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383 books · 1,288 voters · list created April 4th, 2011 by deleted user.
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Jessica 2218 books
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usagi ☆ミ 12220 books
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Laura 274 books
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Katie 39 books
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Monica 1222 books
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Daniel 641 books
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Zoraida 3880 books
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Hannah 8021 books
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message 1: by Marie (new)

Marie Last time I checked, Veronica Roth's Insurgent was not a debut. READ DIVERGENT!!!


message 2: by Adrianne (new)

Adrianne De Veyra Loved The Selection though!


message 3: by Ren Puspita (new)

Ren Puspita I just removed Incarnation by Emma Cornwall. Its debut, but not YA. My friend that already read that book had confirmed it :)


message 4: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth Day I'm pretty sure at least one of these books didn't come out in 2012.... Divergent didn't come out this year, did it?


message 5: by Kris-10 (new)

Kris-10 I just wanted to let you know that I removed Divergent by Veronica Roth because it's not a 2012 debut.


message 6: by Shona (new)

Shona Booky Ramblings of a Neurotic Mom several books in this list are second and third books in a series. I also saw The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan, this is the 3rd book in a series in what i believe is his 3rd series.


message 7: by Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (last edited Jul 05, 2015 03:05PM) (new)

Jessica (Goldenfurpro) Removed Possessed (Arelia LaRue, #3), The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3), Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1.5), Accendo (The Light-Bearer #3), Possessed (Arelia LaRue #3), The Man Painter (Painter #2), Starlet's Light (The Starlet #3), Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5),Starlet's Run (The Starlet #2), Warring Spirits (Creek Country Saga #2), Hyde (The Devil's Roses #3), Ever Fire (A Dark Faerie Tale #2), Deceiving Destiny (The Bleeding Heart Trilogy #2), Mactus (The Light-Bearer #2), Bane (The Devil's Roses #2), Punished (Arelia LaRue #2), Nevermore (Maximum Ride #8),The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus #3), Confessions of a Murder Suspect,Ransom (The Light-Bearer #5), As I Wake (Breaking Fate #2), The Gates (The Resistance Trilogy #2),The Star Dwellers (The Dwellers #2),Insurgent (Divergent #2), Firefight in Darkness (Dryad Quartet #2), A Life Earthbound (Dryad Quartet #3), Fallenmore (Feathermore #2), Embrace (Gryphon #2), The Sidekick Chronicles (Gryphon #2.5), Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2), Ianni (The Past Lives #1.5), Charade (Heven and Hell #2) as they are all sequels and/or obviously not debut books.

Also removed Dead Until Dark, since it's not a 2012 release or even a YA book. Same thing with The Help.
Tiger Lily was removed as the author wrote another entire series before it.


message 8: by Diane (new)

Diane  J. I removed Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein; it was published in 2012 but not a debut, was the author's 6th book.


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