Best Selling Books by Neal Shusterman

Cara is so ugly, mirrors would rather break than show her reflection. Not even her own parents can deny her ugliness, and nothing can make up for the cruelty of her schoolmates. Tormented and tortured by the shallow people of Flock’s Rest, Cara’s life is miserable. Then Cara receives a shimmering note from some exotic place suggesting that there’s more to her than meets the eye. Cara wonders if her destiny has something to do with her recurring dreams of a beautiful green valley where the people are so accepting, her ugliness doesn’t matter. Soon, Cara discovers that her valley of dreams is real. It’s a place where the ugliest of ducklings can become swans. A swan, however, can have a serious taste for revenge . . . deadly revenge.

The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with “captivating…thrilling” (School Library Journal) stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge! There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years, humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control. Neal Shusterman—along with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shusterman—returns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Discover secrets and histories of characters you’ve followed for three volumes and meet new heroes, new foes, and some figures in between. Gleanings shows just how expansive, terrifying, and thrilling the world that began with the Printz Honor–winning Scythe truly is.

In this second entry in Neal Shusterman''s Dark Fusion series, he twists the familiar fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" into a brooding story about a city plagued by gangs. Red, a boy famous for cruising around in a bloodcolored Mustang, takes on the Wolves after they rob his grandmother. He decides to beat them by joining them, to learn their weaknesses. After a while, however, he finds himself drawn to the pack. At the next full moon, will Red take up their murderous ways, or will he take them down? Ingenious twists and turns come fast and furious in this urban thriller.

From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a thrilling, spine-tingling 32-page original short story that''s perfect for fans of Unwind and UnWholly. Bones. They know the call of the ice. Anika knows the call of the ice, too. Living in an isolated port town in Alaska with her father and younger brother, Anika is practically steps away from the Harding Icefield, and Exit Glacier has always been her favorite place.But after a couple tragically dies there, Exit Glacier seems to come alive and begins moving toward the town with unnatural speed. Anika feels deep in her bones that the ice wants something. . . . After the glacier finally stops in the town''s cemetery, Anika and her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Rav, face a sinister truth: The soul of the glacier is looking for bodies to inhabit . . . and where better to find them than the graveyard? This fast-paced, eerie short story is a deft blend of suspense and horror that will leave readers breathless . . . and chilled to the bone. Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she’s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big. Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings—and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back. Jon’s story is different than Adriana’s; he’s already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away. This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention—and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.

Find out what happens to Connor, Risa, and Lev now that they''ve finally destroyed the Proactive Citizenry in this collection of short stories set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman. Connor Lassiter''s fight to bring down Proactive Citizenry and find a suitable alternative to unwinding concluded in UnDivided. Now Connor, Risa, and Lev are free to live in a peaceful future--or are they? Neal Shusterman brings back his beloved Unwind characters for his fans to see what''s left for those who were destined to be unwound.

A collection of 10 stories filled with suspense and humor.

Explore the world of Everlost in Neal Shusterman’s acclaimed Skinjacker trilogy, now available in one boxed set. When Nick and Allie die in a car crash, their souls end up in Everlost—the shadow world between life and death. There, they will explore a fascinating new landscape, discover who they want to be—and fight a battle that will decide the fate of both the living and dead worlds. This boxed set of the complete Skinjacker trilogy, which New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card called “marvelously inventive and magically beautiful,” includes Everwild, Everfound, and Everlost.

Don’t miss a moment of the complete New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology from Neal Shusterman, now available as a collectible boxed set. After the Second Civil War, the Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. However, a loophole allows parents to retroactively get rid of a teenager through a process called “unwinding.” Three teens defy the system and run away from their unwinding: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents’ tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Connor, Risa, and Lev must work together to survive—and they may change the fate of America in the process. This complete boxed set includes hardcover editions of Unwind, UnWholly, UnSouled, and UnDivided.

Six teenagers, each tormented by what seems to be an exaggerated adolescent affliction, come together to try to stop the "beasts" that threaten to destroy them and the world.

