Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday - Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

WoW is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we share the titles we are eagerly anticipating.

I learned about this through PW last Thursday. I'm so psyched because I love Westerfeld's books and so do many of my students.


Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld.  Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster, September 23, 2014. 9781481422345.

Publisher synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. But lucky for Darcy, she’s taken under the wings of other seasoned and fledgling writers who help her navigate the city and the world of writing and publishing. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love.
Woven into Darcy’s personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the “Afterworld” to survive a terrorist attack. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead, and where many unsolved—and terrifying—stories need to be reconciled. Like Darcy, Lizzie too falls in love…until a new threat resurfaces, and her special gifts may not be enough to protect those she cares about most.

What are you waiting on?

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