Mundie Moms

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday- The Pledge

By Kimberly Derting
Published by Margaret K. McElderry/ Simon & Schuster
To Be Released on November 15th, 2011

Words are the most dangerous weapon of all...

In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able to understand the languages of all classes, and she’s spent her life trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed.

Charlie is intensely attracted to Max, even though she can’t be sure where his real loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to something much bigger: her country’s only chance for freedom from the terrible power of a deadly regime (quoted from Goodreads)

I love Kimberly's writing style and I'm so excited she has a new book coming out. I can not wait to read it. This is one of the books that was on my list had I gone to BEA that I would have patiently waiting in line for. To those who are at BEA, I can not wait to hear what you think about The Pledge.

8 comments:

  1. How funny! This is one that I was wanting from BEA too!

    I'm gonna try to go to ALA. Maybe I will snag it there!

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  2. I'm more than excited for this book! I LOVE Kimberly and her writing, so I know I'm going to love this. November seems so far away.

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  3. I'm waiting on this one as well! I can't wait till it comes out. I'm so impatient! ;)

    ~Loren

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  4. I seriously cannot wait for this either! Love Kimberly Derting!! Great pick!

    Jess @ Gone with the Words

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  5. Michelle- We have a great taste in books. :D

    We Heart YA- I can't wait to read this!

    DJ- I agree! She's an amazing writer! Nov seems like a long ways away.

    Loren & Jess- I love that so many of us are waiting for this book.

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  6. I LOVE that cover and wow does this sound good. It's going at the top of my to buy list!

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  7. Wow, great minds DO think alike...this is my WoW pick this week, too!

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