A few weeks ago, more than 75 bloggers posted their Unsung YA Heroes picks—unsung books we love and think deserve more attention from the world of YA readers.

It was so much fun that we’ll make the Week of the Unsung an annual event, each day focusing on a different genre. But there was just no way I could wait another year.

So in the meantime, I’m giving away copies of 10 of the top 12 most obscure picks from Unsung YA 2010. These books haven’t been made into movies, and they haven’t sold millions of copies. But what they lack in hype, they make up for in awesomeness.

A big thank you to all the authors and publishers who made this giveaway possible!

The Books to Win!

  1. A Is For Angst by Barbara Haworth-Attard (also published as My Life from Air-Bras to Zits)
    Picked By: Erin Explores YA
  2. Border Crossing by Jessica Lee Anderson
    Picked By: The Hate-Mongering Tart
  3. The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean
    Picked By: Gaskella
  4. Gamma Glamma by Kim Flores
    Picked By: Archimedes Forgets, Biblio File
  5. The Puzzle Ring by Kate Forsyth
    Picked By: Beyond Books
  6. The Secrets of the Cheese Syndicate by Donna St. Cyr
    Picked By: The Hate-Mongering Tart
  7. The Thirteen Curses by Michelle Harrison
    Picked By: Beyond Books
  8. Trudy by Jessica Lee Anderson
    Picked By: The Hate-Mongering Tart
  9. Unsigned Hype by Booker T. Mattison
    Picked By: Semicolon
  10. Year of the Horse by Justin Allen
    Picked By: Arch Thinking

How to Enter

  1. Fill out the Google form below by Monday, April 12, at 11:59 pm CST. Leaving a comment on this post does not enter you in the giveaway.
  2. You can earn up to 5 entries per person:
    • Make a Promise (+1 entry)—Pledge to read one unsung YA book in 2010, and tell me the title. See the full list here or links to each blogger’s list here.
    • Link Back (+2 entries)—From a post on your blog, link back to this giveaway and mention what Unsung YA Heroes is. Feel free to also link to the wrap-up post.
    • Tweet (+2 entries)—Tweet about this giveaway.
  3. Pick the top 3 titles you’d like to win. Wherever possible, I will honor the winners’ preferences.

U.S. and Canada entries only, please.

But Wait…There’s More!

This won’t be the only Unsung YA giveaway! I’ll update this post to link to other giveaways as they’re announced. If you posted an Unsung YA list (or even if you didn’t!), please join in with your own giveaway. It can be as easy as giving away a copy of an Unsung YA title you already have lying around the house. Then just drop me a line with the link to your giveaway post so I can list your giveaway here.

Below, I list the Unsung YA 2010 titles offered up in each giveaway, but giveaways marked with +++ at the end of the titles list are also giving away additional titles. Bonus!

  • The Bibliophilic Book Blog—Ballad and Lament by Maggie Stiefvater +++
    Deadline: April 15
  • Bites—Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey +++
    Deadline: April 6
  • Bloody Bookaholic—Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri, Ash by Malinda Lo, Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe +++
    Deadline: April 18
  • Everything To Do With Books—The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King
    Deadline: March 30
  • I Heart Monster—The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones (part of the First in a Series Six-Pack giveaway), Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon +++
    Deadline: April 15
  • in which a girl reads—Willow by Julia Hoban +++
    Deadline: April 17
  • Karin’s Book Nook—City of Bones by Cassandra Clare +++
    Deadline: March 27
  • Not Enough Bookshelves—Jellicoe Road and Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta +++
    Deadline: March 28
  • Presenting Lenore—Genesis by Bernard Beckett +++
    Deadline: March 31
  • Read Into This!—After by Amy Efaw, Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott +++
    Deadline: April 15
  • Steph Su Reads—Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway, Good Girls by Laura Ruby
    Deadline: March 19
  • This Purple Crayon—Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan, The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable, What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
    Deadline: April 12
  • T.V. and Book Addict—Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee, Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney +++
    Deadline: April 1
  • Wastepaper Prose—Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater +++
    Deadline: April 10
  • wicked walker—Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers, Numbers by Rachel Ward, Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George +++
    Deadline: April 16

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