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1) Sick
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"Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the misfits, the troublemakers--the ones who jump their high school's electrified fence to skip school regularly. So when the virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving"--
2) Mercy Rule
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Danny's parents yanked him from the art school that let him wear a kilt and listen to bands that no one's heard of. Now he's starting sophomore year at the public high school-the one with the gymnasium at the heart of the building and the glorified athletes who rule it all. The smart thing would be to blend in, but Danny has always been about making statements.
Brady just wants to get out. Go to college, play football, maybe reach the NFL. He definitely...
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There's good trouble, bad trouble . . . and this kind of trouble.
Bristling under the unforgiving scrutiny of the principal of his new private school, sophomore Jon Matthew cobbles together a loose coalition of allies to help keep him from getting expelled from his second school in a row: Molly, a skateboarding loner burdened by a tragic event in her past; Bill, who has an epic crush on Molly but doesn't know how to talk to her; and Lauren, the girl...
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Rejection e-mails from agents and editors clogging your inbox? Getting the same rejection slips over and over again?
It could be pacing, plot, narrative engine... or maybe what your characters say just isn't getting the job done.
Outstanding dialogue is often the difference between a good book and a great book. How does yours stack up? With nine books published with imprints of Random House, Abrams, and Simon & Schuster, and more than twenty years...
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For family. For vengeance.Tanin, a desert elf whose grown up in a peaceful desert enclave, is the only member of his clan not killed when White Riders ravage his town. They take few prisoners, but one of them is his betrothed, Memine.Orrock of Guar has become a monk, taken in by a race of creatures not his own for the past ten years. With his training complete, he is sent back into the world to discover his creator's will for his life . . . never...
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Now you see him...Jim never thought of himself as the hero type. When his girlfriend and her daughter are targeted by a disfigured assailant who's been popping the eyes out of his victims, Jim becomes the only person with a chance to save them.The first victim is Jim's best friend Travis, who is attacked and blinded in his home and overpowered by the grisly intruder. Travis's elderly father is assaulted next, then his mother. That leaves Travis's...
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The house remembers him. And wants his son.Braden's got a wonderful wife, darling three-year-old son, nominal success as a novelist - and no contact with his parents for years, with very good reason.Then a box of his books is accidentally-and mysteriously-delivered to his childhood home. Against his own best judgment, Braden swings by the old place with his son, Josiah, to pick up the box. In and out, super fast, no big deal.The house has other ideas.Infected...
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It's like Dirty Harry hunting the X-men in this dramatic paranormal thriller!He'll sacrifice anything to save these children. . . except being human.The world became aware of them sixty years ago: people with astounding physical and sometimes psychic powers, often with terrifying deformities. Most folks call them deviants; deevs for short. Rejecting the slur, they call themselves omnihumans.Manic is a federal officer tasked with taking down (allegedly)...
9) Panic
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Her only way out is with the boy who will turn on her . . .In the middle of a sudden epidemic that deforms its victims and creates bloodthirsty hunters of everyday people, high school senior Laura Fitzgerald becomes trapped in a classroom with a freshman boy she's never met . . . and who has suffered a bite from one of the infected students.The day started normally enough, with her ex-boyfriend, Brian, ditching class with his friends while Laura stayed...
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Write a better book by watching classic films from the '70s, '80s, and '90s!
Why would an award-winning novelist and university-level writing instructor use movies as examples in his class instead of classic works of fiction? Frankly, because most people haven't read classic works of fiction, but most writers have seen or are culturally aware of many movies that came out between 1970 and 1999. Join award-winning author Tom Leveen (known for How To...
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She's not what he thinks. He's not what she needs.In stunningly raw, relatable prose that upends the idea of the manic pixie dream girl trope, Tom Leveen does more than just talk: he tells the story of a less-than-perfect "dream girl" and the equally flawed boy who worships her.Tyler has been crushing on Becky since he started high school, but didn't get the guts to talk to her until long after he already found himself dating Sydney, a quintessential...
12) Zero
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Follow your heart, or the heart of the one you love? It's the '90s! Not everyone's heard of Nirvana yet, and audiotapes are barely outdated. The live music scene is alive and well, and bands still make things like "demo tapes" and "albums." Were you there? After missing her best opportunity to attend a prestigious art school, 17-year-old Salvador Dali devotee Zero begins dating Mike, a drummer in an up-and-coming punk band. As their tentative relationship...
13) Shackled
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From author Tom Leveen comes a taut, suspenseful novel about a girl's abduction that leaves her best friend emotionally paralyzed, until a chance encounter points her toward the truth ... and a terrifying new danger.
Sixteen-year-old Pelly has a master plan: After years of therapy, medication, and even a stint in a mental hospital, she's finally ready to re-enter the world of the living. Pelly has been suffering from severe panic attacks ever since...