The Saturday Post: New books, Horcruxes, Hallows & More

* John Green has announced that he is signing *every* pre-order of his new book, The Fault in Our Stars.

* Kimberly Derting unveiled the title, blurb & cover of the third book in The Body Finder series:

The Last Echo

Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet’s talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers.

Now, as she works with an eclectic group of individuals—including mysterious and dangerously attractive Rafe—it’s Violet’s job to help those who have been murdered by bringing their killers to justice. When Violet discovers the body of a college girl killed by “the girlfriend collector” she is determined to solve the case. But now the serial killer is on the lookout for a new “relationship” and Violet may have caught his eye….

* Margaret Stohl’s new book, as announced in Publisher’s Weekly:

Margaret Stohl, co-author of the bestselling YA series Beautiful Creatures, sold North American rights to two books in a new series called Icon to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Julie Schiena acquired the novels from agent Sarah Burnes at the Gernert Company, and book one is slated for spring 2013. The YA science fiction series, which is set 16 years after an alien invasion, follows a group of teenagers who become swept up in a resistance movement looking to unseat the extraterrestrials who’ve taken control of the planet.

* Andrew Smith’s new book deal was also announced this week in PW:

Beating out a number of other bidders, David Gale at Simon & Schuster bought world English rights to two YA books by Andrew Smith, Winger and Once There Were Birds. Laura Rennert at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency brokered the deal for the books; Winger is set for a spring 2013 publication, with Once There Were Birds to follow in spring 2014. Smith, who’s written three YA novels including The Marbury Lens (Feiwel and Friends), deals with subjects like love and friendship in Winger, about a boy at a boarding school living in the dorm for troublemakers, who plays against his mostly bigger and, tougher, dorm mates on the varsity rugby team. Once There Were Birds is set postapocalypse and focuses on a teenage boxer who escapes his all-boys school and goes on a journey with a younger classmate; Rennert called the book a “hair-raising action-adventure” coming-of-age tale.

* The Three Musketeers is coming to the big screen again, this time with a fun steampunk-twist:

* Get ready for The Potter Games … all will be revealed 7/11/11:

* Speaking of Harry Potter, the Hillywood Show has released it’s Harry Potter Parody:

* Want more Potter Parody goodness? Check out this cute parody of Beyonce’s “Halo” called Hallows” –