Struggling to get your teens to read? It’s all about
discovering the right story. Each of these five novelists have penned vivid and
intriguing tales of fantasy, adventure, intrigue, and dystopia with compelling
young adult characters determined to overcome the obstacles in their paths.
Read on!
Storm Siren by Mary
Weber
Mary Weber’s Storm Siren
(Thomas Nelson) is gathering significant momentum, garnering stellar
endorsements from NYT bestselling authors, Marissa Meyer and Jay Asher. A
seventeen-year-old slave girl from the Kingdom of Faelen, Nym, has been gifted
with a lethal curse of storm-summoning. Will she be willing to be taught, by a
darkly handsome trainer, to be a weapon in Faelen’s war?
Marvelous by Travis
Thrasher
How’s this for an endorsement for Travis Thrasher’s latest teen
focused novel, “Creepy-YA-life-is-beyond-weird-coming-of-age
stories? That’s definitely what he’s best at.” Marvelous (Th1nk) introduces
Brandon Jeffrey, a complex teen whose best friend totaled his car, has an
abusive father, and is falling in love with a new girl called Marvel, when a
student is murdered and his life takes another unexpected twist.
Oath of the Brotherhood
by C. E. Laureano
Teens who adore new
worlds, magic, and ancient warriors need look no further than C. E. Laureano’s Oath of the Brotherhood (Th1nk). Conor
is the King’s son but his leanings are more toward academics, music, and a
forbidden faith than swordplay, intrigue, and battle—an untenable situation for
both father and son. His faith and a newfound love are soon tested beyond all
measure.
Remnants: Season of Wonder by Lisa T. Bergren
Prophecies, Knight-Protectors, and gifted Remnants all play a
part in the dystopian fantasy world created by Lisa T. Bergren in Remnants: Season of Wonder (Blink), the
first in her Remnants Trilogy. With sword fights galore, scurrilous villains,
and a forbidden romance, this story will have teens begging for more. Look for Remnants: Season of Fire in coming in
2015.
Thunder by Bonnie S.
Calhoun
Post-apocalyptic America is the setting for Bonnie S. Cahoun’s Thunder, the first in her Stone Braide
Chronicles (Revell). Selah Chavez is intent on capturing a Lander, a mysterious
tribe from across the sea with strange markings on their skin. When Selah’s
captive is stolen, she wakes to discover her own skin is engraved with the
Lander symbol and the huntress has become the hunted.
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