by Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
First published 2014
This collection offers previews of eleven complete young adult novels. Each excerpt provides a taste of different worlds and characters. Readers encounter Mitchell's "Mistwalker," Skinner's "Game Slaves," and Lucier's "A Death-Struck Year" among others. The sampler includes chapters from Wesselhoeft's "Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly," Benoit's "Cold Calls," and Fantaskey's "Buzz Kill." Additional previews feature Hahn's "A Creature of Moonlight," Sullivan's "Love by the Morning Star," and Betts' "Zac and Mia." The collection rounds out with excerpts from Crowe's "Death Coming Up the Hill" and Damico's "Hellhole." Each selection represents a standalone story rather than part of a series. The sampler serves as a discovery tool for readers seeking complete narratives in single volumes.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, standalone-stories
384 pages · Kindle Edition · Harcourt Brace and Company