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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Stephen Alter BECOMING A MOUNTAIN: Himalayan Journeys In Search of the Sacred and Sublime

Susanne Antonetta MAKE ME A MOTHER Rachel DeWoskin BLIND Damian Fowler FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS Henry Gee THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES Kevin Hearne The Iron Druid Chronicles Jennifer Holm THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH Simmone Howell GIRL DEFECTIVE Alaya Dawn Johnson LOVE IS THE DRUG Justine Larbalestier RAZORHURST John Bemelmans Marciano WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE METRIC SYSTEM: How America Kept Its Feet John Marshall WIDE OPEN WORLD: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family’s Life Forever

Marissa Meyer The Lunar Chronicles, featuring FAIREST Garth Nix CLARIEL David Rose TAKING MORGAN Jason Schmidt A LIST OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T KILL ME Scott Westerfeld AFTERWORLDS Sean Williams The TWINMAKER Trilogy featuring CRASHLAND Fiona Wood WILDLIFE

Collin Woodard THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES

STEPHEN ALTER BECOMING A MOUNTAIN: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime

 A moving meditation on the solace of high places and on the hidden meanings and enduring mystery of mountains in this journey of recovery and pilgrimage that leads beyond faith  Pre-empted by David Davidar’s imprint Aleph Books, New Delhi  A unique perspective on the Himalayas from the author who is both an insider and an outsider, having devoted his life to these mountains and to interpreting Himalayan stories, ecology and heritage for a diverse readership  Like Peter Mathiesson’s THE SNOW LEOPARD or Gretel Ehrlich’s THE SOLACE OF OPEN SPACES, this book describes journeys undertaken out of sorrow, but with the expectation of hope

US: Arcade, March 2015; India: Aleph Books, November 2014 Materials available: Manuscript, Fall 2014 Page count: 320

Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them, leaving them for dead. The violent assault and the trauma of almost dying left him questioning assumptions he had lived by since childhood. For the first time, he encountered the face of evil and the terror of the unknown. He felt like a foreigner in the land of his birth.

This book is his account of a series of treks he took in the high Himalayas following his convalescence—to Bandar Punch (the monkey’s tail), Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain in India, and Mt. Kailash in Tibet. He set himself this goal to prove that he had healed mentally as well as physically and to re-knit his connection to his homeland. Undertaken out of sorrow, the treks become a moving soul journey, a way to rediscover mountains in his inner landscape. Weaving together observations of the natural world, Himalayan history, folklore and mythology, as well as encounters with other pilgrims along the way, Stephen Alter has given us a moving meditation on the solace of high places, and on the hidden meanings and enduring mystery of mountains.

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN ALTER

FANTASIES OF A BOLLYWOOD LOVE THIEF (Harcourt, 2007):

“Stephen Alter has unparalleled access to Bollywood, its directors and stars. But instead of writing an armchair guide, he shows how dreams are made by following the making of a film.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Alter retains his fresh perspective throughout... read him for his insightful take on Omkara. And to know exactly where filmmaking in India is going.”—Indian Express

“Alter’s writing style is easy, and despite a wealth of detail and information, the reader is unlikely to feel taxed or overburdened… This book should be read…”—Business Standard

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS: A PORTRAIT OF THE INDIAN ELEPHANT (Harcourt, 2004)

“Entertaining and informative. Lyrical descriptions… An elegant paean to the Indian elephant and a wake-up call for its protection.”—Publishers Weekly

“A history more splendid than any maharaja’s golden howdah.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Magical and fascinating.”—Boston Globe

“Alter pays homage to ELEPHAS MAXIMUS [and] weaves such facts into lyrical text of travel and adventure.”—Science News

SACRED WATERS: A PILGRIMAGE UP THE GANGES RIVER TO THE SOURCE OF HINDU CULTURE (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2001):

“Alter's prose is lucid and even-paced... (his) erudition is a considerable draw, extending as it does beyond the region's mythology to its botany, geology and zoology as well as to the impact of road building, damming and tourism.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Alter invites readers to join him on a double journey, deep into the Indian subcontinent and deep into the Hindu faith. Simply as a travel chronicle, the narrative sparkles, every episode rich with sharp detail and piquant incidents... Respectful but unsentimental, Alter highlights inspiring truths...”—Booklist

“Alter's book is a milestone in adventure writing and will lighten the path of many an armchair traveller.”—India Today

“Stephen Alter has succeeded in capturing and relaying the essence and mythology of places of worship he passes through. He becomes one with and is indistinguishable from many of the pilgrims he travels with...”— India Weekly, USA

“SACRED WATERS is a mellow, contemplative read... The lucid writing, the effective retelling of the myths and legends -- and Alter's emotional and spiritual transformation... (will) keep readers absorbed.”—The Far Eastern Economic Review

“It was the author's goal to evoke a fast disappearing way of life and topography, to show spiritual interests eclipsed by material ones. With vivid descriptions of the many people, villages, dharamshalas, shrines, ashrams and Indian customs so foreign and seemingly inaccessible to most Westerners, Alter achieves this end, portraying a landscape before it is effectively trampled by what is called 'progress.”—Publisher's Weekly

“Alter, an American born of missionary parents and raised in this region... describes his experiences and observations in great detail... (with) skillful prose and deep understanding.” — Library Journal

ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN (Holt, 1998):

“[Alter] wistfully evokes his idyllic Indian youth in this graceful memoir.”—Publishers Weekly

“[Stephen Alter's] vision is both unsparingly realistic and compassionate. He is a sensitive observer with an unusual ability to see [a] foreign culture from the inside out, making its people alive and compelling...''—Edward Hower, The New York Times Book Review

Stephen Alter has a unique background, being an American writer born and raised in India, who is fluent in Hindi. He grew up in the Himalayan hill station of Mussoorie, where he was educated at Woodstock School, one of the oldest boarding schools in Asia. The Himalayas have been his home for most of his life. He taught writing at the American University in Cairo for 7 years and was writer-in- residence in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT for 10 years. Among the honors he has received are a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Senior Research Grant from the Fulbright Program. In 2004, he and his wife, Ameeta, returned to Mussoorie where they now live. Stephen Alter has travelled throughout the Himalayas, mostly on foot. In 2006, he founded the Mussoorie Writers’ Mountain Festival, the 6th edition of which was held in November 2013. This festival features 20-25 speakers annually, including writers, mountaineers, artists, photographers, musicians and conservationists – all of whom share a passion for the Himalayas, and the festival has become an influential and unique event that attracts some of the world’s top climbers, naturalists and authors. Through his books, his travels and the festivals, Stephen Alter has established himself as a recognized expert on the Himalayas, with a strong commitment to exploring the geography, culture, natural history and mythology of this region.

SUSANNE ANTONETTA MAKE ME A MOTHER

 A powerful, transformative, and deeply heartfelt exploration of adoption from the award-winning author of BODY TOXIC and A MIND APART  A celebration of a mother’s love as well as the inspiring lessons that extend beyond, reframing cultural and global perspectives on what it truly means to adopt  Starred review in Publishers Weekly  Mother’s day essay in Parade, circulation 32 million

US: Norton, February 2014 Materials available: Finished books Page count: 256

In MAKE ME A MOTHER, acclaimed memoirist Susanne Antonetta adopts an infant from Seoul, South Korea. After meeting their six-month-old son, Jin, at the airport—an incident made memorable when Susanne, so eager to meet her son, is chased down by security—Susanne and her husband learn lessons common to all parents, such as the lack of sleep and the worry and joy of loving a child. They also learn lessons particular to their own family: not just how another being can take over your life but how to let an entire culture in and how to discuss birth parents who gave up a child. In the end, her relationship with her son teaches Susanne to understand her own troubled childhood and to forgive and care for her own aging parents. Susanne comes to realize how, time and time again, all families have to learn to adopt one another.

PRAISE FOR MAKE ME A MOTHER:

“Antonetta’s generous, humbling take on adoption adds another layer to today’s vastly “changing landscape of family,” where couples seeking adoption don’t necessarily have infertility issues and ethnic make-up tends more toward the richly diverse.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Antonetta (A MIND APART, 2005) writes so eloquently about love that her feelings resonate deep within the reader’s heart.”—Booklist

“An award-winning memoirist’s moving account of how adopting a South Korean baby taught her about motherhood and love. In the end, Jin’s otherness became the unlooked-for gift that taught Antonetta how love was as much about risk as it was acceptance.”—Kirkus

“Antonetta beautifully demonstrates through her book that motherhood is a process of becoming, that mothers are shaped by our children just as children are shaped by their mothers, and that it is a process that never ends…Antonetta’s willingness to share details of her difficult

past and her own self-doubts as a mother make her a trustworthy narrator, and her inclusive understanding of adoption makes her particular story of formal adoption across continents into a universal story that any reader who has brought others—children, parents, friends—into her heart with intention can relate to.”—Literary Mama

“In this honest thoughtful memoir, Susanne Antonetta examines not only her own adoption journey, but also family, home, and parenting. At once personal and universal, Antonetta ultimately shows us that no matter how we make a family, ‘each love has its own body of water.’”—Ann Hood, author of THE OBITUARY WRITER and SOMEWHERE OFF THE COAST OF MAINE

PRAISE FOR SUSANNE ANTONETTA’S PREVIOUS BOOKS

BODY TOXIC:

“Bittersweet and spoked with startlingly poetic descriptions, Antonetta’s compelling blend of family history and musings on crimes against nature in the nuclear age opens a new chapter in the literature of place and offers a fresh and poignant look at the old story of inheritance.” —Booklist, *Starred Review*

“Antonetta’s considerable achievement in BODY TOXIC is to devise a literary voice for the people who live in such (sacrifice) places...What Antonetta has written is something new—a post psychological memoir...By the end of this dark, disturbing book you realize she has posed a challenge to our prevailing notions of science and journalism and even literary narrative.” —Michael Pollan, The New York Times

A MIND APART:

“As inventive and full of mischief and deep feeling as Diane Ackerman, as adept at translating experience into life lessons as Anne Lamott, and an excellent adjunct to Oliver Sacks, Antonetta fashions an intriguingly meandering narrative as she describes her atypical neurological experiences…”—Booklist, *Starred Review* ______

Susanne Antonetta is an award-winning writer, poet and teacher. She is the author of the memoir BODY TOXIC, which won the American Book Award for 2001, was a New York Times Notable Book, A MIND APART, which won a 2006 Nami Ken Award, the coauthor of TELL IT SLANT: Creating, Refining and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, and the author of four books of

RACHEL DEWOSKIN BLIND

 Stunning YA debut from the author of FOREIGN BABES IN BEIJING, REPEAT AFTER ME, and BIG GIRL SMALL  Tagline: What do you see when your world goes dark?  Sold in a two-book, six-figure deal to Viking Children’s  Lead title with national tour including private party hosted by Cheryl Strayed, author of WILD  Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus  People Best New Books Pick  Bustle.com’s August Best YA Books pick  Glitter Magazine Books That Rock pick  Excerpted in Chicago Tribune  Featured in GirlsLife.com’s Book Club  Author chosen as Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor at Lighthouse for the Blind’s 2014 Seeing What’s Possible annual gala  Interviews in Chicago Tribune, BookPage.com, The Ann Arbor News, WMAQ/NBC-TV Chicago, WAMC Northeast Public Radio  Winning comparisons to John Green’s LOOKING FOR ALASKA

Audience: Young Adult Publisher: Viking Children’s, August 2014 Page Count: 416

When Emma Sasha Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything from walking across the street to recognizing her own sisters to imagining colors. One of seven children, Emma used to be the invisible kid, but now it seems everyone is watching her. Unflinching in its portrayal of Emma’s darkest days, yet full of hope and humor, Rachel DeWoskin’s brilliant BLIND is one of those rare books that utterly absorbs the reader into the life and experience of another.

“I began to imagine and write BLIND when my two little girls fell in love with THE BLACK BOOK OF COLORS, a shiny, embossed wonder of a book full of images you can feel rather than see,” says Rachel DeWoskin. “The more I read it with them, the more I wondered what it would be like to be a young person who could see and then lost that ability. What would books feel like to my daughters or me if we read them with our fingers and voices? What would we look like to each other? If I could not open my eyes again, would my memories stay visual? How would the world sound and feel and look? Would my senses cross so that I could taste, smell and hear colors? What would language look and feel like, and how would I read, think and make meaning of the world? I wrote Emma Sasha Silver’s story so I could try to feel my way

through someone else’s experience, always one of my favorite parts of both writing and reading. I learned Braille, closed my eyes and opened my imagination to the fantastic possibility of an utterly new way to look at—and see—the world.

