Barbara Bartholomew (ISFDB), 2nd in The Chosen of Sanctuary YA sci-fi abductee colonization adventures with romantic elements. Bartholomew has had several YA science fiction novels paperbacked from Signet during the 80s (some of which we've previously gotten free in the past), and has also been a Silhouette romance author.

The captive children from Earth have grown up, but Jamie Lewis Ward still is haunted by his memories of the lovely and defiant girl who was his first love. Now the alien emperor she married, Mathiah the tenth, has died of the genetic illness that almost invariably accompanies the extraordinary speaking gift of the aristos who command the many planets of the Aremian Empire.

With his death, the protection that has allowed the Earther captives in New London on the planet called Blood to live in peace and contentment is at an end and the girl from Chicago who married the emperor is widowed and powerless to protect their two daughters. Jamie and Claire who found their own Romeo-Juliet romance ended by interplanetary politics must once again rely on each other as they fight for the safety of the chosen survivors from Earth and deal with the whole new problem of the princess who has inherited frightening gifts through her mixed parentage.

[bethohio3]

Originally Posted by Froide

Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery

FREE at BN.com

All of the L.M. Montgomery books in the series are available for free at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/sear...+M.+Montgomery

[peachiekene]

Bargain

$1.99

Gone by Michael Grant*

The first in New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant's breathtaking dystopian sci-fi saga, Gone is a page-turning thriller that invokes the classic The Lord of the Flies along with the horror of Stephen King.

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else. . . .

Michael Grant's Gone has been praised for its compelling storytelling, multidimensional characters, and multiple points of view.

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*Husband of K.A. Applegate of Animorphs fame.

[Hampshire Nanny]

During the month of September, Open Road Media is offering 20 juvenile and YA SF/Fantasy books for only $1.99 each. You can buy these through Amazon, B&N, and Kobo, just follow the links from the Open Road site.

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Child of Tomorrow by Barbara Bartholomew (ISFDB), 2nd in her Time Keeper series of YA science fiction adventures, originally paperbacked by Signet in 1985.

Lost in time, Jeanette and Amy know the stepping stones were destroyed and that their friend Jesse is trapped in the colorful past of their own world, far from his own home and family.Seeking another route to reach him, they find a second timeway where, at a shabby looking carnival, they take a wild carousel ride that throws them into past, present, and then future. With the help of Amy's alien friend Selma, the three friends struggle to recapture their own lost reality and find themselves caught once again in the tangled labyrinth of time and place that takes them to the most dangerous place of all.

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Falcon's Dragon by Argentina-born author Luli Gray (ISFDB), an omnibus of her her Falcon's Egg duology of children's magic-oriented urban fantasy, which were originally hardcovered by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 1995 and 2002.

The 1st book in this was nominated for the 1996 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, according to ISFDB.

FALCON'S DRAGON is the story of a little girl named Falcon who finds a hot, scarlet egg in New York City's Central Park and carefully brings it home to care for it. And, one day, a baby dragon cracks through the eggshell and changes Falcon’s life forever.

[description of the two individual books omitted]

FALCON'S DRAGON is a story of mystery and magic, of dragonsbreath and enchanted gardens as Falcon and Egg learn about life, family and the magical world of dragons.

ETA: free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

That's When I Kissed the Tiger by Stella Pevsner (Wikipedia), tween-level animal heist adventure novel. This doesn't appear to be one of her backlist published books (unless she's changed the title), but Pevsner has a really long list of paperback and hardcover credits from Simon & Schuster imprints such as Pocket Books, starting from the 70s onward.

Twelve-year-old Freddie is ticked off at his parents for making him fly out to visit Hicksville relatives on a farm where nothing ever happens. That’s before cousin Kristin begs him to help her find out why her Great Pyrenees dog, usually so calm and gentle, now disappears each night and comes home agitated and all screwed up.

When the kids sneak out and follow the dog they discover a caged tiger, illegally held by a drunken farmland neighbor. So now comes the problem: How can they rescue the tiger and get him shipped to a shelter without any of the adults catching on?

The kids are about to pull off this daunting maneuver when something even worse puts up a roadblock: Can they salvage this mission without putting their lives—and the tiger’s!—in jeopardy? And finally, can these two, who deserve black belts in the art of telling lies, come up with a big enough whopper to keep them from getting grounded for life?

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Wrong-Colored Dragon by Lynne Reid Banks (ISFDB, Wikipedia), a children's fantasy novel by the author of the kidlit classic The Indian in the Cupboard, which I vaguely remember reading as a child.

