Just got the Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs to those in the know) of my upcoming book from Walker, SPLIT, and they look totally fantastic! This puppy won’t be out until March of 2010, but above is a sneak peak at the cover. This will be my third hardcover from Walker Books for Young Readers, following Teen,Inc, and Rule of Won.
SPLIT takes a slighter darker tone gearing it more toward the older end of the teen readership. It’s similar, in some ways to my first YA effort, the TimeTripper series from Razorbill.
The back cover copy puts it nicely:
Wade Jackson had always felt split, his love for playing and writing music versus his ambition to do well in school. But when his mother dies, this need for order competes with his desire to leave it all behind. What follows is a split in consciousness that takes him to two very different worlds.
Told in alternating chapters that uniquely explore the butterfly effect of these two choices, SPLIT follows each Wade as he pursues what he thinks is the correct path. One Wade continues working hard in school, pulling all-nighters to write a computer code he believes will save the world. The other Wade pursues the dream of being a dive-bar singer, pulling all-nighters to party, gamble, and live on the edge.
But when these worlds begin to collide, each Wade will need to find a balance between control and abandon, order and chaos, life missed and life lost, in order to save himself.
That’s SPLIT in a nutshell! More to come in 2010, which, by the way is shaping up to be a big year for me, publishing-wise. In addition to SPLIT, I’ll have two other books out from major publishers. Later.
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