If love can survive death, are soul-mates eternal?
Eighteen-year-old Tavia is the only survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents. Grieving and lonely, she starts having strange visions; of a boy she’s never met but feels compulsively drawn to. A boy who tells her to do things she never dreamed of.
Tavia begins to suspect that secrets are being kept from her, and that her kindly aunt and uncle know more than they are letting on. Was the plane crash really an accident? Or is Tavia part of something bigger than she ever imagined?
With only her instincts and long-time crush, Benson, to rely on, Tavia must decide where her destiny lies, and who with.
**
Amazon.com Review
Author One-on-One with James Dashner and Aprilynne Pike
James Dashner is the best-selling author of the Maze Runner series. He lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family, including four kids.
James Dashner: So, you have a brand new book out in July; beginning of a new series.
Aprilynne Pike: Well, hello James. Nice to see you too. Why yes, I am looking lovely today.
JD: Oh, are we supposed to do hellos and stuff in this? AP: Yes. JD: Hello then. AP: Weren’t we talking about my new book? JD: You’re impossible. AP: I know. JD: Okay, so, Earthbound. What’s it about? AP: It’s about Tavia, the sole survivor of a plane crash who can make stuff. JD: Like . . . crafts? I love crafts! Does she make those cool glass bead necklaces? I have this one I wear one to bed that— AP: No, James. Not like crafts. Like matter out of thin air. She’s a goddess. But cursed. JD: Oh. Yeah. Well I hate crafts. AP: … JD: Don’t look at me like that. You put two guys on there, didn’t you? AP: It was an accident! Seriously! JD: Sure it was. But the important question is, are there any Grievers? AP: No, that’s your book. JD: How about mazes? AP: Your book again. JD: How about a movie coming out on Valentine’s Day next year? AP: Still your book. JD: Oh, yeah . . . How about guns? AP: Some of those. JD: Explosions? AP: Those too. JD: Dead people? AP: I’m afraid so. JD: Sounds like my kind of book! AP: No. JD: No? AP: No. Too much kissing. JD: Gross. AP: How many kids do you have? JD: Don’t change the subject.
From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-Eighteen-year-old Tavia Michaels is currently living with an aunt and uncle she just met after surviving the plane crash that killed her parents. She has cut ties with everyone from her past and is starting over. The only people she talks to, besides her aunt and uncle, are her psychiatrist and Benson, her crush. While trying to adjust to life after the accident, Tavia begins seeing a mysterious boy dressed in Revolutionary-period clothing to whom she is inexplicably attracted. She soon finds herself torn between her feelings for this stranger named Quinn Avery and those for Benson. While trying to decide between them, Tavia discovers that she has special powers, that things are not what they seem, and that everything she thought she knew was a farce. This is an action-packed novel filled with longing and secrets. The characters are well developed and the narrative is easy to follow. At times, Tavia's vacillations are tediously drawn out, and Pike does take a while to get to the heart of the matter, but overall the story is compelling. Readers of supernatural romances will be clamoring for this one.-Kristyn Dorfman, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NYα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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If love can survive death, are soul-mates eternal?
Eighteen-year-old Tavia is the only survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents. Grieving and lonely, she starts having strange visions; of a boy she’s never met but feels compulsively drawn to. A boy who tells her to do things she never dreamed of.
Tavia begins to suspect that secrets are being kept from her, and that her kindly aunt and uncle know more than they are letting on. Was the plane crash really an accident? Or is Tavia part of something bigger than she ever imagined?
With only her instincts and long-time crush, Benson, to rely on, Tavia must decide where her destiny lies, and who with.
**
Amazon.com Review
Author One-on-One with James Dashner and Aprilynne Pike
James Dashner is the best-selling author of the Maze Runner series. He lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family, including four kids.
James Dashner: So, you have a brand new book out in July; beginning of a new series.
Aprilynne Pike: Well, hello James. Nice to see you too. Why yes, I am looking lovely today.
JD: Oh, are we supposed to do hellos and stuff in this?
AP: Yes.
JD: Hello then.
AP: Weren’t we talking about my new book?
JD: You’re impossible.
AP: I know.
JD: Okay, so, Earthbound. What’s it about?
AP: It’s about Tavia, the sole survivor of a plane crash who can make stuff.
JD: Like . . . crafts? I love crafts! Does she make those cool glass bead necklaces? I have this one I wear one to bed that—
AP: No, James. Not like crafts. Like matter out of thin air. She’s a goddess. But cursed.
JD: Oh. Yeah. Well I hate crafts.
AP: …
JD: Don’t look at me like that. You put two guys on there, didn’t you?
AP: It was an accident! Seriously!
JD: Sure it was. But the important question is, are there any Grievers?
AP: No, that’s your book.
JD: How about mazes?
AP: Your book again.
JD: How about a movie coming out on Valentine’s Day next year?
AP: Still your book.
JD: Oh, yeah . . . How about guns?
AP: Some of those.
JD: Explosions?
AP: Those too.
JD: Dead people?
AP: I’m afraid so.
JD: Sounds like my kind of book!
AP: No.
JD: No?
AP: No. Too much kissing.
JD: Gross.
AP: How many kids do you have?
JD: Don’t change the subject.
From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-Eighteen-year-old Tavia Michaels is currently living with an aunt and uncle she just met after surviving the plane crash that killed her parents. She has cut ties with everyone from her past and is starting over. The only people she talks to, besides her aunt and uncle, are her psychiatrist and Benson, her crush. While trying to adjust to life after the accident, Tavia begins seeing a mysterious boy dressed in Revolutionary-period clothing to whom she is inexplicably attracted. She soon finds herself torn between her feelings for this stranger named Quinn Avery and those for Benson. While trying to decide between them, Tavia discovers that she has special powers, that things are not what they seem, and that everything she thought she knew was a farce. This is an action-packed novel filled with longing and secrets. The characters are well developed and the narrative is easy to follow. At times, Tavia's vacillations are tediously drawn out, and Pike does take a while to get to the heart of the matter, but overall the story is compelling. Readers of supernatural romances will be clamoring for this one.-Kristyn Dorfman, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NYα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.