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Maggie L., Teen Board Member
Tara Altebrando's THE LEAVING takes places on the day of a school shooting in which six kindergarteners disappear. The town is dedicated to solving the mystery, but nothing progresses except the popularity of the event. Eleven years later, five of those six kindergarteners are dropped off near their homes with maps to help them find their way. The only problem? None of them remember the last 11 years. Read More
Teaser
Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are...fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them.
Promo
Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are...fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them.
About the Book
Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to.
Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are...fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max --- the only one who hasn't come back. Which leaves Max's sister, Avery, wanting answers. She wants to find her brother --- dead or alive --- and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. But as details of the disappearance begin to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth.
This unforgettable novel --- with its rich characters, high stakes and plot twists --- will leave readers breathless.
Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings.
Paperback releases for the week of June 27th include OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf, a bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future; Preston and Child's CRIMSON SHORE, in which a seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated --- and sinister --- than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated; GOLDEN AGE, the final volume of Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years Trilogy that brings the Langdon family into our present times and beyond; and FIND A WAY, a riveting memoir from Diana Nyad in which she shares a spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fears, engage one’s passions and never ever give up.
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Paperback releases for the week of June 20th include THE GAP OF TIME, Jeanette Winterson's cover version of "The Winter's Tale," one of Shakespeare's "late plays"; Patti Callahan Henry's novel, THE IDEA OF LOVE, which poses the question, "Can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?"; SECOND LIFE, a psychological thriller from S. J. Watson about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her; and two books by David Rosenfelt --- WHO LET THE DOG OUT?, an Andy Carpenter mystery, and LESSONS FROM TARA, a collection of essays all about the inspirational canine who taught Rosenfelt everything he knows.
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Paperback releases for the week of June 13th include DEAR MR. YOU, which renders the singular arc of a woman’s life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today; DOES THIS BEACH MAKE ME LOOK FAT?, a collection of funny stories and true confessions from the mother-daughter team of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella, who tackle the quirks, absurdities and wonders of everyday life with wit and warmth; THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING, the riveting final installment in Jeff Shaara's Civil War series that began with A BLAZE OF GLORY and continued in A CHAIN OF THUNDER and THE SMOKE AT DAWN; and THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US by Annie Barrows, which brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.
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Aspiring to be a published writer is one thing, but actually counting down the days until the release date of your beloved work is a different story! Can you imagine the angst, the nerves, the excitment? In this post, authors Kara Terzis and Hannah Jayne discuss their plans for the summer release dates of their new books, FRAYED and TWISTED. It's hard to believe that Kara Terzis wrote her first short story at the age of 11, but she didn't stop there --- now 19, Terzis has published her first novel, FRAYED. With the book's release date rapidly approaching, Terzis is terrified, but could not be more proud of her young success. Although this is not Hannah Jayne's first published work, she is beyond thrilled for the release date of her new book, TWISTED, and recalls the details of the first time she ever saw her books on the shelves. For Jayne, it's all about being thankful.
Hannah Jayne
Hannah is the author of the UNDERWORLD DETECTION AGENCY CHRONICLES from Kensington books and the upcoming young adult thrillers TRULY, MADLY, DEADLY and SEE JANE RUN. When she's not battling the demons of the Underworld or tackling a murderer at Hawthorne High, Jayne kicks her feet up in her San Francisco bay area home and attempts to share couch space with two enormous cats.
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Kara Terzis
Kara Terzis was 12 when she wrote her first novel, and has not stopped writing since. Later she started publishing her work on Wattpad where in 2013 she won Sourcebooks Story Development Prize. She lives with her family in Sydney, Australia. You can visit her online at www.diaryofateenwriter.wordpress.com
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Paperback releases for the week of June 6th include THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES by Alice Hoffman, a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro --- the Father of Impressionism; DEVIL'S BRIDGE, the 17th Alexandra Cooper thriller by Linda Fairstein, who takes readers where they have never been before: inside the mind of NYPD Detective Mike Chapman; TWAIN'S END, Lynn Cullen's fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America’s most iconic writer: Mark Twain; and Robert Weintraub's NO BETTER FRIEND, which tells the story of Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in World War II and were POWs in a camp in the Pacific.
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This month’s Cool and New roundup includes RELENTLESS by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs, the second book in The Hero Agenda series, in which a girl gets fed up with being betrayed and starts fighting back; ESCAPE FROM ASYLUM by Madeleine Roux, the frightening prequel to her bestselling Asylum series, that follows a teen attempting to escape from the psych ward he was wrongfully committed to before it's too late; and THE LONG GAME, the second book in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Fixer series, in which a high school election and a terrorist attack reveals shocking secrets.
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