PRAISE FOR BLIND:

“With traces of John Green’s LOOKING FOR ALASKA (2005), DeWoskin’s first teen novel explores death and darkness… [Emma Silver’s] increasing bravery parallels new understanding of her siblings and friends, and here the disability-as-metaphor trope actually works—“Going blind is a little bit like growing up.” A vivid, sensory tour of the shifting landscapes of blindness and teen relationships —Kirkus *Starred Review*

“While writing the book, DeWoskin learned Braille at the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, and her sensitivity to details (comparing characters’ voices to smells, textures, and colors; describing conflicted reactions to Emma’s blindness) shows. By using Claire’s death as a counterpoint to Emma’s misfortune—one chosen, the other inflicted—DeWoskin enables her characters and readers to put tragedy into perspective.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“ a well-researched and much-needed story. Emma is a capable heroine who manages her disability with realism and grace.”—School Library Journal

“One of the greatest aims of literature is to immerse readers into worlds and identities that are not their own to evoke empathy and understanding. BLIND will not teach vocabulary or filigreed prose but it will allow readers to inhabit another person’s soul so fully that they will be unable to separate the heroine’s pain from their own and become a little less blind to human suffering. … for sheer emotional profundity and the elusive feeling of living another person's experience through fiction, DeWoskin is hard to beat.”—San Francisco Weekly

“While she must bear the burden of a changed life, her friends and family have also been impacted in a dramatic and irreversible manner. Through Emma’s discerning narrative, the reader learns about the complexities of navigating the world without sight.”—VOYA

“DeWoskin takes this problem-novel plot and turns it into a deeply empathetic, shimmeringly perspective exploration of a teenager climbing the rocky mountain of adulthood. Emma’s blindness is candidly depicted as an ongoing onslaught of challenges, but it’s also clear that she’s surmounting them better than she realizes, and that many of the issues she’s facing are those of maturation rather than disability. Emma’s narration is crafted with grace and authenticity, and the way the teens grapple with Claire’s fate is acutely believable. Characterization is almost universally impressively nuanced, even in minor characters: everybody’s flawed but nobody’s evil, and Emma herself only begins to consider other people’s feelings once she realizes she’s not drowning..”—Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books

“[H]eartwrenching… This is a moving story told in a very unique manner, and it reminds us that there may not be a cure, but there is always healing.”—Teen Reads

“BLIND is soon to be on the tips of everyone’s tongues.”—Bustle.com

“[A] heartwarming, life-changing new story that, believe us, you won’t want to miss!” —GirlsLife.com

PRAISE FOR BIG GIRL SMALL:

“DeWoskin creates in Judy an unforgettable character, one who is, by turns, sardonic and heartbreakingly vulnerable.”—Booklist *Starred Review*

“It’s a rare author who is willing to subject her protagonist to the extreme ranges of degradation and redemption to which DeWoskin subjects Judy; thankfully, she manages it beautifully.” —Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“DeWoskin creates a compelling voice for Judy and performs neat literary magic, confronting the stereotypes of teen fiction even as she uses them to pull the readers’ heartstrings.”—Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR REPEAT AFTER ME:

“[A] sparkling debut novel, which follows the relationship of two people with more in common than their backgrounds would suggest… DeWoskin demonstrates a smart, sophisticated literary agility.”—Booklist *Starred Review*

“This complex story of friendship, family, honor, and cultural differences is rich and deep. DeWoskin’s characters live and breathe. Recommended.”—Library Journal

PRAISE FOR FOREIGN BABES IN BEIJING:

“DeWoskin has considerable cultural and linguistic resources, allowing such insights as an implicit comparison between Jiexi and the wilder entries in "Biographies of Model Women," a two-thousand-year-old text of the Han Dynasty.”—The New Yorker

Rachel DeWoskin spent her twenties in China as the unlikely star of a soap opera called "Foreign Babes in Beijing." Her memoir of those years, FOREIGN BABES IN BEIJING has been published in six countries. Her novel REPEAT AFTER ME, won a Foreward Magazine Book of the Year award, and her novel BIG GIRL SMALL won wide acclaim, including YALSA’s Alex Award, given annually to ten books written for adults that have special appeal for young adults. Rachel divides her time between NYC, Chicago, and Beijing with her husband, playwright Zayd Dohrn, and their two little girls.

DAMIAN FOWLER FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS: A Story of Survival, Love and Liability

 The David vs. Goliath story of a small-town father facing down the billion dollar company threatening to destroy his family  ERIN BROCKOVICH meets A CIVIL ACTION  Introduced in Vanity Fair’s Hot Type  Featured on National Public Radio’s Leonard Lopate Show  Op-Ed in The New York Times  “In FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS, Damian Fowler has captured the drama, narrative sweep and broad implications of one family’s remarkable encounter with tragedy and injustice. It strikes me as another A CIVIL ACTION by Jonathan Harr, but with even more drama and pathos.”—James B. Stewart, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and bestselling author of DISNEYWAR  “Thrilling.”—Booklist

US: St. Martin’s Press, April 2014 Materials available: Finished books Page count: 288

On a cloudy day on August 28, 2003, Grace and Lily Pearson, aged 4 and 3, took off from the Duluth (Minnesota) Airport in their Uncle Charlie’s small plane on their way to the town of Grand Marais, a quick half-hour flight. They sat in the passenger seats buckled in next to each other while their mom, Kathryn, sat up front in the cockpit next to Uncle Charlie. The girls were excited because they’d never flown before and had no idea that the bumpiness as they flew closer to their destination was unusual. All of a sudden Grace had the strange sensation of “falling through clouds.” When rescuers found the plane’s wreckage in the near-impenetrable Superior National Forest five hours later, they saw what were at first thought to be two dolls: Grace and Lily, the survivors.

The little girls’ rescue was the beginning of a nearly decade-long ordeal, not only for them, but for their father, Toby Pearson, a small-town lawyer.

The company that had insured their uncle claimed he had lied on his insurance application. And it sued Toby Pearson in federal court to void any coverage that Pearson and his daughters would receive.

Faced with mounting medical bills from his daughters’ treatments, and possible bankruptcy, Pearson became embroiled in a high-stakes crusade to gain the million-dollar payment from Old Republic (a company worth $10 billion) whose lawyers fought hard to avoid paying out.

It was to be a David-and-Goliath fight that propelled Pearson into the courts and, later, all the way to Capitol Hill as an advocate against unscrupulous corporate practice. All the while the single father helped his daughters through their nightmares and health issues while trying to get his own life back. The story of Toby Pearson is greater than his dealings and struggles with the insurance companies—it extends into the realms of fatherhood, resiliency and humanity.

PRAISE FOR FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS:

“A sensitive portrayal of a family tragedy needlessly escalated by the insensitive bureaucracy of insurance companies.”—Kirkus

“Thrilling.”—Booklist

"FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS balances this David vs. Goliath legal fight against the devastating emotional and physical recoveries of all parties... The judicial and statutory resolutions that Toby Pearson and his lawyer finally effect are indeed remarkable, but what trumps all the legal machinations are Grace and Lily’s survival.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Early on, Fowler felt an obligation to tell the Pearson family's story and tell it right.” —Pioneer Press

“With FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS Damian Fowler gives us an extraordinary true story of tragedy and resilience. Fowler writes with deep humanity and grace as he charts one family's journey from unimaginable loss to lives begun anew. He also proves himself a meticulous and masterful reporter, unearthing staggering insights into the world of aviation liability insurance. A remarkable reading experience.”—Carol Shaben, author of INTO THE ABYSS

“FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS is a story of unthinkable pain and loss. Yet ultimately it's the story of survival -- a harrowing testament to human love, strength and resilience."—Patrick Smith, author of COCKPIT CONFIDENTIAL

“This story had my heart from the first page, and it has stayed with me since. For anyone who has ever suffered through any sort of tragedy, this story reminds us that beauty often rises up from despair. It is beautifully written and gripping from start to finish.”—Sarah Smiley, author of DINNER WITH THE SMILEYS and GOING OVERBOARD

“FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS is a gripping, emotional and wonderfully written narrative of tragedy and triumph, social justice, and the bonds of love. Most of all, it is a tale of one father's determined struggle to care for two little girls who survived an unthinkable catastrophe. If you like David v. Goliath narratives where the little guy overcomes all odds, you will devour this book.”—David Kirby, author of DEATH AT SEAWORLD, ANIMAL FACTORY, and EVIDENCE OF HARM

Damian Fowler was born in the UK, and has been a journalist in the United States for the past 14 years, 10 with the BBC’s New York bureau. A graduate of the University of Oxford and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he is a contributor to Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Times (of London). He has also worked as the researcher for Pulitzer-Prize winning author James B. Stewart.

HENRY GEE THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution

 An important book that is sure to overturn previous thinking on evolution and reveal how most of our conceptions about evolution are … wrong  By the acclaimed scientist and paleontology editor at Nature  Starred review in Publishers Weekly  Library Journal Science bestseller

US: University of Chicago Press. Oct. 21, 2013 Materials available: Finished books Page count: 224

The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil discoveries are often hailed in headlines as revealing the elusive transitional step, the moment when we stopped being “animal” and started being “human.” In THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES, Henry Gee, longtime paleontology editor at Nature, takes aim at this misleading notion, arguing that it reflects a profound misunderstanding of how evolution works and, when applied to the evolution of our own species, supports mistaken ideas about our own place in the universe.

Gee presents a robust and stark challenge to our tendency to see ourselves as the acme of creation. Far from being a quirk of religious fundamentalism, human exceptionalism, Gee argues, is an error that also infects scientific thought. Touring the many features of human beings that have recurrently been used to distinguish us from the rest of the animal world, Gee shows that our evolutionary outcome is one possibility among many, one that owes more to chance than to an organized progression to supremacy.

THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES combines Gee’s firsthand experience on the editorial side of many incredible paleontological findings with healthy skepticism and humor to create a book that aims to overturn popular thinking on human evolution—the key is not what’s missing, but how we’re linked.

PRAISE FOR THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES:

“… an impressive and accessible overview of the pattern of human evolution, showing just how little we actually know and arguing that different evolutionary stories could likely fit the extant data.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“A thought-provoking and challenging book.”—Library Journal

“You may think there was nothing more to say about evolution, but The Accidental Species proves that there is—and wonderful stuff it is.”—Brian Clegg, Popular Science Book Review

“Gee is a paleontologist, an evolutionary biologist and a senior editor at the journal Nature. He is also a blues musician and a major Tolkien fan — a set of quirky characteristics that may help explain the combination of science and humor that pervades The Accidental Species.” —Washington Post

"Gee’s big beef in The Accidental Species is with a common and popular narrative in which the evolution of man is a steadily unrolling tale of progress. Think of the classic image of a knuckle- dragging, ape-like creature giving way to a hunched, primitive man who in the following frames becomes taller and bolder until finally he looks like a Premier League football player minus the shorts. The truth, Gee argues . . . is much more complex and surprising."—Telegraph

“The Accidental Species should be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any social scientist with an interest in evolution…Gee’s writing provides background for the curious newcomer. Offering high readability and large dollops of humour, our 10-year-old read a chapter to me when I was driving. Recommended.” —LSE Review of Books

“[A] persuasive book…Gee is good at explaining how fossil evidence has been (mis)interpreted to fit that famous picture of man rising from the ape, growing taller and wiser with each step before culminating in us.”—Financial Times

“If you only read one book on evolution this year, make it this one. You will be dethroned. But you won’t be disappointed.”—Geoscientist

"The Accidental Species is an excellent guide to our current knowledge of how we got where we are. . . . Highly recommended." —BBC Focus

“The Accidental Species is at once an eminently readable and important book. For almost three decades Henry Gee, senior editor at Nature, has helped bring some of the most important discoveries in paleontology to the scientific community and the public at large. Employing years of experience, sharp wit, and great erudition, Gee reveals how most of our popular conceptions of evolution are wrong. Gee delights in shedding us of our assumptions to reveal how science has the power to inform, enlighten, and ultimately surprise.”—Neil Shubin, author of YOUR INNER FISH

"With a delightfully irascible sense of humor…The Accidental Species is an excellent primer on how—and how not—to think about human evolution.”—Carl Zimmer, author of A PLANET OF VIRUSES

“Quite simply, the best book ever written about the fossil record and humankind’s place in evolution.” —John Gribbin, author of ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE: Why Our Planet Is Unique

“If you only read one book on human evolution, or indeed one book on evolution, make it this one.”—Ted Nield, author of INCOMING and SUPERCONTINENT

Henry Gee is a scientist and a senior editor at the science journal, Nature. His many books include IN SEARCH OF DEEP TIME (Free Press 1999), JACOB'S LADDER (Norton 2004), and A FIELD GUIDE TO DINOSAURS (Chartwell Press 2012), among others. He lives in England with his family.

