Get plenty this one won't stay on the shelves. There are no notes about cultural sources, but an extended conversation between (fictional) YA authors explores these issues, offering a few perspectives on respect and appropriateness. Westerfeld deftly and subtly captures Darcy's immature authorial voice, even including a few underdeveloped plot points that differentiate it from his own polished prose. Printz Award) that will have librarians grinning in delight. In addition to the details of the fully realized story worlds-and that's worlds plural, as this is a busy book, with content drawn from Gujarati culture and Indian religion-this book includes romantic entanglements, a charming lesbian love story, terrorism and justice, and insider references to the YA publishing and literature scene (including several references to the Michael L. Westerfeld masterfully creates two divergent reading experiences (YA romance and fantasy horror) with two distinct yet believable voices in Darcy and Lizzie-and, somehow, makes them mesh into one cohesive novel. Meanwhile, in chapters that alternate with Darcy's NYC adventures, her fictional protagonist, Lizzie, survives a near-death experience to find she has become a psychopomp, responsible for guiding souls to the afterlife. Review Quotes *STARRED REVIEW* Eighteen-year-old Darcy drops her college plans and moves to New York to revise her soon-to-bepublished novel and start the second one. Like Darcy, Lizzie too falls in love.until a new threat resurfaces, and her special gifts may not be enough to protect those she cares about most. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead, and where many unsolved-and terrifying-stories need to be reconciled.
Woven into Darcy's personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love. But lucky for Darcy, she's taken under the wings of other seasoned and fledgling writers who help her navigate the city and the world of writing and publishing. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes.
Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. About the Book From a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and winner of the 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Fiction ("Leviathan") comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel about the parallels between a young writer and the heroine of her story.īook Synopsis From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel that you won't be able to put down.
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