Spark: A Sky Chasers Novel

Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there’s no room for mistakes...After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months... but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she’s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly’s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship’s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how?Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away... or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end.Review“The sequel to Glow delivers a page-turning plot while delving deeper into questions of leadership, trauma and violence....Readers hungry for the next installment will have plenty to ponder in the meantime.” – Kirkus Reviews on SparkPraise for GLOW, Sky Chasers Book 1:“Glow captivated me from start to finish. The action-packed narrative and the characters’ struggle to survive without losing their humanity make for a compelling read.” – Alexandra Adornetto, New York Times bestselling author of Halo "Utterly engrossing. Dinner went uncooked, children were left to fend for themselves, and dog howled all night, because I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN." – Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author of ttyl and Shine “GLOW has an ingenious, twisty, heart-stopping plot, and characters that are in turns both sympathetic and sinister all the way to the last page – I don’t know who I can trust, and I love it!” – Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the WAKE trilogy"This swift-moving epic is filled with plot twists and enigmatic characters... Fans of the Hunger Games series will zip through and clamor for the next installment." --Booklist"A super-exciting plot... Plus, the mysterious ending left us anxious for the next installment! You'll love it if... you love futuristic post-apocalyptic stories, like The Hunger Games!... Ideal for fans of action books and stories of survival." --Seventeen.com"A fascinating and thrilling story that is sure to captivate teens. The themes of survival, morality, religion, and power are well developed, and the characters are equally complex.... This gripping first installment is difficult to put down, and successfully sets the stage for the rest of the series." --School Library Journal (Starred Review)"The opening salvo in a promising series." --People Magazine"No less than the fate of humanity is at stake in Ryan's rich and emotional sci-fi tale... an entertaining read featuring hairy action sequences and a female antagonist on par with the literary likes of Nurse Ratched or Dolores Umbridge." --USA Today“By the end, you’ll be desperate for the sequel. [Ryan] throws together a host of moral issues and then launches them into outer space! I’m looking forward to the next book...” – RT Book Reviews“Get some snacks and prepare to stay up all night because GLOW is a tense and riveting look at the social power of fear and jealousy. Killer suspense, complicated characters and explosive plot twists made this book so much more than a space story. It’s an unputdownable test of nerves, and we want our fingernails back.” – Justine Magazine "With a compelling plot and complicated characters you love to hate and hate to love, Glow will capture readers." – April Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Stolen and Learning to Fly "GLOW has it all – intrigue, action, suspense and romance set against a jaw-dropping futuristic backdrop. Amy Kathleen Ryan has woven a thought-provoking and compelling novel that readers will be hard-pressed to put down. I couldn't! This is a thrilling read.” – Courtney Summers, author of Fall for Anything and Cracked up to Be About the AuthorAMY KATHLEEN RYAN earned an MA in English Literature at the University of Vermont, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School Creative Writing for Children Program in New York City. She is also the author of two widely acclaimed young adult novels, Zen and Xander Undone and Vibes.
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Tilt

Stan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he's blindsided by the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed with Janine's spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention the heat of her breath, her dark eyes, wide hips and . . . Sometimes Stan's imagination runs so wild he wonders whether he might be going crazy. That would be par for the course given his home life. His mother is dating the feckless Gary, and his little sister, designated gifted but a holy terror, is acting out. Then Stan's father arrives on the scene with Stan's four-year-old half brother, and things become truly insane.
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Dragon's Heart

Austar IV isn't the planet it once was, and when Jakkin and Akki finally return to the dragon nursery, their homecoming arouses mixed emotions. Together they've survived the insurmountable, and now they can weather the brutal conditions of Dark After and communicate with the dragons they love. But with this knowledge comes responsibility. What they've learned about survival could transform the planet--or, if entrusted to the wrong hands, bring about its destruction. Akki's insistence that she return to the Rokk to finish her training and begin new experiments drives a chasm between her and Jakkin. Suddenly she finds herself in the midst of a political battle that could claim her life. Only Jakkin can save her. If only he could reach her....
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End Times

Carbon County, Wyoming is like a current running through Daphne's heart. When life gets too tough to bear in Detroit, Daphne flees to her Uncle Floyd's home, where she believes she'll find solace in the silent hills of her childhood summers. But Daphne's Greyhound bus pulls over in downtown Carbon County and it's not silence that welcomes her. It's trumpets. Daphne's desire to start again in simple country comfort is instantly dashed as the townsfolk declare that the End Times are here. And incredible occurrences soon support their belief. Daphne does all she can to keep her head down and ignore the signs. She works a job at the local oil rig, helps around the house, hangs out with her pregnant cousin Janie and gets to know Owen, a mysterious motocross racer and fellow roustabout at the rig. But soon a startling discovery shatters her resolve and calls into question all her doubts and fears. Daphne landed in Carbon County for a reason. She only has to...
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The Venomous Eclipse

Get inside the mind of the Black Ranger in this brand-new adventure from the Power Rangers.High above the Earth, a dark magic weapon threatens to bring down the Power Rangers once and for all. The ruthless villain, Scorpina, has gained control of the powerful Eclipse Ring, capable of blasting its victims into another dimension. When the Rangers start mysteriously disappearing, only one person can save the town of Angel Grove from destruction. Does Zack Taylor have what it takes to send the venomous Scorpina back into space?
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A Beauty So Beastly

“For your vanity, your cruelty, and your cold unfeeling heart, a curse I leave upon you . . .”What happens if the beauty is also the beast?The stunning Beatrice Cavanaugh is considered American royalty. She has everything except the ability to love. Cursed on her eighteenth birthday, she becomes more beastly than ever, having a newfound craving for raw meat, and an undeniable yearning for the night. Bitterness is her only companion.After accusing a maid of stealing, a disgustingly kind and exquisitely handsome guy named Adam shows up asking Beatrice to drop the charges against his mother.Infuriated by his goodness, Beatrice vows to break him. Destroy him. Make him hurt the way she hurts. So she agrees. On one condition: Adam must take his mother’s place as a servant in the mansion.Because Beatrice won’t stop until he’s more beastly than she is.
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