News Round Up! 3rd August

News Round Up!

Every week I recap some of the latest YA news stories. And don't forget to check the end of the post for some fab new releases!

Great news for Artemis Fowl fans! A film adaptation of Eoin Colfer's series is in the works by Disney and Harvey Weinstein. Michael Goldenberg will write the script. You can read more about this story over on Hypable.

The synopsis for the highly anticipated climax to the Divergent trilogy, Allegiant, has been released. You can read the full summary over on PageToPremiere.

The book trailer for Night School: Fracture was released this week. Watch it below:

 The final new cover for the US Harry Potter series has been revealed this week. The cover to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released on 31st July - Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling's birthday. You can see the cover below:

The new UK adult cover for Order of the Phoenix has also been revealed by Bloomsbury this week:

And in more cover news, the cover for Cress by Marissa Meyer was revealed on USA Today. See the stunning cover for the next book in the Lunar Chronicles below:

And the final bit of cover news comes from Holly Smale, author of Geek Girl. The cover to the sequel Geek Girl: Model Misfit was revealed on Twitter yesterday. See it below:

HERE IT IS!! THE COVER OF GEEK GIRL: MODEL MISFIT!!! What d'ya think? pic.twitter.com/CwJyxuYvxP
— Holly Smale (@HolSmale) August 2, 2013

The actors from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones have been taking part in a mall tour in America this week. Sony has also released some movie extras, including a tour of the New York Institute. Read more on Fandomsnews. It was also revealed by the BBFC that the film would be a 12A certificate and that the running time for the film will be 129 minutes, 49 seconds. Read more at TMISource.

New releases:
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Amazon|Goodreads

Cruel Summer by James Dawson
Amazon|Goodreads

Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
Amazon|Goodreads

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill 
Amazon|Goodreads

Canary by Rachele Alpine
Amazon|Goodreads 

The Sound by Sarah Alderson
Amazon|Goodreads

Angel Fever by L. A. Weatherly
Amazon|Goodreads

Control by Kim Curran
Amazon|Goodreads

The Glass Republic by Tom Pollock
Amazon|Goodreads