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The recent death of her father has upended J.J. Ashford’s life, granting custody to her estranged mother, and moving her halfway around the world to an island owned by the secretive, high-security biotech company that her mother co-founded. To make things even worse, J.J. suffers from night terrors and since arriving on the island they’ve become a horrifying nightly ordeal.
Trapped in nightmare battle scenarios with a group of soldiers, she soon realizes these are more than random dreams. The most frightening discovery of all is that J.J. may be the only hope for her squad—and the only one who can set them free. WATCH THE BOOK TRAILER.
2021 SPARK Award Winner – Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
2021-22 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Gold Medal YA Fiction
2021-22 Reader Views Kids Teen/YA Book of the Year
2021-22 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Grand Prize In Fiction – Bronze Award Winner
2021 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Young Adult Fiction
2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite – Teen
2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) – Silver Medalist, Juvenile/YA Fiction E-Book
When Blue Mancini’s mother picked her name, it ended up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. A year ago, Blue’s brother was involved in a car accident that killed the father of her classmate, Maya Rodriguez. Now Maya has returned to school determined to make Blue’s life a living hell in the aftermath. To add to the misery, Blue has to deal with a demanding mother, a father who’s never around, a drama-addicted best friend, and a secretive new guy who’s determined to make Blue his own personal cheer-up project.
When Maya’s social media taunts and in-person digs finally push Blue to retaliate, they find themselves forced into a project meant to foster cooperation and civility. As the layers of their tangled drama unravel, Blue learns more about Maya’s life—and her own sense of privilege—when secrets are revealed that cast a new perspective on everything in Blue’s world.
2018-19 Keystone State Reading Association (KSRA) Secondary Book Award Finalist
Jessa has spent her life dreaming of other worlds and writing down stories more interesting than her own, until the day her favorite character, Finn, suddenly shows up and invites her out for coffee. After the requisite nervous breakdown, Jessa learns that she and Finn are Travelers, born with the ability to slide through reflections and dreams into alternate realities. But it’s not all cupcakes, pirates, and fantasy lifestyles – Jessa is dying over and over again in every reality, and Finn is determined that this time, he’s going to stop it . . . This Jessa is going to live.
Jessa has learned the hard way that traveling to alternate realities isn’t always fun. Still mourning a devastating loss, she isn’t really prepared for the arrival of a reckless version of someone she once loved who is now bent on revenge. Add an increasingly complicated relationship with her best friend Ben, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the threat of the multiverse collapsing, and Jessa’s got a lot on her plate. She may be destined to help save an infinite multitude of worlds . . . but in the end, all Jessa really wants to do is save the people she loves.
Award-Winning Author L.E. DeLano shares all she’s learned about the craft since she signed that first book contract, won that first literary award, and landed that film option. You’ll find chapters on:
• Inspiration and writing discipline
• Plot outlining (featuring a fluid grid system)
• Character development and world building
• Theme, voice and style
• Gripping openings, escalating action and conflict, and final resolution
L.E. lays it all out in easy-to-grasp, workable sections, and even includes tips for managing time and battling writer’s block. If you’re interested in writing that great fiction novel that’s been living in your head, this is the book for you.
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