Brooklyn-native Antsy Bonano embarks on the largest cruise ship in the world, where mischief, adventure, and deportation await in this companion to Shusterman''s acclaimed "The Schwa Was Here" and "Antsy Does Time."

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s literature. Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite writers—Rick Riordan, who has written an all-new and exclusive Percy Jackson tale, Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D. J. MacHale, Eric Nylund, Kenneth Oppel, Neal Shusterman, Shaun Tan, and none other than the late Ray Bradbury—spin tales of fantasy and science fiction the likes of which you have never imagined. Compiled by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature (and Secret Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance) Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Other Worlds is sure to boldly take you where no reader has gone before.

From award-winning authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman comes the thrilling and hilarious follow-up to their New York Times bestselling novel, I Am the Walrus. Noah Prime thought he was done: no more running, no more murderous aliens, and absolutely no more saving the world. The day he went into hiding should have put an end to it. But staying away is no longer an option when he winds up embroiled in yet another intergalactic calamity. This time, it''s courtesy of his usually level-headed friend Ogden, whose crush on the most popular girl in school, Claire, leads him to buy her a star for her birthday. However, this heart-warming gesture ends up having disastrous consequences when it turns out the star is real--as in home to a gazillion aliens real. And it''s not long before these creatures have swooped down to Earth to abduct Claire and take her back to their planet--or rather her planet--as its new owner. Now it''s up to Noah and his quick-changing animal abilities to help his friends find her. But with dangerous forces still out there and a perilous journey ahead, will Noah be able to find Claire before she meets her untimely doom? Even if it means putting his friends in more danger than ever before? This action-packed, laugh-out-loud sci-fi adventure is perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Rick Riordan.

In a one-of-a-kind collaboration, seventeen of the most recognizable YA writers—including Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, and Beth Revis—come together to share the viewpoints of a group of students affected by a school shooting. It took only twenty-two minutes for Kirby Matheson to exit his car, march onto the school grounds, enter the gymnasium, and open fire, killing six and injuring five others. But this isn’t a story about the shooting itself. This isn’t about recounting that one unforgettable day. This is about one boy—who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before—became a monster capable of entering his school with a loaded gun and firing bullets at his classmates. Each chapter is told from a different victim’s viewpoint, giving insight into who Kirby was and who he’d become. Some are sweet, some are dark; some are seemingly unrelated, about fights or first kisses or late-night parties. This is a book told from multiple perspectives—with one character and one event drawing them all together—by some of YA’s most recognizable names.

Los aliados de Mary Hightower, que yace en un ataúd de cristal, han emprendido su espantosa misión. A su ejército se une un recién llegado: Jix, espía del rey maya de Everlost, cuyas intenciones puede que no sean tan claras como creen. Mikey intenta desesperadamente rescatar a Allie, mientras que Nick apenas recuerda quién era antes. Y entretanto, a medida que se forjan nuevas alianzas e intrigas, la lucha por el alma de Everlost llega a su punto álgido. En la evocadora trilogía de Everlost, Neal Shusterman -autor de libros tan exitosos como Siega y ganador del Premio Nacional de Literatura Juvenil en Estados Unidos- explora temas como la vida, la muerte y lo que podría haber a medio camino.

