April showers bring May flowers, and with the flowers come books! I want to highlight three book birthdays today from three wonderful debut writers:
STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth
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Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.
Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered.
Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer:
A white werewolf.
Lupine syndrome--also known as the werewolf virus--is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.
Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's boy-friend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.
CHAINED by Lynne Kelly
After
ten-year-old Hastin’s family borrows money to pay for his sister’s
hospital bill, he leaves his village in northern India to take a job as
an elephant keeper and work off the debt. He thinks it will be an
adventure, but he isn’t prepared for the cruel circus owner. The crowds
that come to the circus see a lively animal who plays soccer and
balances on milk bottles, but Hastin sees Nandita, a sweet elephant and
his best friend, who is chained when she’s not performing and hurt with
a hook until she learns tricks perfectly. Hastin protects Nandita as
best as he can, knowing that the only way they will both survive is if
he can find a way for them to escape.
Congratulations to these three authors on their debuts! All three books are in stores TODAY!
Congratulations to these three authors on their debuts! All three books are in stores TODAY!
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