KEVIN HEARNE SHATTERED, STAKED, SCOURGED THE FINAL THREE BOOKS IN THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES

 The final three books in The New York Times-bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles!  High six-figure sale  SHATTERED was a New York Times bestseller on the hardcover, e-book and combined print and e-book lists  SHATTERED, STAKED and SCOURGED will be published in hardcover format one year apart  VIP guest at the 2015 Pyrkon Fantasy Convention, Poznan, Poland to be followed by events in Berlin and Prague

US: Del Rey; UK: Orbit US and UK: SHATTERED, June 2014, STAKED, 2015, SCOURGED, 2016 Translation rights sold: Fanucci (Italy, 1-3), Rebis (Polish, 1-6), Tatthata (Thai, 1-9), Klett- Cotta (German, 1-3), Laser (Czech, 1-6), Artemis (Turkish, 1-9), Minotauro (Spanish, 1-3), Gaea (Simplified Chinese, 1-6), Hayakawa Shobo (Japanese, 1-3), Konyvmolykepzo (Hungarian, 1-3)

Materials available: HOUNDED (2011): Finished books: Page count: 304 HEXED (2011): Finished books: Page count: 320 HAMMERED (2011): Finished books: Page count: 336 TRICKED (2012): Finished books: Page count: 368 TRAPPED (2012): Finished books: Page count: 298 HUNTED (2013): Finished books: Page count: 320 SHATTERED: Finished books: Page count: 352

For nearly two thousand years, only one Druid has walked the Earth—Atticus O’Sullivan, the Iron Druid, whose sharp wit and sharp sword have kept him alive as he’s been pursued by a pantheon of hostile deities in HOUNDED, HEXED, HAMMERED, TRICKED, TRAPPED and HUNTED. The final three books of the wildly popular New York Times bestselling series, published in hardcover, one year apart, will take readers on a breathless ride to Atticus’s final showdown with his enemies, a showdown that just may bring about the end of the world.

SHATTERED:

Atticus’s apprentice Granuaile is at last a full Druid herself. What’s more, Atticus has defrosted an archdruid long ago frozen in time, a father figure (of sorts) who now goes by the modern equivalent of his old Irish name: Owen Kennedy.

And Owen has some catching up to do.

Atticus takes pleasure in the role reversal, as the student is now the teacher. Between busting Atticus’s chops and trying to fathom a cell phone, Owen must also learn English. For Atticus, the jury’s still out on whether the wily old coot will be an asset in the epic battle with Norse god Loki—or merely a pain in the arse.

But Atticus isn’t the only one with daddy issues. Granuaile faces a great challenge: to exorcise a sorcerer’s spirit that is possessing her father in India. Even with the help of the witch Laksha, Granuaile may be facing a crushing defeat.

As the trio of Druids deals with pestilence-spreading demons, bacon-loving yeti, fierce flying foxes, and frenzied Fae, they’re hoping that this time, three’s a charm.

STAKED:

Set largely in Rome and Toronto, the long-awaited resolution to the vampire war arrives. Atticus and friends must defeat vampire leader Theophilus and Werner Drasche, the arcane lifeleech, if they ever want to have a moment's peace. Who will Leif Helgarson support?

SCOURGED:

In the ninth and final book of the series, Loki, Hel, and their allies try to bring about Ragnarok— and it's up to Atticus and company to stop them.

PRAISE FOR SHATTERED:

“ The funny, razor-sharp wit that the author uses to bring Atticus to life, and narrate the difficulty that the archdruid has in integrating with the modern world, brings to mind the likes of Spider Robinson’s Callahan series and Gordon R. Dickson’s Dragon Knight stories. Plenty of action, humor, and mythology keep this book fun and interesting.” ––Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“This series just gets bigger and better, and Shattered shows no signs of it slowing down.” —Vampire Book Club

“Well and truly awesome.”—Fangs for the Fantasy

“So much fun to read!”—Hidden in Pages

“[With] clever writing and engrossing story-telling, it’s impossible not to get completely absorbed into the world Kevin [Hearne] has created.”—Yummy Men and Kick Ass Chicks

PRAISE FOR THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES:

“Hearne, a self-professed comic-book nerd, has turned his love of awesome dudes whacking mightily at evil villains into a superb urban fantasy debut.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great snarky wit. . . . Neil Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS meets Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden.”—SFF World

“[Atticus is] a strong modern hero with a long history and the wit to survive in the twenty-first century…A snappy narrative voice…a savvy urban fantasy adventure.”—Library Journal

“This is a super urban fantasy in which Hearne’s mythos comes across as possible due to reasonable explanations interwoven into the fast-paced plot.”—Harriet Klausner

“[A] page-turning and often laugh-out-loud funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of THE WARLORD’S LAMENT

“Celtic mythology and an ancient Druid with modern attitude mix it up in the Arizona desert in this witty new urban fantasy series.”—Kelly Meding, author of THREE DAYS TO DEAD

“Hearne breathes new life into old myths, creating a world both eerily familiar and startlingly original.”—Nicole Peeler, author of TEMPEST RISING

“Kevin Hearne’s sexy second Iron Druid urban fantasy (after Hounded) cranks out action and quips at a frenzied pace…[a] fun and highly irreverent read.”—Publishers Weekly

“If you like urban fantasy that is fun and funny, then pick up HOUNDED, HEXED and HAMMERED. If you like urban fantasy of great substance then you should pick up HOUNDED, HEXED and HAMMERED, and anything else Kevin Hearne puts out in the future. You’ll not be disappointed.”—SciFi Mafia

“[Hearne] shows in HAMMERED…that nothing should be taken for granted and nothing is safe…. Hearne and Atticus could be the logical heir to Butcher and Dresden.”—SFF World

“Kevin Hearne’s TRICKED manages to combine the fun aspects of the previous books and give the saga a darker turn to make this book more akin to a thriller. It marks an exciting return to the world of Atticus and Oberon; give TRICKED along with the rest of The Iron Druid Chronicles a chance and you won’t regret it. An excellent entry that only heightens the wait for TRAPPED…”—FantasyBookCritic.blogspot.com

“Hearne is continuing to keep me very entertained with these books—quick, humorous reads with an undercurrent of a larger plot. In other words, The Iron Druid Chronicles continue to be

pleasing novels in and of themselves but that also serve a larger story…It may be possible that Hearne and Atticus are the logical heir to Butcher and Dresden.”—SFF

Kevin Hearne is a native of Arizona. He graduated from Northern Arizona and was a high school English teacher before devoting himself to writing fulltime. Kevin Hearne is a middle-aged nerd who still enjoys his comic books and old-school heavy metal. He cooks tasty omelets, hugs trees, and paints miniature army dudes. He lives with his wife, daughter, and doggies in a wee snug cottage.

THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH JENNIFER HOLM

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 Holm, author of three Newbery Honor Books, asks important questions about the bounds of science and immortality in this warm, humorous, poignant, and thought-provoking read  New York Times bestseller!  *Starred Reviews* in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, Shelf Awareness  One of Bookpage’s Most Anticipated Children and Teen’s Books of 2014  Appearances at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference and the LA Times Festival of Books  Sold in Mainland China, Hungary, Taiwan, Korea, France, French Canada and Italy with offers in Brazil and Germany  An ideal read for boys and girls who are fans of Ingrid Law, Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead, and Jerry Spinelli and fans of BABYMOUSE and SQUISH who are ready to move up to a full-length novel  “Awesomely strange and startlingly true-to-life. It makes you wonder what's possible."—Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of WHEN YOU REACH ME  Lead title in the Mother-Daughter Book Club Guide for Libraries and Bookstores  Get the galley at: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/show/id/40077

Audience: Ages 8 – 12 US: Random House Books for Young Readers (August 2014) Materials available: Galley, Page Count: 224 Translation rights sold: Global Kids Books (Complex Chinese), Dasan (Korean), Flammarion (French), Scholastic Canada (French Canadian), Beijing Yuanliou Classic Culture (Simplified Chinese), Cicero (Hungarian), Rizzoli (Italian), offer in Brazil, offer in Germany

Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores fascinating questions about life and death, family and friendship, immortality . . . and possibility.

PRAISE FOR THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH:

“Written in a clean, crisp style, with lively dialogue and wit, this highly accessible novel will find a ready audience…Ellie’s first-person narrative makes good use of the situation’s comic potential, particularly in the fractious, role-reversed relationship between Mom and Grandpa. Along with the comedy, the story has a reflective side, too, as Ellie thinks through issues such as death and immortality and confronts Grandpa with the social consequences of his research. A great choice for book groups and class discussions as well as individual reading. HIGH- DEMAND BACKSTORY: A three-time Newbery Honor–winning author, whose books have also ranked on the New York Times bestseller lists, Holm has a formidably sized fan base waiting for her next release.”— Booklist, *Starred Review*

“This is top-notch middle-grade fiction with a meaty dilemma, humor, and an ending that leaves room for the possibility of a sequel.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“There’s plenty of opportunity for humor in this fish-out-of-water story and also a lesson on the perils as well as the pluses of scientific discovery…Appealing and thought-provoking, with an ending that suggests endless possibilities.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

“Holm keeps her characters lively and entertaining, while also offering very human reactions to aging, dying, stages of friendship and love…Ellie's memorable journey into the world of science will inspire readers to explore the world around them and celebrate the possible.”—Shelf Awareness *Starred Review*

“Youth, old age, life, death, love, possibilities and — oh yes — goldfish all come together in this warm, witty and wise novel.”—New York Times Book Review

“THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH is a rare children's book. It presents a message that plenty of people will disagree with—and argues that they should be free to disagree with it. Get ready to argue with your kids about what they're reading…”—io9

“Short chapters keep the story moving at an engaging pace, and the interactions among the characters will easily hold readers' interest…With humor and heart, Holm has crafted a story about life, family, and finding one's passion that will appeal to readers willing to imagine the possible.”—School Library Journal

“Science is powerful stuff, and it can be heady. But in the hands of capable Newbery Honor author Jennifer L. Holm, it can be truly funny and touching as well. Holm seamlessly brings a science theme to a quirky book that middle grade readers will actually want to read because, after all, who doesn’t want to know what is really possible in the world? As Holm deftly shows, nothing is impossible.”—BookPage

“Jennifer L. Holm achieves stunning realism through the lens of speculative fiction. Even at its most absurd, THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH feels truthful and convincing. A less assured

writer would have played the premise for cheap thrills, but Holm is more interested in how the characters interact…the book is an irresistible mashup of dramedy and science. Nearly every chapter ends on a memorable one-liner that propels the reader forward. Holm’s humor and sincerity allow her to pose heavy questions without showing a heavy hand.”—KidsRead

“#bookadayThe Fourteenth Goldfish—“If it is possible for @jenniholm to take things to the next level, she has done it.”@randomhousekids (Tweet from Colby Sharp,Nerdy Bookclub)

PRAISE FOR JENNIFER HOLM’S PREVIOUS BOOKS

TURTLE IN PARADISE:

“Sweet, funny and superb.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

"Turtle is just the right mixture of knowingness and hope; the plot is a hilarious blend of family dramas seasoned with a dollop of adventure."—Booklist, *Starred Review*

"This humorous adventure effectively portrays Turtle as caught between her mother's Hollywood-inspired dreams and the very real family . . . that offer a different kind of paradise."—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

PENNY FROM HEAVEN:

"Penny and her world are clearly drawn and eminently believable."—School Library Journal

"Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.”—Booklist

"Penny's present-tense narration is both earthy and observant, and her commentary on her families' eccentricities sparkles."—Kirkus Reviews

OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA:

“An unforgettable heroine narrates Holm's extraordinary debut novel set in Washington State in 1899...This novel is not to be missed.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

"The robust characterizations captivate, the lilting dialogue twangs, and the sharply individual first-person narrative gives the material authority and polish." —Kirkus Reviews

“..,[a] spunky 12-year-old heroine to whom youngsters 10 and up will certainly relate.”— KLIATT

Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times bestselling children's author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA, PENNY FROM HEAVEN, and TURTLE IN PARADISE. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on the bestselling BABYMOUSE and SQUISH series. She is also the author of the Boston Jane trilogy and MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORSE THAN MEATLOAF. She lives in California with her husband and two children.

