I have read many a book that I wish I had written. Whether
it be because of the amazing way an author has with words (Ally Condie’s
MATCHED), or a particular character I love (Rae Carson’s GIRL OF FIRE AND
THORNS), or because a concept is so far outside my realm of thinking (LANDRY
PARK by Bethany Hagen).
it be because of the amazing way an author has with words (Ally Condie’s
MATCHED), or a particular character I love (Rae Carson’s GIRL OF FIRE AND
THORNS), or because a concept is so far outside my realm of thinking (LANDRY
PARK by Bethany Hagen).
I just love books. I love to read, and I love to imagine
myself someone who can someday write something that another person will fall in
love with.
myself someone who can someday write something that another person will fall in
love with.
I’m going to go old school, and choose Scott Westerfeld’s
UGLIES as my feature title for what I wish I’d written. Besides The Giver, UGLIES was the first
dystopian novel I read – and I remember feeling such a sense of wonder about
it. He’s created a new world! A world I
don’t think I’d like to live in. A world where Tally can explore and find out
what she believes too—where I can too.
UGLIES as my feature title for what I wish I’d written. Besides The Giver, UGLIES was the first
dystopian novel I read – and I remember feeling such a sense of wonder about
it. He’s created a new world! A world I
don’t think I’d like to live in. A world where Tally can explore and find out
what she believes too—where I can too.
And I was hooked into dystopian. I’ve read just about
everything in the genre since then, but I always come back to UGLIES – it’s one
of the few series where I’ve read every book – as the type that all other
dystopians must measure up to.
everything in the genre since then, but I always come back to UGLIES – it’s one
of the few series where I’ve read every book – as the type that all other
dystopians must measure up to.
I love the dystopian genre still today. I think it such a
great genre to question ourselves in a very safe way, as the characters on the
page question themselves in a not-so-safe way. That is also why I love reading
and writing YA fiction in general, in all it’s genres.
great genre to question ourselves in a very safe way, as the characters on the
page question themselves in a not-so-safe way. That is also why I love reading
and writing YA fiction in general, in all it’s genres.
ELEVATED
by Elana Johnson
The
last person seventeen-year-old Eleanor Livingston wants to see on the
elevator—let alone get stuck with—is her ex-boyfriend Travis, the guy she’s
been avoiding for five months.
last person seventeen-year-old Eleanor Livingston wants to see on the
elevator—let alone get stuck with—is her ex-boyfriend Travis, the guy she’s
been avoiding for five months.
Plagued with the belief that when she speaks the truth, bad things happen, Elly
hasn’t told Trav anything. Not why she broke up with him and cut off all
contact. Not what happened the day her father returned from his deployment to
Afghanistan. And certainly not that she misses him and still thinks about him
everyday.
But with nowhere to hide and Travis so close it hurts, Elly’s worried she won’t
be able to contain her secrets for long. She’s terrified of finally revealing
the truth, because she can’t bear to watch a tragedy befall the boy she still
loves.
“ELEVATED will take you on an emotionally gripping
journey through the highs and lows of first love.”
journey through the highs and lows of first love.”
~Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There and Forget
Me Not
Me Not
“Poignant, raw, and intense, ELEVATED is a novel that
will grip your heart and linger in your mind long after you turn the last
page.”
will grip your heart and linger in your mind long after you turn the last
page.”
~Stasia Ward Kehoe, author of Audition and The
Sound of Letting Go
Sound of Letting Go
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elana Johnson’s work, including Possession, Surrender,
Abandon, and Regret, published by Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster),
is available now everywhere books are sold. Her popular ebook, From the Query to the Call, is also
available for free
Abandon, and Regret, published by Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster),
is available now everywhere books are sold. Her popular ebook, From the Query to the Call, is also
available for free