Fourteen-year-old Nick has learned that the strange antiques in his attic bedroom were left there by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. They are pieces of Tesla''s Far Range Energy Emitter, capable of transmitting "free energy" to the globe. Some components of the contraption are still missing, but the objects themselves seem to be leading Nick and his friends to their current owners. However, members of the Accelerati, a menacing secret society of physicists, are on the hunt too, and their brazen leader, Dr. Alan Jorgenson, will stop at nothing to foil Nick and steal the objects. It takes a dangerous build-up of electromagnetic energy in the atmosphere to reverse everyone''s fortunes--and lead Nick to his destiny. Readers who enjoyed the strange science, quirky humor, and out-of-this-world plot twists in Tesla''s Attic will be captivated by this second book in the electrifying Accelerati Trilogy. Praise for Tesla''s Attic "Lively, intelligent prose elevates this story of teenagers versus mad scientists, the third-person point of view offering a stage to various players in their play of galactic consequence. A wild tale in the spirit of Back to the Future, with a hint of Malamud''s The Natural tossed in."--Kirkus Reviews "This collaboration between Shusterman and Elfman tempers the scarier elements of Nick''s quest with deft, humorous writing and plenty of the ordinary adventures of a new kid in school finding his niche. Hand this one to fans of Rick Riordan''s Kane Chronicles or Kenneth Oppel''s Airborne."--Booklist * ..".Shusterman and Elfman have crafted a plot more devious, characters far quirkier, climaxes (yes, there are two) more breathless, and a narration much, much funnier than recent mad-science offerings. Sticking with a third-person narration frees the authors to be as wryly and sophisticatedly witty as they please without compromising the veracity of their middle-school cast, resulting in storytelling as delightful as the story being told." -Bulletin for the Center for Children''s Books (starred review)

Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you...

Unwinding - the process by which a child is both terminated yet kept alive. With breath-taking suspense Unwindis a chilling futuristic tale of ethics and morality combined with fast-paced non-stop action. This ebook boxed set includes Unwind, and Unwholly, plus a bonus companion story, Unstrung. In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would ''unwind'' them. Connor''s parents want to be rid of him because he''s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs and Lev''s unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family''s strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together through desperation, these unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing all the while that their lives are hanging in the balance…

T-Bin has been traveling through space for years to deposit its passengers on a new planet, to give them a new life. But now, mere days from arrival, Tanner can’t shake the feeling that there’s a more sinister plot at work. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

Nick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla''s great device. Their power-mad leader wants nothing less than to control the world''s energy--but there are still three missing objects to track down. Nick''s friends can''t help him, as they are spread across the globe grappling with their own mysteries--with Vince in Scotland, Caitlin and Mitch on their way to New Jersey, and Petula''s whereabouts unknown. On his own, Nick must locate Tesla''s final inventions-- which are the most powerful of all, capable of shattering time and collapsing space. Praise for Tesla''s Attic * "...Shusterman and Elfman have crafted a plot more devious, characters far quirkier, climaxes (yes, there are two) more breathless, and a narration much, much funnier than recent mad-science offerings. Sticking with a third-person narration frees the authors to be as wryly and sophisticatedly witty as they please without compromising the veracity of their middle-school cast, resulting in storytelling as delightful as the story being told." -Bulletin for the Center for Children''s Books (starred review) "Lively, intelligent prose elevates this story of teenagers versus mad scientists, the third-person point of view offering a stage to various players in their play of galactic consequence. A wild tale in the spirit of Back to the Future, with a hint of Malamud''s The Natural tossed in."--Kirkus Reviews "This collaboration between Shusterman and Elfman tempers the scarier elements of Nick''s quest with deft, humorous writing and plenty of the ordinary adventures of a new kid in school finding his niche. Hand this one to fans of Rick Riordan''s Kane Chronicles or Kenneth Oppel''s Airborne."--Booklist 2014 VOYA Magazine Top Shelf Honoree A Junior Library Guild Selection

À la suite d’une blessure qui compromet ses chances d’intégrer un cursus sportif, Isaac accepte des antidouleurs pour guérir au plus vite. Sa soeur, Ivy, rechigne à prendre un médicament censé réguler ses troubles de l’attention, mais ¿nit par s’y résoudre. Ce qu’ils ignorent, c’est qu’ils sont l’enjeu d’un pari machiavélique entre deux drogues personnifiées. Roxy (icarnant l’Oxycodone) qui séduit Isaac, et Addison (l’Adderall) qui s’empare d’Ivy. Qui fera tomber le premier son protégé ? Alors que les drogues murmurent à leur oreille tout le bien qu’ils peuvent retirer de leur usage, Isaac et Ivy oublient peu à peu tout le mal qu’elles leur font. Inéluctablement, les deux adolescents sont emportés dans la spirale infernale de l’addiction. L’un d’eux n’en réchappera pas...