SIMMONE HOWELL GIRL DEFECTIVE

 A story about life, death, grief and romance—all the good stuff—from the award-winning author of NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND and EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL  Sold in a six-figure pre-empt to Simon & Schuster’s Atheneum imprint  Lead title for S&S  Initial printing of 50,000  US tour including the wildly popular Austin Teen Book Festival and Teen Reads LA  Starred review in Kirkus  One of Kirkus’ Best Books Out This Week (9-2-2014)  Sold in Germany  Shortlisted for the State Library of Victoria’s 2013 Golden Inky Awards for best YA novel  “Charming, funny, fun...a delightful journey through an Australian teenager's summer of weird and cool.”—Rachel Cohn, author of BETA and co-author with David Levithan of NICK AND NORA’S INFINITE PLAYLIST and DASH AND LILY’S BOOK OF DARES  “Smart. Edgy. Beautifully written. One of my year's favourites.”— Melina Marchetta, Michael J. Printz Award-winning author of ON THE JELLICOE ROAD  NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction

Audience: Young Adult US: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, September 2, 2014 A/NZ: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2013 Page count: 312

We, the Martins, were like inverse superheroes marked by our defects. Dad was a depressive, addicted to beer and Bowie bootlegs. Gully had the kind of social difficulties that manifested in his wearing a pig snout mask 24-7. I was surface clean, but underneath a weird hormonal stew was simmering…My defects weren’t the kind you could see just from looking.

It's summer in St Kilda. Fifteen-year-old Sky is looking forward to great records and nefarious activities with Nancy, her older, wilder friend. Her brother—Super Agent Gully—is on a mission to unmask the degenerate who threw a brick through the shop window. Bill the Patriarch seems content to drink while the shop slides into bankruptcy. A poster of a mysterious girl and her connection to Luke, the tragi-hot new employee sends Sky on an

exploration into the dark heart of the suburb. What begins as a toe-dip into wilder waters will end up changing the frames of Sky's existence. Love is strange. Family Rules. In between there are teenage messes, rock star spawn, violent fangirls, creepy old guys and accidents waiting to happen. If the world truly is going to hell in a hand-basket then at least the soundtrack is kicking. Sky Martin is Girl Defective: funny, real and dark at the edges.

PRAISE FOR GIRL DEFECTIVE:

“Skylark Martin lives above her family’s vintage vinyl shop that—like its merchandise—is an endangered species in their re-gentrified, forward-looking Melbourne suburb. Funny, observant, a relentless critic of the world’s (and her own) flaws, Sky is original, thoroughly authentic and great company, decorating her astute, irreverent commentary with vivid Aussie references; chasing these down should provide foreign readers with hours of online fun.” —Kirkus *Starred Review*

“Like a cross between HIGH FIDELITY and THE KILLING… Howell’s story alternates between cheeky and dark.”—Publishers Weekly

"Part mystery, part romance, and part unconventional family story, the book introduces an intriguing cast of characters, each of whom has his or her own mystery or problem to solve.... Sky’s first-person narrative...is observant, questioning, and self-critical...the novel’s rich and well-described setting anchors the plot while its conclusion works to illuminate the relationship between its unique characters and their preoccupations." —Horn Book

“Sometimes I love a book so much that I don’t know where to start. I just want to throw it at peoples’ heads. (In a friendly, I AM STRONGLY ENCOURAGING YOU TO READ THIS way.)… Since finishing it, I’ve been clutching my ARC to my chest, counting the minutes until I can buy a copy of the hardcover.”—Leila Roy

“With investigations, new friendships and experiencing the world with all its quirks and problems, Girl Defective, simply put, is brilliant. Once again, Simmone Howell captures her audience with unique characters, captivating situations and a creativity that always astounds me. I know it’s early days but I can’t see anything beating this one for my book of the year!” —Readings Bookstore (Australia)

“It's this perfect blend of naivety banging up against loss of innocence and the underside of a very gritty world. It's hopeful and lonely and full of longing and wishes and, on one hand you see how idealistic the characters can be while at the same time they come to terms with just how real and tough the world can be…This is such a beautiful and original book.”—InkCrush (Australia)

“These people are all damaged in some way, but that is what makes the story come alive. It definitely jumps off the page.” —The Kids’ Bookshop (Australia)

PRAISE FOR EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL:

“Raucous and sexy…readers will want to read it for the hilarious, honest, first-person narrative of Riley, 16, who discovers that there is no Utopia anywhere… what will hold readers is the irreverent commentary on the camp bullies and, even more, Riley’s discovery that she, and they, are not as bad as she thought.”—Booklist

“This novel will appeal to sensitive teens who will root for Riley and the other camp underdogs.”—School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND:

“Unvarnished but rousingly raunchy debut. …There’s sufficient humor, raw emotion, and adolescent envelope pushing to carry YA readers along.”—Booklist

“Through short, episodic chapters, Howell crafts a realistic story that female readers should relate to, specifically the turbulent and volatile nature of the girls and their friendship. Lo, Mira and Gem are sassy, whip-smart characters with interests in art, politics, literature and film…A befitting contribution to the teen-literature market.” —Kirkus Reviews

Simmone Howell is an award-winning novelist, short storywriter, and screenwriter. Her short fiction has been published in journals and anthologies including The Barcelona Review, 3am Magazine, and Going Down Swinging. Her second novel, NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND was awarded the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction in 2007. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and son.

ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON LOVE IS THE DRUG

 Two students from an elite DC private school battle pandemic, political intrigue, and their own star-crossed love in this big, romantic thriller from the widely-acclaimed author of THE SUMMER PRINCE  Lead title for Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books  Starred review in Kirkus  One of CNN.com’s “40 New Titles to Feed Your YA Book Addiction”  Author presented LOVE IS THE DRUG at the American Library Association’s annual conference literary brunch with authors Christopher Paul Curtis, Raina Telgemeier, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Coe Booth and Trent Reedy  High-profile visits to Texas Library Association annual conference and Book Expo America’s “Speed Dating With Children’s Authors and Illustrators” lunch  Re-blogged by Laurie Halse Andersen, author of SPEAK and WINTER GIRLS: http://lauriehalseanderson.tumblr.com/post/96083437931/love-is-the-drug-by- alaya-dawn-johnson  Call-out on National Public Radio’s books page: http://www.npr.org/books/titles/343222398/love-is-the-drug  THE SUMMER PRINCE was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, chosen as a 2013 James Tiptree Jr. Honor Award book, winner of the 2013 Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Award for Speculative Fiction, nominated for the Nebula Awards’ Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy and chosen as one of 5 Great Summer Reads for Teens by National Public Radio  Featured as an ALAN Pick for September by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE: “Love is the Drug is a sharp, complex story of politics and science, with enough danger and romance to keep teens intrigued.”

Audience: Young Adult US: Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, Fall 2014 Materials available: Manuscript, Page count: 357 THE SUMMER PRICE translation rights sold: Editions Laffont (French), Cor Leonis (Hungarian), Saidas da Emergencia (Brazilian Portuguese), Prozorets (Bulgarian)

Emily Bird (or Bird, as she calls herself) is an overachieving, academically driven student, attending a prestigious private school in DC. Bird is entrenched in the concept of personas: the differences between her true self and her public self. Bird wants to be a perfect student to please her mother and her judgmental classmates, not to mention the omnipresent college admissions committees. Desperate for approval, Bird shuts away her true self. But when a terrorist attack unleashes a deadly global flu pandemic, Bird’s carefully cultivated world falls apart. She wakes up in a hospital room, desperate to piece together the truth of her last fractured memory—an exclusive party where everything went wrong.

Alaya Dawn Johnson fashions a harrowing tale of conspiracy and betrayal, wherein Bird must not only discover truths about herself, but about those she thought she trusted. Fans of THE SUMMER PRINCE will devour this brilliant, microcosmic take on the nature of pandemic, and the terrifying potential scenario that unfolds.

PRAISE FOR LOVE IS THE DRUG:

“Johnson, who astounded with her cyberpunk teen debut, The Summer Prince (2013), immerses readers in the complexities of Bird’s world, especially her fraught relationship with her parents and the intersections of race and class at her elite prep school. The often lyrical third-person, present-tense narration, the compelling romance and the richly developed cast of characters elevate this novel far above more formulaic suspense fare. Utterly absorbing.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

“Johnson (THE SUMMER PRINCE) blends high school drama, cloak-and-dagger intrigue, race and class inequities, coming of age, and a passionate love story, blending these disparate elements into a narrative that both requires and repays attention. Watching Bird make her way through a world filled with dangers—biological, political, personal—and find not just love, but also herself, makes for rewarding reading.”—Publishers Weekly

“Johnson combines evocative writing with the plot of a suspenseful thriller in her engaging, and character-driven, novel. Bird is a true-to-life teenage heroine. Her bewilderment in the midst of political duplicity balances the intricate plot with relatable concerns about love, family, and friendship. Plenty of drama within the diverse cast of supporting characters provides excellent social context for issues the whole country has to face.”—Horn Book

“The author of THE SUMMER PRINCE writes beautifully…Teens looking for a fast-paced tale with diverse characters will find it with Johnson’s latest offering.”—School Library Journal

“[Johnson]… has once again crafted a consuming story, this time intertwining politics, medicine, the idiosyncrasies of family and friendship ties, and one potentially fatal attraction. Riveting in both its pacing and plausibility.”— Booklist

“The mystery at the heart of this novel is compelling and will keep readers hooked.”—RT Book Reviews

“[Love is the Drug is] a high-stakes novel that takes you on a roller coaster of political secrets, science mistakes, and the difficulties of having parents who don’t get you. Bird is one heck of a narrator too; fiery and tenacious, which are two qualities that make any book better.”—Lit Up Review

“[Love is the Drug] is complex, sophisticated, and intelligent. It is also a compelling dystopian thriller that keeps you turning the pages to discover its secrets.”—Teen Librarian Toolbox

“This book could change your life. As a stand-alone novel, LOVE IS THE DRUG is complete, has a satisfying ending, and doesn't leave the reader wanting more (except for Coffee), although I would definitely welcome a sequel if one ever arises.”—YA Books Central

“This is one for readers who like mysteries, thrillers, love stories—really, for anyone who loves a great read.”—The Card Catalog

“Love Is the Drug is a suspenseful, empowering and emotionally honest read.”—Bookpage

PRAISE FOR THE SUMMER PRINCE:

“There’s a great, fresh audacity to Johnson’s YA debut.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Johnson... has created a city that lives and breathes on the page, its samba rhythms and sea breezes balanced by algae stink and rusting spiderbots. Palmares Tres pulses with a vibrant mix of high tech and Brazilian tradition. (Seriously, I want this book to be made into a movie, and I want Bonde do Role to do the soundtrack.) By the time June and Enki pull off their final work of art, you will love the city every bit as much as they do.”—National Public Radio

“Rife with political turmoil and seeped in culture, this unique and highly fantastical dystopian romance is both intriguing and imaginative. Johnson excels at building rich and gorgeously complex worlds, and her prose shines with a sophistication that’s uncommon in YA literature.”—Library Journal

“One of the most distinctive YA novels of the season is Alaya Dawn Johnson’s THE SUMMER PRINCE…perhaps the most striking feature of this future world is its political system, in which a ruling class of ageless women ritually sacrifice their king every five years. Such a society is presented in a surprisingly positive light.”—Wired

“A nimble, beautiful novel about risking everything for love and art, both otherworldly and magnificently real.”—Scott Westerfeld, author of the LEVIATHAN trilogy and AFTERWORLDS

Alaya Dawn Johnson is the author of the adult paranormal novel MOONSHINE (St. Martins Griffin, Spring 2010) and its follow up WICKED CITY (Spring 2012). Her first YA novel, THE SUMMER PRINCE, received widespread praise, including being long-listed for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Honor Winner, a selection as a “Great Summer Read for Teens” by NPR, and was an American Booksellers Association Winter Institute Buzz Book of 2013. Johnson graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures, and currently resides in New York City.

