Archive for July, 2011

Paul Hardy Interview Part 2

Q- Which character in TLMOEC do you most relate to, and why? Probably Asha. Having to be the ringmaster in a particularly fractious circus can’t be easy, and that’s what pretty much what I was having to do while writing. The group therapy sessions were particularly tricky, and I had to improvise a few times […]

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Paul Hardy Interview Part 1

Sorry this is a little later getting up. I thought I would have internet when I went away this weekend and alas, I did not. So, here is a whole lot of Paul Hardy in a very short period of time. Enjoy! Q- How did you come up with the concept for The Last Man […]

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The Last Man On Earth Club- Paul Hardy

Synopsis: Therapy groups support people traumatised by a common issue, such as cancer, sexual abuse, or PTSD suffered in war. This therapy group is for people who were the last survivors of their world. Each of them was rescued from a parallel universe where humanity was wiped out. They’ve survived nuclear war, zombies, machine uprisings, […]

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Kitty’s Big Trouble- Carrie Vaughn

Synopsis: Kitty Norville is back and in more trouble than ever.  Her recent run-in with werewolves traumatized by the horrors of war has made her start wondering how long the US government might have been covertly using werewolves in combat. Have any famous names in our own history might have actually been supernatural?  She’s got […]

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Wildefire- Karsten Knight

Synopsis: Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year. She’s struggling to find her place as the only Polynesian girl in school, her boyfriend just cheated on her, and now her runaway sister, Eve, has decided to barge back into her life. When Eve’s violent behavior escalates and she does the unthinkable, Ash transfers to […]

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Unwind- Neal Shusterman

Synopsis: The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child “unwound,” whereby all of the child’s organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn’t technically end. Connor […]

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Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins

Synopsis: Young Katniss Everdeen has survived the dreaded Hunger Games not once, but twice, but even now she can find no relief. In fact, the dangers seem to be escalating: President Snow has declared an all-out war on Katniss, her family, her friends, and all the oppressed people of District 12. The thrill-packed final installment […]

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Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins

Summary: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the annual competition described in Hunger Games, but the aftermath leaves these victors with no sense of triumph. Instead, they have become the poster boys for a rebellion that they never planned to lead. That new, unwanted status puts them in the bull’s-eye for merciless revenge by The […]

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The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins

Summary: In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen […]

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The Scorch Trials- James Dashner

Synopsis: Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to. The Gladers are far from finished […]

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