1. Leviathan Scott Westerfeld
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Marissa Grossman is an associate editor at Razorbill books. So Yesterday. Scott Westerfeld. ABOUT PENGUIN. Scott Westerfeld; Editor: Simon Pulse; Relaese. Scott Westerfeld's other teen books include the Midnighters series, 'Peeps,' 'So Yesterday,' and 'The Last Days. Eastern Express The Newsletter of. They were born the year Harvard Law Review Editor. So Yesterday-Scott Westerfeld Specials —Scott Westerfeld.

What a cool concept! For one secret extra hour each night, a small group of teenagers is able to move about freely-even though the rest of the town around them is frozen in time. What's going on? Why is the town like this? What do the evil darklings want with Jessica Day, the new girl in town? I really enjoyed this book. The idea is incredibly intriguing, and I liked the descriptions of focus/out of focus, the kids' purple eyes, the wondrous flying, the injections of humor, and the beautiful night when Jess sees the frozen world for the first time, with the air filled with suspended raindrops.

The author does a great job of gradually weaving the story together (though much of the book is spent on setting up the concept), and it'll be interesting to what everyone's motivations are and how certain powers will be utilized. A couple of quibbles: while I like all the characters so far and don't really mind the multiple narrators, I think reducing the number of POVs would have made the narrative stronger. In such a short novel it's already hard to get to know the numerous characters, so spending more time with just a couple of them might've tightened things up a bit. Since Rex is turning out to be a mysterious figure and it seems that Jess is actually more of the central character, I would also have flip-flopped the POVs for Chapters 1 and 2 so the book starts off from her perspective. Could be the author had a reason for doing this (deliberate misguidance, perhaps), but if so I think more time with Rex would have made this stronger. I also have to mention that the town's name gets used.a lot. I noticed this happening so many times within the first 7 pages that I decided to keep a tally as I was reading. 101 secrets of highly effective speakers.

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The grand total in 274 pages? 18 mentions of name Bixby High and 95 mentions of Bixby itself. This was so unnecessary (at page 194, do you really need to explain that the sheriff you're referring to is the one 'here in Bixby?' ) and intrusive, and I'm surprised that an editor didn't catch this repetition throughout the book.

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Still, the little things I'd fix are minor and my enjoyment was huge. The story set-up reminded me a lot of William Sleator's young adult sci-fi in a very good way, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing where the story goes in the next installment of the series. Read information about the author Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling author of YA. He was born in the Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City.

In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier. He is best know for the Uglies and Leviathan series, and his next book, Afterworlds, comes out September 23, 2014. His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and both Leviathan and Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour won Aurealis Awards. Peeps and Uglies were both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by the American Library Association. Reviews of the The Secret Hour.