La Ciudadanía Proactiva, la compañía que creó a Cam a partir de órganos de adolescentes desconectados, tiene para él oscuros planes militares. Pero, por debajo de ese horror, yace otro horror igualmente impactante: el hecho de que la Ciudadanía Proactiva lleva años suprimiendo la tecnología que podría hacer completamente innecesaria la desconexión. Mientras Connor, Risa y Lev descubren estos impactantes secretos, los airados jóvenes empiezan a protestar, exigiendo justicia y un futuro mejor. Pero aparecen nuevos problemas: el grupo de "niños de la cigüeña" liderados por Starkey se va convirtiendo en más potente y combativo con cada nuevo reclutamiento. Si consiguen lo que pretenden, destruirán las cosechadoras hasta los cimientos y pondrán a cada uno de los adultos que encuentren en ellas ante un pelotón de fusilamiento... lo cual podría acabar con cualquier posibilidad de un futuro pacífico para el mundo.

Tome 1 de la trilogie des Fragmentés Dans une société traumatisée par la Seconde Guerre civile, un ensemble de lois intitulé Charte de la Vie a été signé pour contenter les pro-vie et les pro-choix. Celle-ci stipule qu’il est interdit d’attenter à la vie d’un enfant du moment de sa conception jusqu’au jour de son treizième anniversaire. Passée cette date, tout parent peut décider de « résilier » son enfant en ayant recours à la fragmentation, processus qui permet de renoncer à son enfant rétroactivement. Une seule exigence : réutiliser 99 % des organes du fragmenté pour qu’il continue à « vivre » à travers d’autres. Lorsque Connor, Lev et Risa apprennent qu’ils vont être fragmentés, ils savent ce qu’il leur reste à faire : fuir et tenter de survivre jusqu’à leur majorité... Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Emilie Passerieux

Der zweite Band der großen »Scythe«-Trilogie von New-York-Times-Bestseller-Autor Neal Shusterman Citra hat es geschafft. Sie wurde auserwählt und als Scythe entscheidet sie jetzt, wer leben darf und wer sterben muss. Doch als wenn das nicht schon schwer genug wäre, übernehmen skrupellose Scythe die Macht und stellen neue Regeln auf. Die wichtigste Regel lautet, dass es ab jetzt keine Regeln mehr gibt. So beginnt Citras Kampf für Gerechtigkeit. Ein Kampf, den sie nur gemeinsam gewinnen kann mit ihrer großen Liebe Rowan.

¿Hasta dónde llegarías para conseguir la última gota de agua? Alyssa vive con su familia al sur de California, en un barrio residencial muy apacible... Hasta que, un día, del fregadero deja de salir agua. Tras padecer varios años de sequía, eso tampoco es extraño; allí todo el mundo está acostumbrado a las advertencias: no riegues el césped, no llenes la piscina, no te des duchas largas. Pero esta vez ya no queda agua que ahorrar. En muy poco tiempo, el supermercado del apacible barrio residencial se ha llenado de familias desesperadas y dispuestas a todo con tal de conseguir un bidón de agua. Y cuando sus padres salen en busca de provisiones y no regresan, Alyssa, su hermano y el peculiar vecino que los acompaña no tienen más remedio que empezar a tomar decisiones difíciles para sobrevivir. Cueste lo que cueste. Sed es la nueva novela independiente de Neal Shusterman -Premio Nacional de Literatura Juvenil en Estados Unidos y autor de libros como Siega- y Jarrod Shusterman. Paramount está preparando su adaptación cinematográfica.

Antes, las personas morían por causas naturales. Existían asesinos invisibles llamados enfermedades, el envejecimiento era irreversible y se producían accidentes de los que no se podía regresar. Ahora, todo eso ha quedado atrás y sólo perdura una verdad muy simple: la gente tiene que morir. Y esa es la tarea de los segadores. Porque en un futuro donde la humanidad controla la muerte, ¿quién decide cuándo y cómo sembrarla? Citra y Rowan acaban de ser seleccionados como aprendices de segadores. ¿Su objetivo? Superar las pruebas de su mentor, sean las que sean. Aunque en el proceso renuncien a todo lo que les hace humanos.

