Tijd voor Epic Reads #4: We set the dark on fire van Tehlor Kai Mejia
In de Epic Reads Challenge 2019 krijg je regelmatig de kans boeken te lezen die nog lang niet of nog maar net uit zijn! De titels voor de maanden januari tot en met april zijn bekend.
Lees ook: Een Hebban Leesclub - hoe werkt dat precies? Tip: zorg voor een ingevuld en actief Hebbanprofiel met al een paar recensies, dan maak je meer kans op deelname.
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Epic Reads
Epic Reads is een Young Adult- en tienercommunity van het wereldwijde uitgeefconcern HarperCollins.
Dé Epic Reader:
- is gek op lezen
- verslindt boeken achter elkaar
- kan geen enkele Young Adult-titel laten liggen
- wil precies weten wat er allemaal uit is en nog gaat verschijnen op het gebied van Young Adults
- wil altijd nog nét even een volgende pagina, hoofdstuk, boek uitlezen en slaapt dus nooit
- weet alles te vertellen over de YA-auteurs van nu
- leeft mee en droomt over de personages uit net uitgelezen boeken
- leest zowel Engelstalig als Nederlandstalige boeken
Januari
29 Dates van Melissa de la Cruz
How many dates will it take to find The One?
Ji-su’s traditional South Korean parents are concerned by what they see as her lack of attention to her schoolwork and her future. Working with Seoul’s premiere matchmaker to find the right boyfriend is one step toward ensuring Ji-su’s success, and going on the recommended dates is Ji-su’s compromise to please her parents while finding space to figure out her own dreams. But when she flubs a test then skips out on a date to spend time with friends, her fed-up parents shock her by shipping her off to a private school in San Francisco. Where she’ll have the opportunity to shine academically—and be set up on more dates!
Navigating her host family, her new city and school, and more dates, Ji-su finds comfort in taking the photographs that populate her ever-growing social media account. Soon attention from two very different boys sends Ji-su into a tailspin of soul-searching. As her passion for photography lights her on fire, does she even want to find The One? And what if her One isn’t parent and matchmaker approved?
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Februari
On the come up van Angie Thomas
In 2017 stormde de jonge, Amerikaanse auteur Angie Thomas de literaire wereld binnen met haar debuut The Hate U Give. Het boek won awards, werd verfilmd en droeg een belangrijke boodschap met zich mee, Black Lives Matter. Nu is er haar tweede roman, een tikje verlaat omdat de orkaan rond haar debuut maar niet wilde gaan liggen en ze druk aan het touren was onder andere. We hebben er dus wat langer op moeten wachten dan verwacht, maar we zijn er dan ook helemaal klaar voor nu. On The Come Up is een krachtig verhaal over hip hop, vrijheid van meningsuiting en vechten voor je dromen, ook al werken je omstandigheden niet mee.
Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.De Nederlandse vertaling, Niet te stoppen, volgt eind maart.
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Maart
The Cerulean van Amy Ewing
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing (The Jewel) comes the exciting first book in a new fantasy duology. Rich, vivid world-building and ethereal magic combine in an epic tale that's perfect for fans of Snow Like Ashes, These Broken Stars, or Magonia.
Sera Lighthaven has always felt as if she didn't quite belong among her people, the Cerulean, who live in the City Above the Sky. She is curious about everything - especially the planet that her City is magically tethered to - and can't stop questioning things. Sera has always longed for the day when the tether will finally break and the Cerulean can move to a new planet.
But when Sera is chosen as the sacrifice to break the tether, she feels betrayed by everything in which she'd been taught to trust. In order to save her City, Sera must end her own life.
But something goes wrong, and Sera survives, ending up on the planet below in a country called Kaolin. Sera has heard tales about the dangerous humans who live here, and she quickly learns that these dangers were not just stories.
Meanwhile, back in the City, all is not what it seems, and the life of every Cerulean may be in danger if Sera is not able to find a way home.
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April
We set the dark on fire van Tehlor Kay Mejia
At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband’s household or raise his children, but both are promised a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class.
Daniela Vargas is the school’s top student, but her bright future depends upon no one discovering her darkest secret—that her pedigree is a lie. Her parents sacrificed everything to obtain forged identification papers so Dani could rise above her station. Now that her marriage to an important politico’s son is fast approaching, she must keep the truth hidden or be sent back to the fringes of society, where famine and poverty rule supreme.
On her graduation night, Dani seems to be in the clear, despite the surprises that unfold. But nothing prepares her for all the difficult choices she must make, especially when she is asked to spy for a resistance group desperately fighting to bring equality to Medio. Will Dani cling to the privilege her parents fought to win for her or give up everything she’s strived for in pursuit of a free Medio—and a chance at a forbidden love?
The first in a sizzling fantasy duology from debut author Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire is a boldly feminist look at freedom, family, and fighting the power.
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