| Solstice Contributor(s): Hoover, P. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765334690 ISBN-13: 9780765334695 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - General - Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013003721 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.5" (1.37 lbs) 382 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 165261 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Piper's world is dying. Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles which threaten to destroy the Earth. Amid this Global Heating Crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom. Piper discovers a universe she never knew existed--a sphere of gods and monsters--and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth--her very identity.... An imaginative melding of mythology and dystopia, Solstice is the first YA novel by talented newcomer P. J. Hoover. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hoover, P. J.: - P. J. (Tricia) Hoover wanted to be a Jedi, but when that didn't work out, she became an electrical engineer instead. After a fifteen year bout designing computer chips for a living, P. J. decided to start creating worlds of her own. She's the author of Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life, featuring a fourteen-year-old King Tut who's stuck in middle school, andSolstice, a super-hot twist on the Hades/Persephone myth. When not writing, P. J. spends time with her husband and two kids and enjoys practicing kung fu, solving Rubik's cubes, watching Star Trek, and playing too many video games. |