04 Feb 2012 1 Comment

Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies Series Goes Graphic with Shay’s Story

Shay’s Story, or as Scott has called it, AKA “The Uglies Manga” is set to be released on March 6th. This 160-page graphic is sure to please YA readers as much as the series did. I’m excited to give this GN a read because it’s from Shay’s point of view, pre-Uglies. Check out Scott’s website to see the awesome fan art and graphic images too.

“This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.”–Shay

“Uglies “told Tally Youngblood’s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing “new “adventures in the Uglies world–as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally’s rebellious best friend who’s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost.

A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty–a rite-of-passage operation called “the Surge” that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.

Take a look at Steven Cummings artwork…isn’t it fabulous.

by Jennifer in Graphic Novels, News Tags: , , , , , ,

04 Feb 2012 1 Comment

Inevitable Reads: Oppression by Jessica Therrien

Inevitable Reads

Inevitable Reads is a weekly meme we’ve thrown together to highlight titles that we simply, without-a-doubt, must get our hands on; the stories we’ve been waiting for ever since we heard the author was writing them.

I’m not sure how I missed Oppression by Jessica Therrien. However, I did. Thankfully, I roamed the internet long enough today that I found a book I can’t live without. HOORAY! Oppression sounds like a fantastic read. I’d sell my…er…something insane to have a copy of this debut. Well maybe I’ll just wait until the Oppression book birthday rolls around. Either way, I’m getting this baby for my collection.

Check out this amazing cover. Isn’t it pretty? It also marks the beginning of what I hope is a fabulous series, Children of the Gods.

Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She’s been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she’s closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don’t make her special. They make life dangerous.

After the death of her parents, she’s been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that.

But for Elyse, the game is just beginning – and she’s not entirely willing to play by their rules.

by Jennifer in Features, Inevitable Reads Tags: , , ,