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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Book News- INSURGENT by Veronica Roth


Did you hear the exciting news!?! Veronica Roth's sequel to Divergent has a title!!! INSURGENT. Divergent is one of my all time favorite dystopian books ever (nope I'm not being dramatic either), so I'm so excited to find out the title. Here's what Veronica posted on her site here:

INSURGENT. Origin:
1755–65; < Latin insurgent- (stem of insurgÄ“ns ) present participle of insurgere: to get up, ascend, rebel.

1. a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
2. a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.
3. one that acts contrary to the established leadership (as of a political party, union, or corporation) or its decisions and policies
4. (international law) a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency

Not all of those definitions are equally applicable to the book-- some are more spot-on than others. But I won't tell you which ones yet.

Good luck with writing Veronica! We can't wait till next year when we finally get to dive back into your fabulous world.

Waiting On Wednesday- Uncommon Criminals

Published by Disney Hyperion
To Be Released on June 21st, 2011

Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners.

There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long, and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem that makes Kat’s crew the most nervous and that is simply… the emerald is cursed.

Kat might be in way over her head, but she’s not going down without a fight. After all she has her best friend—the gorgeous Hale—and the rest of her crew with her as they chase the Cleopatra around the globe, dodging curses, realizing that the same tricks and cons her family has used for centuries are useless this time.

Which means, this time, Katarina Bishop is making up her own rules.

We loved Heist Society (which was named to the 2011 Texas Lone Star reading list) and we're really looking forward to jumping back into the world of cons with Kat and Hale. Team Hale! Ally's going on tour!! Don't miss her stops in TX, CO, UT, GA, IL, FL and MO here.

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