“Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell forged permission slips and cover stories to his classmates, it sounds like a good way to make a little money and liven up a boring senior year. With the help of his friends Preston and Parvati, Max […]
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Expected publication: February 10, 2015, by Orion Series: Red Queen Trilogy #1 A thrilling new fantasy trilogy for fans of DIVERGENT and THE HUNGER GAMES. The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers. To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it […]
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Read parts one, two, three, and four. On December 14, a benefit concert was staged at the Maidan to support activists in their struggle for freedom. A popular Ukrainian band whose songs had become a symbol of Euromaidan from the very beginning were there, so people were jubilant to hear their performance. That day on the Maidan, more […]
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Expected publication date: January 15, 2015 by Indigo Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the […]
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“This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying experiences that others in her hometown of Salem take for granted, which is why she is determined to enjoy her first high school party with her best friend and longtime crush, Tristan. But after a humiliating incident in front of […]
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Read parts one, two, and three. After the second rally, people knocked down the statue of Lenin in the center of Kiev. It was a sign that we ‘d had enough of the Soviet Union and its terror. Two days before this, Yanukovych had agreed with Putin for a $15 billion loan and, thus, effectively […]
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Expected publication: December 9, 2014, by Delacorte Press Mysterious. Magnificent. Creepy. Welcome to Rockford Manor. “There’s something hidden in the Maze.” Seventeen-year-old Imogen has never forgotten the last words her father said to her seven years ago, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family’s English country […]
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Read the previous installments of this story here and here. The day after the dissolution of the Maidan was eventful. Hospitals were full of the injured and people were hiding from Berkut in St. Michael’s Cathedral. The government explained the action of the police by saying that they had to put on the Christmas tree, […]
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Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn’t believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell. Peter is unlike anyone […]
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