 |
We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending January 01, 2012–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #15 in Hardcover Fiction) Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward: “A stunning new voice from the Gulf Coast delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina…As the twelve days that make up the novel’s framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day.” (September 2011)
(Debuted at #15 in Children’s Interest) Legend by Marie Lu: “What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.” (November 2011)