Ferocity P. Bychahedoff is born to normal dragon parents, but he is red - not a dragon colour, which sets him apart. Dragonkind have defeated their age-old enemies, the Uprights, following a planetary catastrophe, sending them into exile on scattered islands while dragons take over the mainland.

The world is now a more peaceful place. But there are difficulties. Without the advantage of hands, dragons find they cannot build, or mine the coal they need for their chestfire-boxes. So Ferocity's 'dag' is sent on a mission to find some Uprights and perhaps make common cause with them.

Ferocity meets and befriends a young female Upright and together they all travel to the Uprights' island exile, where a hostile welcome awaits the dragons...

[AnemicOak]

Some YA Freebies & deals. I only checked Amazon, but may be free elsewhere...


Books 1 & 2 in the Gryphon series by Stacey Rourke are free.

The Conduit (The Gryphon Series Book 1)

Gryphon Series Book 1

All 18-year-old Celeste Garrett wants is to head off to college and make those fun, yet ill-advised, choices college kids are known for. And maybe to spend some time with the hot cameraman she just met. Instead, because of a pact her ancestors made in the 17th century with a mythical creature, she has to save the world.

While normal kids are slamming energy drinks and cramming for exams, Celeste will get her adrenaline rush fighting a fire breathing dragon. She wants to meet friends in the quad to exchange lecture notes, but first she must exchange blows with a shapeshifting demon on the rooftop. Life isn’t always fair for a superhero, but at least she doesn’t have to do it alone. With her brother and sister as sidekicks, they alternate between saving lives and getting on each others’ nerves. Together the trio encounters unspeakable odds, mystical forces and comes face-to-face with an image that will haunt them forever—their grandmother in a leopard print bikini.

Embrace (The Gryphon Series Book 2)

RONE Award Winner Best YA Paranormal Work of 2012

Whether she likes it or not, eighteen year old Celeste Garrett has come to terms with being the Chosen One. She knew having a “normal life” would be tricky, between intense training sessions and epic demonic battles, but she didn’t know at what cost it would come. That is, until a dear friend is harmed by the malicious forces hunting her.

Now, she’d like nothing more than to retreat into a hermit lifestyle to prevent anyone else from getting hurt. But startling revelations, amazing new abilities, and mortifying moments in front of insanely hot guys won’t allow time for that. Soon, Celeste finds herself surrounded by darkness and wondering who she can trust—if anyone.

BONUS MATERIAL:
The Sidekick Chronicles Vol I, A Gryphon Series Novella
and Original Graphic Novel Style Artwork of key Gryphon Series Moments!

All three books in the Matched trilogy by Ally Condie have dropped to $2.99 each.

Matched

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

Crossed

Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by Society to his certain death--only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life . . . and the enthralling promise of rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices everything to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game. On the edge of Society, nothing is as expected, and crosses and double crosses make Cassia's path more twisted than ever.

Reached

Conclusion to the New York Times Bestselling Matched Trilogy!

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion. With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

[peachiekene]

Bargain

$3.74

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."

A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

A Wrinkle in Time is the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal.

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*Google almost always price matches Amazon (if it carries the title). I purchased this title back in December so it is NOT showing me the price. It may or may not on sale. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience.

[mitford13]

Pretty Little Liars is free on Amazon

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...cm_cd_asin_lnk

In the exclusive Philadelphia suburb of Rosewood, Alison is the Queen Bee of her elite seventh grade hive. BFs Aria, Hanna, Spencer, and Emily vie for her attention, even as each of them hides a hideous secret only Alison knows. So when Alison goes missing after a slumber party, never to be seen again, each girl is heartbroken, but also a little relieved. Now it is three years later, and though the four girls have grown apart, they are each still hiding something. Artsy Aria is carrying on an affair with one of her teachers, fashionista Hanna shoplifts to accessorize her trendy outfits, blue-blood Spencer is sleeping with her older sister’s boyfriend, while straight-A Emily is trying to ignore her attraction to a new female classmate. When the girls begin receiving threatening text messages and emails that from someone known only as "A," they must confront the fact that against all odds, it appears Alison is back. Could Alison still be alive? And if so, why is she so determined to uncover all their dirty little secrets?

[ATDrake]

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It's being pricematched to Apple's "Get started with great free books promotion". Pretty Little Liars by Sarah Shepard @ iTunes (available to Canadians)