Thanks to ThisisTeen, one winner from Grasping for the Wind receives: Copies of iBoy, The Eleventh Plague, and Under Dogs! Details on how to enter at the bottom of this post.
ABOUT THE BOOKS:
The Eleventh Plague
“The Eleventh Plague hits disturbingly close to home…An excellent, taut debut novel.” – Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games
In the aftermath of a war, America’s landscape has been ravaged and two thirds of the population left dead from a vicious strain of influenza. Fifteen-year-old Stephen Quinn and his family were among the few that survived and became salvagers, roaming the country in search of material to trade for food and other items essential for survival. But when Stephen’s grandfather dies and his father falls into a coma after an accident, Stephen finds his way to Settler’s Landing, a community that seems too good to be true, where there are real houses, barbecues, a school, and even baseball games. Then Stephen meets strong, defiant, mischievous Jenny, who refuses to accept things as they are. And when they play a prank on the town bully’s family that goes horribly wrong, chaos erupts, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle that will change Settler’s Landing forever.
Underdogs
Before The Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe brothers: The Underdogs, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, and Getting the Girl. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They’re intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their best and at their very worst. But when Cameron falls head over heels for Ruben’s girlfriend, the strength of their bond is tested to its breaking point.
iBoy
Before the attack, Tom Harvey was just an average teen. But a head-on collision with high technology has turned him into an actualized App. Fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain. And they’re having an extraordinary effect on his every thought. Because now Tom knows, sees, and can do more than any normal boy ever could. But with his new powers comes a choice: Seek revenge on the vicious gangs who rule the South London housing project where he lives, and who violated his friend Lucy? Or keep quiet and move on? Not even the search engine in his head can predict the shocking outcome of iBoy’s actions. A wifi, thriller by YA master Kevin Brooks.
TO WIN:
1. Drawing is open to residents in US only.
2. To enter, leave a comment on this post with a reason why you love YA fiction by November 25, 2011. A winner will be chosen at random and notified of their winning entry via email.
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I love YA fiction because it tends to be more concise, often they are shorter books, so as not to scare off teens, so more is expected of the authors, to get their message across in fewer words.
Even though I’m above YA age, I love YA! It’s almost genre-less – you can have mystery, action, romance, coming of age, etc.
Honestly, I find YA a rather exciting “genre.” I read a lot of YA SF/F. The stuff is often fun and exciting and that’s often what I’m looking for when I’m doing that whole “fun reading” thing (which I don’t get much time for because I’m one of those grad student people).
i love ya because it has things i relate to being a teen and all
I like this genre because there’s room for it to be serious without having to be too serious at the same time. . . if that makes any sense.
I love YA fiction because I teach 9th and 10th grade English and I see the worlds that are opened by these books. They give students who are dealing with economic, family, and social problems find an escape. It also doesn’t matter how old you are, they are always fun to read!
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