Novità in libreria | 23-31 Luglio

Questa settimana ci sono tante uscite interessanti, a cominciare dall'arrivo in Italia in versione ebook di The Darkest Minds di Alexandra Bracken (il cartaceo sarà pubblicato successivamente). Il 31 Luglio negli USA uscirà invece il quarto volume della saga, The Darkest Legacy.
Sempre per quanto riguarda le uscite in inglese vi consiglio, tra le altre, un middle grade fantasy molto carino, che un po' mi ricorda Coraline di Neil Gaiman.

..IN ITALIANO..

24 Luglio

DARKEST MINDS
Autore: Alexandra Bracken | Editore: Sperling & Kupfer | Genere: sci-fi
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Quando Ruby si sveglia il giorno del suo decimo compleanno, qualcosa in lei è cambiato. Qualcosa di abbastanza preoccupante da costringere i genitori a mandarla a Thurmond, un brutale campo di riabilitazione gestito dal governo dove sono rinchiusi i giovani come lei. Ovvero, i giovani che sono riusciti a sopravvivere alla misteriosa malattia che ha decimato la popolazione e che da allora sembrano aver acquisito poteri speciali. Ci sono i Verdi, dotati di un'intelligenza eccezionale; i Blu, di telecinesi; i Gialli, che controllano l'elettricità; i Rossi il fuoco e gli Arancioni, come Ruby, la mente umana. Ora Ruby ha sedici anni ed è riuscita a scappare da quell'inferno, ma per lei l'incubo non è ancora finito. Durante la sua fuga, però, incontra un gruppo di ragazzini evasi come lei: Zu, Ciccio e Liam, carisma da leader e decisamente carino. Ma Ruby non può rischiare di avvicinarsi a lui. Sarebbe troppo pericoloso. E, in viaggio verso l'unico rifugio sicuro, ci sono già fin troppi pericoli da affrontare...

..IN INGLESE..

24 Luglio

ENDLESS WATER, STARLESS SKY
Autore: Rosamund Hodge |  Editore: Balzer + Bray | Serie: Bright Smoke, Cold Fire #2 | Genere: retelling
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In the last days of the world, the walls of Viyara are still falling, and the dead are rising faster than ever.

Juliet is trapped—ordered by Lord Ineo of the Mahyanai to sacrifice the remaining members of her family, the Catresou, to stave off the end of the world. Though they’re certain his plan is useless, Juliet and her former friend Runajo must comply with Lord Ineo’s wishes—unless they can discover a different, darker path to protecting Viyara.

Romeo is tortured: finally aware that his true love is alive, he is at once elated and devastated, for his actions led directly to the destruction of her clan. The only way to redemption is to offer his life to the Catresou to protect and support them . . . even if it means dying to do so.

When Romeo’s and Juliet’s paths converge once again, only a journey into Death will offer answers and the key to saving them all—but is it a journey either of them will survive?

CONTAGION
Autore: Erin Bowman | Editore: HarperTeen | Serie: Contagion #1 | Genere: sci-fi
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It got in us

After receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.

Most are dead.

But when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons…and dead bodies.

Don't set foot here again.

As they try to piece together who—or what—could have decimated an entire operation, they discover that some things are best left buried—and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.

SCREAM ALL NIGHT
Autore: Derek Milman |  Editore: Balzer + Bray | Genere: horror
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Dario Heyward knows one thing: He’s never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It’s been three years since Dario’s even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia’s creature features.

But then Dario’s brother invites him home to a mysterious ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first film—The Curse of the Mummy’s Tongue. Dario swears his homecoming will be a one-time visit. A way for him to get closure on his past—and reunite with Hayley, his first love and costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a production fraught with real-life tragedy—and say good-bye for good. But the unthinkable happens—Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he’s left there.

With only months to rescue the sinking studio and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his past—and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that’s haunted him his whole life?

31 Luglio

THE DARKEST LEGACY
Autore: Alexandra Bracken | Editore: Disney-Hyperion | Serie: The Darkest Minds #4 | Genere:sci-fi
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Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other Psi kids, seventeen-year-old Suzume "Zu" Kimura has assumed the role of spokesperson for the interim government, fighting for the rights of Psi kids against a growing tide of misinformation and prejudice. But when she is accused of committing a horrifying act, she is forced to go on the run once more in order to stay alive.

Determined to clear her name, Zu finds herself in an uncomfortable alliance with Roman and Priyanka, two mysterious Psi who could either help her prove her innocence or betray her before she gets the chance. But as they travel in search of safety and answers, and Zu grows closer to the people she knows she shouldn't trust, they uncover even darker things roiling beneath the veneer of the country's recovery. With her future-and the future of all Psi-on the line, Zu must use her powerful voice to fight back against forces that seek to drive the Psi into the shadows and save the friends who were once her protectors.

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Bracken comes a harrowing story of resilience, resistance, and reckoning that will thrill loyal fans and new readers alike.

THE CHEERLEADERS
Autore: Kara Thomas |  Editore: Delacorte Press | Genere: mistery, young adult
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There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.

First there was the car accident—two girls gone after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.

That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it’s not that easy. She just wants to forget. Only, Monica’s world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad’s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn’t over. Some people in town know more than they’re saying. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all.

There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn’t mean anyone else is safe.

THE LAND OF YESTERDAY
Autore: K. A. Reynolds | Editore: HarperCollins | Genere: fantasy, middle grade
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After Cecelia Dahl’s little brother, Celadon, dies tragically, his soul goes where all souls go: the Land of Yesterday—and Cecelia is left behind in a fractured world without him.

Her beloved house’s spirit is crumbling beyond repair, her father is imprisoned by sorrow, and worst of all, her grief-stricken mother abandons the land of the living to follow Celadon into Yesterday.

It’s up to Cecelia to put her family back together, even if that means venturing into the dark and forbidden Land of Yesterday on her own. But as Cecilia braves a hot-air balloon commanded by two gnomes, a sea of daisies, and the Planet of Nightmares, it’s clear that even if she finds her family, she might not be able to save them.

And if she’s not careful, she might just become a lost soul herself, trapped forever in Yesterday.

Come sempre vi rimando al Calendario Uscite, dove troverete le uscite di tutto l'anno.
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