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Featured book: Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. Discover secrets and histories of characters you’ve followed for three volumes and meet new heroes, new foes, and. The drought-or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it-has been going on for a while now. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shustermanreturns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. He’s co-written his latest novel, Roxy, with his son, Jarrod Shusterman, and they join us on the show to talk about collaborating with family, connecting with their readers through story, creating unforgettable characters and more. Neal Shustermanalong with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. You know, I think when we write things that ask the reader to rise to the level of the writing, and the level of the ideas behind the writing, they will do it, and they will appreciate not being talked down to.” Acclaimed, prize-winning author Neal Shusterman continues to thrill readers of all ages with his series books like Scythe and Unwind, and standalones. And then the parent would say, I never knew my kid thought that deeply. Rameys-Isaac, a soccer player thrown into Roxy's orbit by a bad fall and a bad doctor and Ivy, his older sister, whose increasing frustration with her untreated ADHD leads her to renew her acquaintance with Addy.“One of the comments that I've often gotten from parents who say, my son read Scythe, or my daughter read, Unwind, and made me read it, because they wanted to talk to me about it. Drawn by what the drugs offer-tempted to take that step past helpful to harmful.and the troubled places that lie beyond. And you are only human, dazzled by the lights and music. The wager-a contest to see who can bring their mark to 'the Party' first-is a race to the bottom of a rave that has raged since the beginning of time. The victim of the bet between two manufactured gods: the seductive and lethal Roxy (Oxycontin), who is at the top of her game, and the smart, high-achieving Addison (Adderall), who is tired of being the helpful one, and longs for a more dangerous, less wholesome image. Yet there you are, in the fifth house on the left, fighting for your life. Construction has already started, pushing toward this corridor of condemned houses and cracked concrete with the momentum of the inevitable. From the team that brought you the New York Times bestselling Dry comes a 'gritty and unflinching' (Booklist) thriller that proves when gods play games, even love is a lie.The freeway is coming.

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