Also, this novel begins in the middle- right in the center of the action and never lets up all the way through. She will do anything to take care of her little brother. but at the same time believable and utterly likeable. She is a terrific main character she is strong, resourceful, intelligent and brave. There are countless strengths of this novel. This money could save her little brother's life. Callie is forced to make some tough decisions when an offer to rent her young body to an elderly person for a short time comes across the table. Unsurprisingly, this leaves the young to fend for themselves. There has been a horrible war where the US has fell victim to a terrible biological attack, where only the elderly and young have been vaccinated. In the first few pages, we are immersed in the dangerous world where Callie, the protagonist of the book, lives. Starters did not have that problem it was impressive from start to finish. These days it is hard to write a dystopian YA and have it stand out. She's happy to email you back if you reach out to her that way. If you want to contact Lissa, please do it through her website, fb, twitter or tumblr and not here. The release dates for Enders will be announced by the publishers of each country, with some starting in May 2013. See the book trailer that played in front of the Hunger Games film in selected theaters in the US and abroad at her site. Audiobooks have been recorded in English and German. In Germany, Starters launched a brand-new YA imprint of the established Piper Verlag publisher called IVI. Starters was chosen for the IRA Reading List and is the only book nominated for both the Florida Teens Read List and the SSYRA Middle School List 2013-14.
It won the Crimezone Award for Best YA Thriller and is one of the LAPL's and Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Books of 2012. It was awarded the its Eselsohr for Best YA Book in 2012, selected by a jury of teens in Germany, and was chosen as a top ten favorite book of 2012 by both French and German readers. STARTERS was a Barnes & Noble pick of the month and one of only four debuts on the B&N Best Teen Books of 2012.
Dean Koontz called this YA futuristic thriller “a smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.” The LA Times said it is “Dystopian science-fiction at its best,” and “Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to ‘The Hunger Games’ will find it here.” Lissa Price’s debut novel STARTERS is an award-winning, international bestseller published in over thirty countries.
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