JUSTINE LARBALESTIER RAZORHURST

 A stunningly written, stand-alone YA crime novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed LIAR  Sydney Morning Herald/The Age Pick of the Week  Readings Bookstores Book of the Month  Australian Independent Booksellers No. 1 Children’s Pick for July  VIP author at Fliporto Festival, Recife, Brazil  “Vivid and bloody and bold and fast—I feel like RAZORHURST is in my bones now.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS and EAT, PRAY, LOVE  LIAR was an ALA/ YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2010 pick, a Kirkus Best Books of 2009 choice, a Bank Street Children’s Book of the Year 2009 pick, an ABA Winter 09/10 Indie Next List pick  LIAR was shortlisted for nearly every award for Australian young adult fiction, and won the Davitt Award for best Young Adult Crime Novel 2010, the WA Premier’s Literary Award, Young Adult Prize 2009, and the Fellowship of Australian Writers Christina Stead Award 2009

Audience: Young Adult US: SOHO Teen, March 2015, A/NZ: Allen & Unwin, Summer 2014 Materials available: Manuscript, Spring 2014 TEAM HUMAN translation rights sold: Artemis (Turkish), Record (Brazilian Portuguese) ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS translation rights sold: Gallimard (French), Record (Brazilian Portuguese) LIAR translation rights sold: Gallimard (French), Bertelsmann (German), Salani (Italian), Record (Brazilian Portuguese), Sharp Point Press (Complex Chinese), Hoest (Danish), Artemis (Turkish), Mynx (Dutch), Versatil (Spain) Materials available: Finished books Page count: 352

The setting: 1932 Razorhurst—a world where guns have been banned and “razor men” rule the streets with their blades, their scars a badge of brute and bravery.

The fragile peace between two competing mob bosses—Gloriana Nelson and Mr Davidson—is crumbling. Loyalties are shifting. Betrayals threaten. Kelpie knows the dangers of the Sydney streets. Ghosts have kept her alive, steering her to food and safety, but they are also her torment. Dymphna is Gloriana Nelson’s ‘best girl’, experienced in surviving the criminal world, but she doesn’t know what this day has in store for her.

When Dymphna meets Kelpie over the corpse of Jimmy Palmer, Dymphna’s latest boyfriend, she pronounces herself Kelpie’s new protector. But Dymphna’s life is in danger too, and she needs an ally. And while Jimmy’s ghost wants to help, the dead cannot protect the living . . .

Brilliantly unfolding through Kelpie's and Dymphna's alternating points of view over the course of one single, extraordinary day, RAZORHURST draws readers into its dark, deadly world and shocks, surprises, and stirs us in the most unexpected ways.

AUSTRALIAN PRAISE FOR RAZORHURST:

“Justine Larbalestier is known for her fiction for children and young adults, but Razorhurst should appeal to a broader audience. The novel reimagines the mean streets of Sydney in the 1930s, and homes in on a tough street kid, Kelpie, who can see and hear the ghosts that haunt the back alleys and flophouses around Surry Hills. She meets and falls in with Dymphna, an attractive prostitute who’s going places, over the freshly minted corpse of Dymphna’s boyfriend. The pair is stuck in the middle of a turf war with two mob bosses vying for pre-eminence, as razors snicker through the air and the body count climbs. The author has created a bloody and evocative novel, written in clean and lively prose that reminds you a bit of Ruth Park’s period fiction. It draws you in to a violent underworld, and you’ll find yourself barracking for these two feisty characters fighting to survive in it.”—Sydney Morning Herald, Pick of the Week

“Razorhurst [depicts] the vibrant world that paved the way for ours.”—Birdee

“Brilliantly written, fast paced and intricately woven.”—Lamont Books

“I really, really love Razorhurst.”—A Book So Fathomless

“Razorhurst is a brilliantly crafted story that will keep you flipping pages until the wee hours of the morning.”—Speculating on SpecFic

“Razorhurst, like a razor, is sharp and cutthroat.”—The Art of Dreaming

“I highly recommend Razorhurst.”—Tsana’s Reads and Reviews

“[A] sassy, sultry and brilliant take on gangland warfare with a paranormal twist.” —DivaBookNerd

“Engaging characters walk into the lion’s den while I hold my breath, anticipating ghosts bearing witness or cold dead-eyed killers extracting razors. . . . I highly recommend Razorhurst for adults, even those who don’t usually read YA.”—Dark Matter Zine

PRAISE FOR JUSTINE LARBALESTIER’S PREVIOUS BOOKS

TEAM HUMAN:

“Laugh-out-loud funny, heart-wrenchingly sad and fist-pump-in-the-air triumphant, this sparkling gem proves that vampires, zombies and even teenagers … at heart, we’re all on Team Human.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

“Smart and entertaining…a thoroughly enjoyable read with a core of unexpected depth.”— Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS:

“…this anthology more than lives up to the potential its concept suggests. Zombies or unicorns? There’s no clear winner unless it’s readers.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“…highly entertaining…Though each tale has its own flavor, the snarky dialogue between the coeditors draws them together, in the end creating the feel of one long, continuous story. A must- have …”—School Library Journal *Starred Review*

“I just wonder why we can’t just compromise and agree that clearly a zombie unicorn would be the coolest beast never to roam the earth. What do you guys think? Are you on Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?”—Entertainment Weekly

LIAR:

“Readers will get chills ...and will be guessing and theorizing long after they've finished this gripping story.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“The chilling story that she spins will have readers’ hearts racing… This one is sure to generate discussion.”—School Library Journal *Starred Review*

“Larbalestier [creates] such an engrossing story of teenage life on the margins that even readers familiar with her Magic or Madness trilogy might not see the supernatural twist (or not) coming.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

Justine Larbalestier is the author of LIAR, the MAGIC OR MADNESS trilogy, and HOW TO DITCH YOUR FAIRY, the editor of ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS with Holly Black and the co-author of TEAM HUMAN with Sarah Rees-Brennan. She was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and splits her time between Sydney and New York City.

JOHN BEMELMANS MARCIANO WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE METRIC SYSTEM: How America Lost Its Feet

 The inquisitive, engaging new narrative about America’s fight to save its measurements by the author of ANONYPONYMOUS and TOPONYMITY  Reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Slate and featured article written by author for the Washington Post  Interviewed on National Public Radio’s Leonard Lopate Show

US: Bloomsbury, August 2014 Materials available: Finished books, Page count: 320

The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it?

Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system’s creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America’s stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats.

PRAISE FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE METRIC SYSTEM?

“A lively perspective on globalism as it relates to currency and systems of measurement.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Readers will see a different side of metric enthusiasts—including Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson—as Marciano uncovers the relationship between metric system advocates and social reform movements. Marciano writes with humor and a keen eye, and his fascinating tales reveal how extensively measurement has affected history.”—Publishers Weekly

“With a keen ear for anecdotes and a sharp eye for human motivations, Marciano brings to life the fight over the meter, its champions and its enemies. The 1970s bookend his narrative, but the reader soon finds the struggle lasted not a decade but centuries.”—The New York Times

“An intriguing look at why the system failed to take hold here….Marciano’s narrative provides an overview of measurement in all its manifold forms, including currency, clock and calendar. Each chapter is broken up into easy-toabsorb sections that bring fluidity and logic to a complex tale. Weighty stuff, but the gifted Marciano makes light work of it.”—BookPage

“Marciano has captured not only the brief flash that almost was the Metric System in America, but all that led up to it, starting with our Founding Fathers being feted in France.”—Publishing Perspectives

"This book sounds like kilograms of fun!”—Brooklyn Paper

“Whatever Happened to the Metric System?" is about much more than just the metric system. It's an indispensable guide for understanding our world's centuries-long process of inching toward standardization.”—Wall Street Journal

“John Marciano tells an unexpectedly rich tale spanning three centuries, the American and French Revolutions, and the emergence of modern Europe. How could the United States be the first large nation to decimalize currency and almost nothing else? … A great read.”—Donal O’Shea, author of THE POINCARE CONJECTURE

“Engagingly tells the tragicomic story of how 200 years ago the United States led the world in adopting a decimal currency, but now lags behind the world in adopting decimal weights and measures, and how many Americans are proud of this stubbornness.”—John Horton Conway, author of ON QUATERNIONS AND OCTONIONS

“In this clever and easy to read history, John Marciano offers a convincing explanation of why America is out of step. Foreign policy concerns as far back as George Washington’s presidency had something to do with it, but for the most part Americans never had to change and never wanted to change. Rich in riveting stories, this is an intriguing and informative book.”—John Ferling, author of JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation

John Bemelmans Marciano is the author and illustrator of many books, including the distinctive reference titles ANONYPONYMOUS and TOPONYMITY, as well as the children’s books MADELINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE (a New York Times bestseller), MADELINE AND THE CATS OF ROME, and HAROLD’S TAIL. A word and math aficionado, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, daughter, and two cats.

JOHN MARSHALL WIDE OPEN WORLD: How Volunteering Around the World Changed One Family’s Lives Forever **

 The inspiring story of an ordinary family that embarks on an extraordinary journey volunteering their way around the globe  The book at the epicenter of an inspiring “movement,” Voluntourism, which Travel + Leisure calls “the fastest growing trend in the global travel industry”  For readers of THREE CUPS OF TEA, EAT, PRAY, LOVE, and WILD  Check out the author’s TED talk about voluntourism: http://tedxdirigo.com/speakers/john-marshall/

US: Ballantine Books, February 2015 Materials available: Finished books, Page count: 320 Translation rights handled by Random House

Oppressive heat, grueling bus rides, backbreaking work, and one vicious spider monkey…Best family vacation ever!

John Marshall needed a change. His twenty-year marriage was falling apart, his seventeen-year- old son was about to leave home, and his fourteen-year-old daughter was lost in cyberspace. Desperate to get out of a rut and reconnect with his family, John dreamed of a trip around the world, a chance to leave behind, if only just for a while, routines and responsibilities. He didn’t have the money for resorts or luxury tours, but he did have an idea that would make traveling the globe more affordable and more meaningful than he’d ever imagined: The family would volunteer their time and energy to others in far-flung locales.

Wide-Open World is the inspiring true story of the six months that changed the Marshall family forever. Once they’d made the pivotal decision to go, John and his wife, Traca, quit their jobs, pulled their kids out of school, and embarked on a journey that would take them far off the beaten path, and far out of their comfort zones.

Here is the totally engaging, bluntly honest chronicle of the Marshalls’ life-altering adventure from Central America to East Asia. It was no fairy tale. The trip offered little rest, even less relaxation, and virtually no certainty of what was to come. But it did give the Marshalls something far more valuable: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer personal fears, strengthen family bonds, and find their true selves by helping those in need. In the end, as John discovered, he and his family did not change the world. It was the world that changed them.

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John Marshall is a 9-time Emmy award-winning writer, producer, and director, and in 2008, he was named Maine’s Broadcaster of the Year. He lives in Gorham, Maine, when he is not traveling. His most recent voluntourism trip took place in April when he traveled to Thailand to work with orphaned and injured elephants in the Chiang Mai jungle.

