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Defy the Dark
Contributor(s): Mitchell, Saundra (Author), Pike, Aprilynne (Author), Ryan, Carrie (Author)

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ISBN: 006212353X     ISBN-13: 9780062123534
Publisher: Harperteen
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012029993
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Physical Information: 1.32" H x 5.31" W x 8.14" L (0.90 lbs) 496 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2013 pg. 94
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2013 pg. 521
Booklist 06/01/2013 pg. 89
School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 98
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2013 pg. 80 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 185 - Recommended, Satisfactory
 
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Publisher Description:

The seventeen original stories in Defy the Dark, an eerie, mind-bending YA anthology, could only take place in darkness.

Open the pages and discover: A creepy guy who stares too long. The secrets of the core of the earth. Dreams of other people's lives. A girl who goes mad in the darkness. Monsters in Bavaria. A generational spaceship where night doesn't exist. And other mysteries and oddities.

The contributors to the enthralling collection are: Sarah Rees Brennan, Tessa Gratton, Rachel Hawkins, Christine Johnson, Valerie Kemp, Malinda Lo, Myra McEntire, Saundra Mitchell, Sarah Ockler, Jackson Pearce, Aprilynne Pike, Dia Reeves, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan, Jon Skovron, Courtney Summers, and Kate Espy, winner of the Defy the Dark new author contest.


Contributor Bio(s): Pike, Aprilynne: -

Aprilynne Pike has been spinning stories since she was a child with a hyperactive imagination. She completed her BA in creative writing at the age of twenty at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and children in Arizona.

Brennan, Sarah Rees: -

Sarah Rees Brennan was born and raised in Ireland. After earning her master's in creative writing in New York and doing library work in Surrey, England, she has returned to Dublin, Ireland, to write. She is the author of the novels The Demon's Lexicon, The Demon's Covenant, and The Demon's Surrender, and her short story "Let's Get This Undead Show on the Road" appears in the collection Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions.

Mitchell, Saundra: -

Saundra Mitchell has been a phone psychic, a car salesperson, and a denture deliverer. She's dodged trains, endured basic training, and hitchhiked from Montana to California. The author of fifteen books for tweens and teens, Saundra always picks truth; dares are too easy. She lives in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana.


 
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