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News & Features » April 2015 » SALE: Changers Book One: Drew and Pills and Starships, only $0.99 on iBooks!

SALE: Changers Book One: Drew and Pills and Starships, only $0.99 on iBooks!

This month marks the release of Changers Book Two: Oryon, the second installment in T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper’s mind- (and body-) bending fantasy series for young readers, and The Shark Curtain, a powerful and unique look into a young creative mind by debut novelist Chris Scofield.

To celebrate the release of our two latest YA titles, you can get Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper and Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet for only .99¢ from April 14–April 28 exclusively on Apple as part of Apple’s Dystopian YA promotion. Click the links above to purchase.

Additionally, Changers Book One: Drew is available for only $1.99 until the end of the month wherever e-books are sold — including Nook, GooglePlay, Amazon Kindle, and Kobo. (Don’t forget to support your local independent bookstore with your Kobo purchase! A full list of participating Kobo partners can be found at IndieBound.)

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ChangersBookOneDrew_CurrentPRAISE FOR Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper

Changers should appeal to a broad demographic. Teenagers, after all, are the world’s leading experts on trying on, and then promptly discarding, new identities.” —New York Times Book Review

“‘Selfie’ backlash has begun: The Unselfie project wants to help people quit clogging social media with pictures of themselves and start capturing the intriguing world around them.” —O, the Oprah Magazine on the We Are Changers Unselfie project

Included in School Library Journal’sWhat’s Hot in YA” Roundup

“This is more than just a ‘message’ book about how we all need to be more understanding of each other. The imaginative premise is wrapped around a moving story about gender, identity, friendship, bravery, rebellion vs. conformity, and thinking outside the box.” —School Library Journal

“A thought-provoking exploration of identity, gender, and sexuality . . . an excellent read for any teens questioning their sense of self or gender.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A fresh and charmingly narrated look at teens and gender.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Everyone should read this, regardless of age. The book discusses important topics about growing into your skin (literally and physically), and gender identity . . . Go get a copy of this right now.” —Huffington Post

“Changing bodies, developing personalities, forays into adult activities—where was this book circa the early 2000s when I needed it? But something tells me my adult self will learn a thing or to from it as well.” —Barnes & Noble Blog/Indie Books Roundup

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PillsAndStarshipsPRAISE FOR Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet

Pills and Starships, the first young adult novel by Lydia Millet, offers one thrillingly scary scenario . . . There is much here to enjoy.” —Washington Post

“A deep read, but fast; it lingers in your mind long after it’s been read.” —New York Journal of Books

“In the remaining wilderness of the Big Island, though, lurk people and terrain that may or may not spell constructive revolution and optimism for Sam, Nat and the planet’s leftovers. Risk-takers both, they have decisions to make.” —Center for Fiction, Junior edition

Shortlisted for the 2015 NatGen Green Earth Book Award

“Millet’s dense novel has more in common with philosophy than with fantasy . . . Millet, never a writer to settle into predictable patterns, manages to find beauty in ugly places . . . this is the best thing about Millet’s work: it makes you notice the small details of the natural world, makes you recognize those details as holy.”—The Rumpus

“By no means is [dystopia] composed of only novice authors. We can’t wait for Pulitzer Prize-nominated Lydia Millet’s upcoming novel, Pills and Starships, set in a world where babies are illegal.”—Glamour

“Killer first lines are like gold dust and this is a doozy: There was a time, not long ago, when it was illegal to kill people.”—LitReactor

Posted: Apr 14, 2015

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