MARISSA MEYER THE LUNAR CHRONICLES INTRODUCING FAIREST: LEVANA’S STORY

 The surprise prequel to the best-selling LUNAR CHRONICLES series  Announced in June in USA TODAY, circulation 2.88 million  Publishing Jan. 27, 2015 and strictly embargoed  Sold to Feiwel & Friends for six figures  Sold in France, Czech Republic  See the excitement on social media!  Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/fairest  Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23fairest&src=typd  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lunarchronicles/posts/7067498727195 78  Instagram: http://instagram.com/p/pUAGSAp0qL/ CINDER  Debut series sold at auction for high six figures to Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan  New York Times hardcover and paperback best seller  Major marketing campaign, including year-round national and international tours, foreign publication kickoff at the Bologna Book Fair 2012, national cover reveal in USA Today  Translation rights sold in 23 countries  Starred Publishers Weekly  Chapters/Indigo, Romantic Times, Goodreads, Kirkus and Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2012 pick  #5 on Amazon’s Best Books for Young Readers 2012  Hudson Booksellers Top 5 YA Books of 2012  YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (2013)  Children's Choice/CBC Teen Book of The Year nominee—the only book award voted on and chosen by kids  2013 Indies Choice Book of the Year nominee SCARLET  Debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List at #4  Lead Winter title for Macmillan Children’s Publishing  Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist  Excerpted in Parade Magazine, circulation 33 million  National cover reveal in USA Today  #7 on the Children’s Spring 2013 Kids’ Indie Next List

 Nominated for the American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults  YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book (2014) CRESS  Debuted at #3 on The New York Times Children’s Series Bestseller List  Debuted at #18 on USA TODAY’s Bestseller List  Indie bestseller in multiple regions  Starred review in Publishers Weekly  Lead title for Macmillan Children’s Publishing’s Feiwel & Friends  Extensive national tour  Extensive promotion and marketing including ads in cinemas showing Divergent and Vampire Academy  National our stops include LA Festival of Books and San Diego Comic-Con  Billboard in Times Square  Marissa Meyer is one of 12 judges of the Advisory Board for the Variety Breakthrough Awards with Judd Apatow (director), Kathy Savitt (CMO of Yahoo), Erik Martin (GM of Reddit)  Learn more about THE LUNAR CHRONICLES at the following links: Author blog: http://www.marissameyer.com/blog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lunarchronicles Publisher website: http://us.macmillan.com/cinder/MarissaMeyer

Audience: Young Adult CINDER: US: Feiwel and Friends, Winter 2012; UK/A/NZ: Penguin, Winter 2012 SCARLET: US: Feiwel and Friends, Winter 2013; UK/A/NZ: Penguin, Winter 2013 CRESS: US: Feiwel and Friends, Winter 2014; UK/A/NZ: Penguin, Winter 2014 WINTER: US: Feiwel and Friends, Winter 2015; UK/A/NZ: Penguin, Winter 2015 Materials available: CINDER: Finished books, Page count: 390 SCARLET: Finished books, Page count: 464 CRESS: Finished books, Page count: 560

The Lunar Chronicles translation rights sold: Mondadori (Italian), Pocket Jeunesse (French), Planeta (Portugese), Rocco (Brazilian Portuguese), Estrella Polar (Catalan), Mondadori (Spanish 1& 2 only), Bonniers Mix (Swedish), Artemis (Turkish), Egmont (Polish), Egmont (Czech), Carlsen (German), Alexandra (Hungarian), AST (Russian), Kinneret (Hebrew), Muse (Thai), Patakis (Greek), Uitgeverij Manteau (Dutch), Core Culture (Complex Chinese), Take Shobo (Japanese), Thenan (Korean), Egmont (Bulgarian), Egmont (Croatian), Schibsted (Norwegian), Hoa Hoc Tro (Vietnamese)

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all?

Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story—a story that has never been told . . . until now.

Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series.

PRAISE FOR THE LUNAR CHRONICLES SERIES

CINDER:

“…Debut author Meyer’s brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension. Meyer’s far-future Earth is richly imagined, full of prejudice and intrigue, characters easy to get invested in, and hints of what might await in future books.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Debut author Meyer ingeniously incorporates key elements of the fairy tale into this first series entry.”—Horn Book Magazine

“Meyer’s embellishments create a spellbinding story of their own.”—VOYA

“…This series opener and debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass mechanic in a plague-ridden future.”—Kirkus

“There’s a lot of moving parts in this fresh spin on ‘Cinderella,’ the first in a four-book series.”—Booklist

SCARLET:

“It’s another Marissa Meyer roller coaster ride, part science fiction/fantasy, part political machination with a hint of romance.”—Booklist *Starred Review*

“Returning fans of Meyer’s Cinder will gladly sink their teeth into this ambitious, wholly satisfying sequel…Meyer portrays each scene with precision and rising tension, leaving readers with another mesmerizing journey.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Meyer exhibits impressive growth as a writer, seamlessly weaving the multiple story lines together throughout the novel.”—Horn Book

CRESS:

“Meyer continues to show off her storytelling prowess, keeping readers engaged…The next installment cannot come fast enough.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Once again, Meyer offers up a science fiction fantasy page-turner that salutes women’s intelligence and empowerment, with a subtle warning of the perils of misusing that power. The previous titles in the Lunar Chronicles series were both New York Times best-sellers; with a major marketing campaign pushing Cress, expect similar results here.”—Booklist

“This multi-layered, action-packed page-turner is sure to please series fans.” —Horn Book

Marissa Meyer was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She attended Pacific Lutheran University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and received a Master’s degree in Publishing from Pace University. She lives with her husband (and their two cats) in Tacoma, Washington.

GARTH NIX CLARIEL**

 The long-awaited prequel to The New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom Trilogy: SABRIEL, LIRAEL, and ABHORSEN  To follow this summer’s re-release of beautiful new trade paperback editions of the Old Kingdom trilogy  Major title  National US Tour including Chicago discussion with DIVERGENT author Veronica Roth about their new books and writing beloved series  *Starred Reviews* in School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist  One of this Fall’s “Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels”—Kirkus (reprinted in The Huffington Post)  Amazon Big Fall Book pick  One of CNN.com’s “40 New Titles to Feed Your YA Book Addiction”  Guest speaker at London’s Southbank Young Adult Weekender Literary Festival  Guest speaker at Cheltenham Literary Festival  Q&A with Garth on npr.org (6.7 million anticipated views) in October  Book Expo America 2014 Buzz Book  CLARIEL promotion at San Diego Comic Con  SABRIEL Epic Reads Book Club Pick  Old Kingdom Epic Reads Re-Read promotion; video premiere  For teens who love the detailed fantasy world of the GAME OF THRONES series  "The old magic returns in this sterling prequel to one of YA's classic series." —Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of UGLIES and AFTERWORLDS  "Beautifully written, magnificently imagined, and wholly original, Clariel is Garth Nix's finest work yet."—Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLD TOWN  “In this long-awaited prequel, Garth Nix shows us why his Old Kingdom books have influenced a generation of fantasy writers.”—Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series  The Old Kingdom trilogy has sold more than two million copies and has been translated into 28 languages  The Old Kingdom Books have won numerous awards and acclaim including: SABRIEL  Winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Science Fiction

 One of The Chicago Tribune’s Best Books for Youngsters, 1996  ALA Best Books for Young Adults  ALA Notable Children’s Books LIRAEL  Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award for Best Novel (Ditmar), 2002  New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age,” 2002  ALA Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults ABHORSEN  New York Times bestseller  Publishers Weekly #1 bestseller  Booksense 76 Pick  Parent’s Gold Choice Award  Amazon.com Best of 2003 Customer Picks

Audience: Ages 13 and up US: HarperCollins, October 2014, UK: Hot Key Books, 2014, A/NZ: Allen & Unwin, 2014 Translation rights sold: De Boekerij (Dutch), Triton (Czech) Materials available: Finished books, October 2014 Page count: 400

The Old Kingdom Trilogy Translation Rights Sold: Editoria Rocco (Brazilian) Infodar (Bulgarian), Edicions de la Magrana (Catalan), Science Fiction World (Chinese), Mozaik Knjiga SABRIEL only (Croatian), Triton Publishers (Czech), Forlaget Rosenkilde (Danish), Uitgeverij M Editions (Dutch), WSOY (Finnish), Hachette (French), Verlagsgruppe Lubbe (German), Livani Publishing (Greek), Graff (Hebrew), Ulpius (Hungarian), Editrice Nord (Italian), Shufunotomo Co. (Japanese), Jayoo Munhaska (Korean), Wydawnictwo Literackie (Polish), Editorial Presenca (Portuguese), RAO International Publishing (Romanian), AST Publishers (Russian), Alfa Naronda Knjiga (Serbian), Mladinska Knjiga Zalozba SABRIEL ONLY (Slovenian), RBA Libros (Spanish), Clio Culture Group (Taiwanese), Bliss Publishing (Thai), Serambi (Indonesian), Bonus Animus (Lithuanian) SABRIEL only

**Translation rights handled by Aitken Alexander on behalf of JGLM

Clariel is the daughter of the one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen, and most importantly, to the King. When her family moves to the city of Belisaere, there are rumors that her mother is next in line for the throne. But Clariel wants no part of it-a natural hunter, all she ever thinks about is escaping the city’s confining walls and journeying back to the quiet, green world of the Great Forest.

But many forces conspire against Clariel’s dream. A dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the

creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage and save the King?

In CLARIEL, New York Times best-selling author Garth Nix weaves a story that is as rich and compelling as the original ABHORSEN novels. CLARIEL, prelude to the ABHORSEN trilogy, is set approximately six hundred years before the birth of Sabriel. Devoted Old Kingdom fans and new readers alike will clamor for this epic fantasy adventure.

PRAISE FOR CLARIEL:

“Over a decade has passed since Nix’s last Old Kingdom novel, ABHORSEN (HarperCollins, 2003), but he has lost none of his skill in depicting this fantasy realm… Nix pens a compelling character in Clariel while his skill in rendering both politics and magic is strong. This excellent work can be enjoyed independently of the other Old Kingdom novels, but will certainly draw readers to those works.”—School Library Journal *Starred Review*

“Between striking characters—from the heroic if not entirely competent young Abhorsen-in- Waiting, Belatiel, to the enigmatic, catlike Mogget—and Nix’s brilliantly complex magic system, this superb tale is exactly the book fans of the series have been awaiting.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Nix’s intricate world building reveals more Old Kingdom history and its ever-shifting alliance between the political and magical. Themes of freedom and destiny underpin Clariel’s harrowing, bittersweet story, and readers will delight in the telling (and in fan favorite Mogget’s return).”—Booklist *Starred Review*

“Selfishness and betrayal provoke inexorable tragedy in this dark prequel to a beloved fantasy trilogy… [Readers] will hurt with [Clariel] as she longs passionately for freedom, rages at her enforced helplessness, snatches at desperate bad choices, and claws after a faint, bittersweet redemption. A thunderstorm of a tale, bitter and brutal but dazzling in its ferocity.” —Kirkus

“A brilliant return to the Old Kingdom—one of the most exciting and original magical worlds ever devised.”—Alison Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of the EON-EONA duology

PRAISE FOR THE OLD KINGDOM TRILOGY:

SABRIEL:

“Sabriel is a winner, a fantasy that reads like realism. Here is a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own, created with invention, clarity, and intelligence. I congratulate Garth Nix. And I look forward to reading his next piece of work.”—Philip Pullman, author of the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy

“Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel, an Australian import, is excellent high fantasy. The suitably climactic ending leaves no loose ends, but readers will hope for a sequel.”— Publishers Weekly

“The action charges along at a gallop, imbued with an encompassing sense of looming disaster. Sabriel, who entered the Old Kingdom lacking much of the knowledge she needs, proves to be a stalwart heroine, who, in the end, finds and accepts her destiny. A page-turner for sure, this intricate tale compares favorably with Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass and will surely appeal to the same audience.”—Booklist

LIRAEL:

“What makes Lirael a delight is the magic that Nix brings to his story and to his characters.”— Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Riveting.”— Kirkus *Starred Review*

ABHORSEN:

“Breathtaking, bittersweet, and utterly unforgettable.”— Kirkus *Starred Review*

“At once an allegory regarding war and peace and a testament to friendship, this is thought- provoking fantasy.”— Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

Garth Nix grew up in Canberra. He studied for a BA in Professional Writing at the University of Canberra. Garth has worked as a public servant, bookseller, book editor and literary agent. In 2002, following his outstanding international success, Garth returned to full-time writing. As of July 2007, Garth’s books have sold in excess of 4,500,000 copies internationally. His books have appeared in the bestseller lists of the New York Times, the Sunday Times (UK), Publishers Weekly (US), The Australian, The Bookseller (UK) and Bookseller & Publisher (Australia). His books have been translated into 28 languages. Garth lives in Sydney with his wife Anna, and their two sons.

