*What is junior reading? Direct from a go disney link (bold, my emphasis): “He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can’t seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness,
and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos.
Published by HarperTeen, this second installment in the dystopian divergent series appears to set up children for choosing the god of the New Age, where Mark warns us “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.” (Mark 13:12)
From the publisher: “Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors.... And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable...”
Kristin Cashore wrote the New York Times bestsellers Graceling and Fire, both of which have been named ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Bitterblue is the third in her installment of fantasy books . When talking about her writing process on her own blog Cashore says, “My ideas tend to start with characters in my head who are having conversations-- usually arguments. I listen to them-they're so angry, but there's
love there too, or desire, or insecurity, or despair-- and I ask myself, what are they fighting about? ... “You get good at ignoring the voices. Or giving them the attention that's best for them: listening to them and laughing and giving them a hug, and saying, "Yes, I know you're worried. It's okay. Let's go watch a pretty sunset."
*Best-selling children’s fiction from Publisher’s Weekly website, November 7, 2012
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