Gracias a Connor, Lev y Risa, y a las repercusiones de su revuelta en la Cosechadora de Happy Jack, la población ya no puede seguir mirando para otro lado. Tal vez la desconexión sirva para librar a la sociedad de jóvenes problemáticos y, al mismo tiempo, para surtirla de órganos muy necesarios para los trasplantes, pero su inmoralidad ha saltado por fin a la palestra. Connor no da abasto dirigiendo el Cementerio, un refugio para los ASP, chicos que, como él, han huido de la desconexión. Risa, paralizada de cintura para abajo como consecuencia del atentado en la Cosechadora, teme resultar más una carga que una ayuda para él. Y Lev se ve envuelto en un movimiento clandestino que pretende rescatar diezmos, y en el cual se le venera como si fuera un dios. Uno de ellos será traicionado. Otro se escapará. Y el tercero se encontrará con el misterioso Cam, alguien que no existe, y hará un sorprendente descubrimiento sobre lo que se esconde detrás de la desconexión.

Après un accident de voiture auquel ils n’ont pas survécu, les âmes de Nick et d’Allie se retrouvent bloquées à mi-chemin entre la vie et la mort, dans un univers qu’on appelle l’Éternénant. Il s’agit d’un lieu à la fois magique et dangereux où l’on croise toutes sortes d’âmes et d’objets errants. La reine autoproclamée de l''Éternénant, Mary Tourcélèste, a réuni ses ouailles dans un des rares buildings passé dans les limbes : les Twin Towers. Or, Nick et Allie n’ont aucune envie de rester coincés dans ce monde bizarre ! Ce qu’ils veulent à tout prix, c’est retrouver leur vie d’avant. Leur quête les mènera dans les territoires inexplorés, sombres et parfois terrifiants de l’Éternénant... Mais plus le temps passe et plus l’espoir de retrouver un jour leur existence passée s’estompe. Et si tous leurs souvenirs s’évaporaient ? Il se pourrait bien alors qu’ils ne parviennent jamais à fuir ce monde étrange et inquiétant... Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Alexandre Boldrini et Anne-Judith Descombey

From the incomparable mind of award winner Neal Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of the Arc of a Scythe, comes a collection of uncanny and unforgettable short stories. This collection of unforgettable and uncanny stories could only come from the mind of award winner Neal Shusterman. Compiled for the first time in one epic volume, these stories both classic and brand-new will stretch your imagination from terror to the sublime and back again. Explore a world where bats block out the sun, where soup is a trap for your soul, or where the life-force of a glacier can bring back the dead. Journey to a place where the wind can be captured, time can be crafted into infinite attic space, or a hot tub can house an ancient monster. And revisit the Arc of the Scythe universe for two all-new tales of gleaning. In this collection, the only thing that is truly certain is nothing is certain.

Para proteger a su padre y a su hermano, y muy a su pesar, Nick debe ayudar a los Accelerati a completar la gran obra de Tesla. El malintencionado líder de la organización ambiciona controlar el suministro de energía del planeta. Pero su poderosa sociedad secreta deberá aún encontrar tres de los valiosos artefactos de Tesla, últimas piezas del Emisor de Energía, capaces de destruir el tiempo y colapsar el espacio. Los amigos de Nick, ocupados en sus importantísimas misiones, esta vez, no podrán ayudarlo: Vince, en Scotland; Caitlin y Mitch, de camino a New Jersey; y la misteriosa Petula, en algún lugar desconocido.

Nick, known as the dreaded "chocolate ogre," is trying to find all the children in Everlost and release them from the limbo they are in, while Mikey and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers and are putting themselves in danger by visiting the world of the living.

In the limbo that is Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others must determine whether that place and Earth will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.