DAVID ROSE TAKING MORGAN

 The riveting intelligence thriller by acclaimed Vanity Fair investigative journalist David Rose  Inspired by true events  British, American and Israeli former operatives read the novel for authenticity  A must-read for fans of Homeland and Zero Dark Thirty

UK: Quartet, January 2014 Translation rights sold: Era Media (Bulgarian) Materials available: Finished books Page count: 312

Like many women, Morgan Cooper finds it hard to juggle the demands of her children and her career -- a task her workaholic civil-rights lawyer husband Adam makes still more difficult. But unlike the other soccer moms in her affluent DC suburb, she’s an undercover CIA officer, assigned to the strife-torn Gaza Strip. There, as the betrayals and contradictions of her personal and her working life catch up with her, she is kidnapped and plunged into peril. With her agency bosses seemingly disengaged, it falls to Adam to try to save her life and their relationship.

TAKING MORGAN is a riveting intelligence thriller by accomplished investigative journalist David Rose, who currently covers intelligence and the Middle East for Vanity Fair. It is also the deeply affecting story of a modern couple struggling in their marriage, suddenly at risk of losing each other forever.

David Rose has written a thriller that is arresting and believable, its grit and brutality and machinations grounded in reality.

PRAISE FOR TAKING MORGAN:

“You can almost taste the dust of the streets, smell the explosions, and feel the fear that grips his female protagonist Morgan Cooper…The fate of Morgan and what it must be like to lose your liberty for months gives the story a fearsome grip that lasts to the final page.”—Daily Mail

“TAKING MORGAN is both a compelling thriller and an invaluable primer to the most intractable conflict on earth.”—Mail on Sunday

“Both an espionage yarn and the story of a marriage, it contains all the twists and double- crosses you could wish for, yet mercifully lacks the wham-bam formulaic clunkiness of more seasoned writers of spy fiction. “—Sunday Times

“The political and intelligence background to TAKING MORGAN is real. Within it, David Rose, a respected investigative journalist, has fashioned a tense, fast-moving work of fiction…The unraveling of Morgan’s plight, and Adam’s response to it, takes many interesting twists and turns, made the more convincing by Rose’s obvious mastery of his subject. “—The Times

“Rose shuttles frantically but effectively between these different worlds, ratcheting up the tension.”—The Guardian

“…a thoroughly enjoyable read; just the thing to while away a few hours on a plane.”—Jewish Chronicle

“David Rose has more than 20 years' experience covering the intelligence world for newspapers including the Observer. It's the making of TAKING MORGAN (Quartet 12.99), a smartly paced political thriller that taps into Homeland territory via its heroine, Morgan Cooper, a CIA operative who gets too close to her Palestinian agent and is kidnapped in Gaza by Islamic militants. While her husband, a civil rights lawyer, strays far beyond his own comfort to help secure her release, Morgan herself proves gruesomely nifty with a penknife.”—The Observer ______

David Rose has written extensively on intelligence and covert action by agencies all over the world for more than twenty years. He has been a contributing editor with Vanity Fair since 2002. He has been on staff at The Guardian, The Observer and BBC TV, and currently writes investigative articles for the Mail on Sunday as well as VF. He is also the author of six published nonfiction books, most recently GUANTANAMO: The War on Human Rights (The New Press, 2004) which was published in German by Fischer, in Icelandic by Skrudda, and in Turkish by Kitap. THE BIG EDDY CLUB: Southern Justice and the Stocking Stranglings (The New Press, 2007), a legal drama, was shortlisted for the Crimewriters’ Association Golden Dagger. His REGIONS OF THE HEART: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves, was published by National Geographic in 1999 and by Ullstein in German and I Licheni in Italian. It won the 2005 Trento Mountain Literature Festival grand prize.

JASON SCHMIDT A LIST OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T KILL ME

 A stunning and harrowing non-fiction read for teens, detailing the author’s life on the margins with an abusive father  Positioning in the vein of memoirs like Jeannette Walls’ THE GLASS CASTLE and Augusten Burroughs’ RUNNING WITH SCISSORS  Pre-empted by FSG  The author is a passionate advocate for impoverished teens

Audience: Young Adult US: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Winter 2015 Materials available: Manuscript, Page count: 429

How do you find your moral center in a world that doesn’t seem to have one? In this heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring memoir, author Jason Schmidt seeks to find out.

“The thing I remember from that time in my life, from my teen years, was that I never took an un-frightened breath--never stopped waiting for the next bad thing to happen, or stopped trying to get ahead of it,” Jason says. “And the longer it went on, the more alone I was with it. My friends had their own problems, and they got sick of me always asking for things. But I had to keep asking. Keep making demands on friendships I was destroying so I could get a few more nights -- a few more meals, a few more favors.

“The only place I could relax was school. I slept behind the stage in the auditorium, I slept in the old gym that nobody used anymore – I slept in a hammock I had strung under a table in the back of the journalism room. Later, I realized that some of the teachers were looking out for me by giving me space—by letting me get away with things. At the time it felt like I was just invisible.

“There are a lot of books written about what it’s like to be poor; what it’s like to be desperate. But very few of those books talk about the omnipresence of fear in the lives of the poor, or the marginalized. Fear makes you desperate for friends, at the same time it makes people reluctant to interact with you. It makes you desperate for money, and makes employers nervous about hiring you. It makes a patently bad idea seem not only worthy of consideration, but sometimes like a necessity, or an inevitability. Ironically, the same mechanisms that allow many poor and marginalized people to survive their own fear— mechanisms like denial, suppression, and anger—make it almost impossible for the few of us who rise out of all that to discuss how terrifying it was to live in that world.

“My hope, with this memoir, is to make the experience of being poor, of being an outsider,

more accessible people who don’t live in that world. I also hope to provide poor kids and social misfits—people like me —with a new set of tools for analyzing their own situations, and thinking about their reactions to things, that may allow them to change their patterns and achieve better outcomes. Every kid’s situation is different, and every kid needs a different mix of tools to achieve positive change in his or her life. By adding my voice, and my experiences, to the dialogue, I hope to be able to offer the right tools to the right kid at the right time, and maybe change a life or two for the better.”

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR A LIST OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T KILL ME:

“[Jason] offers no easy answers; he simply tells his story. Knowing there are others living through exceptionally horrific circumstances and prevailing may be just what … young … people need to hear. Recommended.”—Ingram

“This gut-wrenching sometimes shockingly funny memoir of a boy growing up in the midst of the AIDS crisis in 1980s Seattle may be one of the most important books of the year. I could not put it down.”— Sarah Chen, Mysterious Galaxy

"As astonishing story of survival, intelligence and growing up on the fringe. A List of Things is an immersive page-turner and Jason Schmidt is a crazy good storyteller." — Karen Finneyfrock, author of STARBIRD MURPHY AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE.

Jason Schmidt was born in Oregon in 1972. After years of living on the streets, hiding the abuse of his drug addicted, AIDS-afflicted father, he met Frank Ross through the Northwest AIDS Foundation who helped him get into college. He eventually received a law degree and is now married with two children. A LIST OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T KILL ME is his first book.

SCOTT WESTERFELD AFTERWORLDS

 A brand new novel from The New York Times bestselling author of the UGLIES series and the LEVIATHAN trilogy  A hybrid fantasy-realistic journey weaving the world of Darcy—a teenage debut novelist realizing her dream of making it in New York—with Lizzie, a soul guide learning to navigate the afterworld who also happens to be the protagonist of Darcy’s novel  $750,000 MAJOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN including this attack ad by “The Committee to Protect YA”: http://youtu.be/cw_ItKvWd3c  *Starred Reviews* in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal  To be reviewed in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly  “THE most anticipated book of 2014”—Publishers Weekly  One of this Fall’s “Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels”—Kirkus (reprinted in The Huffington Post)  Chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of ” Five YA Novels to Watch Out For”  One of CNN.com’s “40 New Titles to Feed Your YA Book Addiction”  Exclusive sneak peek chapter for Barnes & Noble shoppers during their “Get Pop-Cultured” campaign  Chosen by Mashable as one of Fall’s Eight Hottest Reads Launch at the New York Public Library to be followed by an extensive national tour  Featured speaker at the UK’s Southbank Centre Young Adult Weekender festival  Featured guest author at Fliporto Festival, Recife, Brazil  Sold in France, Russia, Germany, Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Turkey  UGLIES has been sold in 32 countries  LEVIATHAN has been sold in 20 countries  See the chilling trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrQG_5av18

Audience: Grades 9 and up US: Simon & Schuster, September 23rd, 2014, UK: Simon & Schuster 2014, A/NZ: Penguin Teen, September 2014 Materials available: Finished books, Page count: 608 Translation rights sold: Pocket Jeunesse (French), EXMO (Russian), Fischer (German), Record (Brazilian Portuguese), Locus (Complex Chinese), Cicero (Hungarian), ArtLine (Bulgarian), Pegasus (Turkish)

LEVIATHAN Translation rights sold: Pocket Jeunesse (French), Bertelsmann CBJ and Heyne (German), Euromedia (Czech), Einaudi (Italian), EXMO (Russian), Epsilon (Turkish), Vogais (Portuguese), Livanis (Greece), Graff (Hebrew), Rebis (Polish), Edebe (Spanish), Studio Art Line (Bulgarian), Record (Brazilian Portuguese), Hayakawa Shobo (Japanese), Ad Astra (Hungarian), Goukr (China), Tathata (Thai)

While flying home from visiting her estranged father, Lizzie Scofield is swept up in a terrorist attack at DFW airport. Her only chance of escape is to play dead, but Lizzie plays too well, thinking herself into the afterworld. In the twilight space where ghosts walk, she meets Yamaraj, a psychopomp (soul guide), and his ghostly sister Yami. They explain that Lizzie's brush with death has changed her into a psychopomp as well. When she returns to the normal world, she finds that can see ghosts and walk invisibly among the living.

Lizzie also discovers that a little ghost has always lived with her. Mindy was her mother's childhood best friend, murdered when they both were eleven. Though a ghost, Mindy still fears the man who killed her, and she is stalked by another predatory psychopomp who feeds on the ghosts of children. At the same time, the terrorist group responsible for the airport attack may have designs on Lizzie, the sole survivor of the attack and a nationwide symbol of hope. As the mysterious Yamaraj guides Lizzie through these adventures, the two form a bond that threatens the fabric of the afterworld.

But that's only the even-numbered chapters of the book. The odd-numbered chapters are about Darcy Patel, a teenage writer who has just sold her first novel to a publisher. She defers college and moves to New York, where she begins the year-long work of revising her novel, which she wrote in high school. In her first year away from home, Darcy grows up, finds love with another writer, and realizes the youthful shortcomings of her first draft.

Her final rewrites are, of course, Afterworld's even-numbered chapters, so the events of Darcy's story weave themselves into Lizzie's. One thread is fantasy, the other realistic; one character a high-school girl, the other a young woman living away from home for the first time. AFTERWORLDS is about the glamorous world of YA novelists, the obsessions of love and reading, and how the act of rewriting parallels the process of growing up.

PRAISE FOR AFTERWORLDS:

“Westerfeld masterfully creates two divergent reading experiences (YA romance and fantasy horror) with two distinct yet believable voices in Darcy and Lizzie—and, somehow, makes them mesh into one cohesive novel…Get plenty; this one won’t stay on the shelves. HIGH- DEMAND BACKSTORY: Westerfeld, author of the hugely popular Uglies and Leviathan series, goes meta in a big way (this thing is the size of an anvil). Expect tons of YA-world gabbing and gushing.” —Booklist *Starred Review*

“’Reading Zealots’ like the kids Darcy hung with in high school will love the insider details about the YA writer’s life—the intimidating editorial letter, attending BEA (Darcy naively

brings her own canvas tote). An ambitious concept, well executed.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review* “Westerfeld has once again written a story with characters so compelling and a plot so intriguing that despite the book’s length, readers still want more…The blend of realism and supernatural is especially strong. Recommend this book as a “what to read next” for teens who enjoyed Libba Bray’s THE DIVINERS (Little, Brown, 2012), Maureen Johnson’s THE NAME OF THE STAR (Putnam, 2011) and Karen Healey’s GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD (Little, Brown, 2010). A riveting and unique read.”—School Library Journal *Starred Review*

“Watching Darcy’s story play off Darcy’s novel will fascinate readers as well as writers.” —Kirkus

“In an extraordinary feat, Scott Westerfeld (UGLIES, LEVIATHAN) devises a complete novel within a novel: his novel about 18-year-old Darcy Patel, who's publishing her first young adult novel, as well as the novel--in its entirety--that Darcy is writing, called Afterworlds. Both will grip readers, and his secondary characters are as well-rounded as his protagonists.”—Shelf Awareness

“A masterful accomplishment . . . unmistakably Westerfeld, in full command of a prodigious talent, doing something complicated and difficult and making it look easy, even as it grabs you and drags you through its dark streets, laughing and crying along with both Darcy and Lizzie. —Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net

“A fantastically imaginative and absorbing look at the stories we create and the stories that create us.” —David Levithan, author of EVERY DAY

PRAISE FOR SCOTT WESTERFELD:

UGLIES:

“A superb piece of popular art.” —New York Times

“With a beginning and ending that pack hefty punches, this introduction to a dystopic future promises an exciting series.” —Kirkus *Starred Review*

PRAISE FOR LEVIATHAN:

“The protagonists’ stories are equally gripping and keep the story moving, and Thompson’s detail-rich panels bring Westerfeld’s unusual creations to life. The author’s fully realized world has an inventive lexicon to match—readers will be eager for the sequels.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“The setting begs comparisons to Hayao Miyazaki, Kenneth Oppel and Naomi Novik, but this work will stand—or fly— on its own.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

“This is World War I as never seen before… The ending leaves plenty of room for a sequel and that’s a good thing because readers will be begging for more. Enhanced by Thompson’s intricate black-and-white illustrations, Westerfeld’s brilliantly constructed imaginary world will capture readers from the first page. Full of nonstop action, this steampunk adventure is sure to become a classic.”—School Library Journal *Starred Review*

“Full of nonstop action, this steampunk adventure is sure to become a classic.”—School Library Journal

“When a book pursues you into your dreams, you can’t ignore it.”—Sunday Telegraph

PRAISE FOR BEHEMOTH:

“The action is nonstop in Westerfeld’s thrilling sequel to last year’s Leviathan—fans of that book won’t be disappointed. This exciting and inventive tale of military conflict and wildly reimagined history should captivate a wide range of readers. Thompson’s evocative and detailed spot art (as well as the luridly gorgeous endpapers) only sweetens the deal” —Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*

“Anyone needing a good visual for what makes steampunk so alluring should look no further than Thompson’s intricate illustrations—black, white, and gray rarely look so vivid. Although there are messages about the futility of war and a burgeoning love story, this is first and foremost a high-concept action series, and Westerfeld knows how to pound a pulse while tickling the imagination.”—Booklist

PRAISE FOR GOLIATH:

“As Leviathan completes its eastbound circumnavigation of the world, Alek and Deryn find a path through their personal dilemma that will leave the audience thoroughly satisfied. New, intriguing employment awaits them with one of the series’ more enigmatic characters, and the myriad possibilities for future fieldwork leave the door ajar for Westerfeld to rejoin them later, should he so choose. Oh, please, choose.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books *Starred Review*

“A must-read for fans of the series and the steam-punk genre.”—The Book Review

“It does not disappoint. Westerfeld stays true to his characters and the strength of his earlier story as he propels it to a satisfying close, and there are tantalizing bits in that wrapping up that could birth a terrific next series. (Fingers crossed, Mr. Westerfeld.)” —Booklist

Scott Westerfeld is a software designer, composer, and occasional ghostwriter. As a writer, he is the author of eighteen novels. His teen novels include the NEW YORK TIMES best-selling UGLIES trilogy, the MIDNIGHTERS trilogy, the LEVIATHAN series, and PEEPS, named a 2007 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Born in Texas, Scott lives with his partner, writer Justine Larbalestier, and divides summers between New York City and Sydney, Australia.

SEAN WILLIAMS THE TWINMAKER Trilogy, Featuring Book #2, CRASHLAND

TWINMAKER  A high-stakes YA thriller set in the near future by the author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED and the co- author, with Garth Nix, of TROUBLETWISTERS  Six-figure, three-book sale to be published by HarperCollins/Balzer and Bray  Starred review in Booklist  Sold in Australia and the UK  Translation rights sold in Brazil and Turkey  “A mind-blowing adventure about what it means to be human, and what it means to find ourselves.”—Scott Westerfeld, author of the Uglies and Leviathan series

CRASHLAND  The Matrix meets the UGLIES series in the page-turning second book of the Twinmaker trilogy  Starred review in Booklist

Audience: Young Adult TWINMAKER US: HarperCollins, Fall 2013; A/NZ: Allen & Unwin, 2013; UK: Egmont, 2013 CRASHLAND US: Fall 2014, A/NZ: Allen & Unwin, 2014; UK: Egmont, 2014 Materials Available: TWINMAKER: Finished books, Page count: 496 CRASHLAND: Manuscript, Summer 2014, Page count: 385. Finished books in November. Translation rights sold: Novo Conceito (Brazilian Portuguese), Ideal Kultur (Turkish)

Set in the near future, life is blissfully easy for teen protagonist Clair and her friends—they just need to step in a D-mat booth, and they can be instantly transported wherever they want to be, anywhere in the world. The same is true for food, clothing—whatever you want, you can have whenever you want it. This all seems fabulous… until Clair’s best friend Libby steps into one of these transport booths and disappears altogether. With the help of anti-tech Jesse, a loner acquaintance from school, Clair must get to the bottom of the heavily flawed transport system, a deadly world of cover-ups and conspiracies.

In CRASHLAND, Clair and Jesse have barely been reunited when the world is plunged into its biggest crisis since the Water Wars. The d-mat network is broken. The world has ground to a halt. People are trapped, injured, dying. It’s the end of the world as Clair knows it—and it’s

partly her fault.

“The girl who killed d-mat” is enlisted to track down her missing friend Q—the rogue AI who repeatedly saved Clair’s life. Q is the key to fixing the system, but she isn’t responding to calls for help, and even if she did...can she be trusted?

Targeted by dupes, abandoned by her friends, caught in a web of lies that strike at the very essence of who she is, Clair finds powerful allies in RADICAL, secretive activists who are the polar opposite of anti-d-mat terrorist group WHOLE. However, if she helps them find Q, will she be inadvertently trapping her friend in a life of servitude—or worse, sending her to an early death by erasure? Caught between pro- and anti-d-mat philosophies, in a world on the brink of all-out war, Clair must decide where she stands—and who she stands with, at the end.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CRASHLAND:

“[A] thrilling futuristic follow-up to Twinmaker (2013). ..The story powers on to a relentless, shocking conclusion that will leave readers howling for more. Recommend alongside other sci- fi titles with ethical complexity and logical quandaries, like Mary E. Pearson’s THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX (2008), William Sleator’s THE LAST UNIVERSE (2005), and Neal Shusterman’s UNWIND (2007).”—Booklist *Starred Review*

PRAISE FOR TWINMAKER:

“In the masterful hands of Williams, the technology, which has eerie parallels to contemporary life, provides a solid platform for great storytelling, and teens will revel in the drama, Clair’s tenacity, and the memorable characters who discover that their utopia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.”— Booklist *Starred Review*

“The dangers, casualties and well-written action scenes keep tensions high. Williams marries accessibly explored moral ramifications of future technologies-a hallmark of mature science fiction-with a strong, capable teen heroine and heart- pounding action.”—Kirkus

“Compelling...handily juggles ethical debates, swift action, and a well-developed setting.”—The Horn Book

“Williams spins a sprawling and complex tale, built on an impressively well-constructed premise and held together with intrigue and tension.”— Publishers Weekly

“Give this one to teens who enjoy action-packed books such as Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” trilogy”—School Library Journal

“Fast-paced.”—VOYA

"TWINMAKER took my breath away. A triumph of thrilling action and vivid imagination."— Alison Goodman, author of EON and EONA

“TWINMAKER asks smart questions without easy answers, and presents a future so simultaneously wonderful and terrible you can only believe in it—and maybe wish you could be there, too. A thrilling, existential head trip worthy of my favorite anime, I couldn't stop reading this book. More importantly, I couldn't stop thinking about it." —Alaya Dawn Johnson, author of THE SUMMER PRINCE

“A gripping YA thriller, coming of age and love story that transports the reader to a future that looks a whole lot better than it really is ... Highly Recommended.”—Garth Nix, author of THE OLD KINGDOM TRILOGY

Number-one New York Times bestselling author of STAR WARS: The Force Unleashed, Sean Williams is best- known internationally for his award- winning space opera series and novels set in the Star Wars universe, many co- written with Shane Dix. These include the ASTROPOLIS, EVERGENCE, ORPHANS, and GEODESICA series. His stories have been gathered in several collections, including NEW ADVENTURES IN SCI-FI, LIGHT BODIES FALLING and MAGIC DIRT: The Best of Sean Williams.

COLIN WOODARD THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

 The riveting, action-packed true history of the real Pirates of the Caribbean  The NBC-TV show based on the book, Crossbones, starring Academy-Award nominee John Malkovich, is in distribution worldwide  Sold in Hungary, Poland, Brazil, Spain, Taiwan and Denmark

US: Harcourt, 2007 Translation rights sold: Novo Seculo (Brazilian Portuguese), Konyvmolykepzo (Hungarian), SQN (Polish), Borgen (Danish), Critica (Spanish), Business Weekly (Complex Chinese) Materials available: Finished books, Page count: 400

In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains joined forces, including Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, and Charles Vane. This infamous “Flying Gang” was more than simply a band of thieves: Many of its members were sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves who turned to piracy as a revolt against the conditions they suffered on ships and plantations. Together they established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.

For a brief, glorious period the pirate republic was enormously successful. At its height it cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Britain, France, and Spain from their New World empires. The Royal Navy went from being unable to catch the pirates to being afraid to encounter them at all. Imperial authorities and wealthy ship-owners denounced the pirates as the enemies of mankind, but huge numbers of common people saw them as heroes. Finally one man volunteered to pacify the pirate’s Bahamian lair and destroy any who resisted—Woodes Rogers, a famous privateer himself and scion of a powerful merchant family.

Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American Revolution.

PRAISE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES:

“THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES...adds a new dimension to an era that was, in equal parts, thrilling and disturbing...What [the pirate captains] and their crews achieved, and destroyed, is the focus of Colin Woodard’s fascinating book [which offers] rip-roaring adventure stories from a distant past [and]...an opportunity to understand pirates as they truly were—and be grateful that the worst of them, at least, are gone.”— New York Times Book Review

“Here are the real pirates of the Caribbean, and the facts are as colorful and exciting as fiction.”—Kirkus *Starred Review*

“This breezy, fast-moving book is filled with exciting action and colorful characters. It will provide general readers and those with a special interest in the period much enjoyment.”—Booklist

“A fast paced narrative that will be especially attractive to lovers of pirate lore and to vacationers who are Bahama-bound.”—Publisher’s Weekly

“THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES is a terrific read, one that will have you reaching for the rum! ”—Weekend Sport

PRAISE FOR COLIN WOODARD’S AMERICAN NATIONS

“A fascinating new take on our history.”—The Christian Science Monitor

“For people interested in American history and sociology, AMERICAN NATIONS demands reading.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“[In] offering us a way to better understand the forces at play in the rumpus room of current American politics, Colin Woodard has scored a true triumph.”—The Daily Beast ______

Colin Woodard, an award-winning journalist, writes for The Christian Science Monitor, Down East and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has reported from more than fifty foreign countries, and lived for more than four years in Eastern Europe. In addition to THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES, he is the author of THE LOBSTER COAST: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier (Viking Press, 2004), OCEAN’S END: Travels Through Forgotten Seas (Basic Books, 2000), and AMERICAN NATIONS: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Viking, 2011).

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