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The Emmy Award nominee and Edgar Award-winning duo return readers to the postapocalyptic teen world, the Wasteland, in this thrilling sequel. Bestselling author of Criminal, Karen Slaughter, called Wasteland "a Lord of the Flies for future generations. An irresistible page-turner."The former citizens of Prin are running out of time. The Source has been destroyed, so food is scarcer than ever. Tensions are rising . . . and then an earthquake hits.With heart-pounding adventure and suspense, the stakes are even higher for Esther, Caleb, and the rest of their clan. They're pinning all their hopes on the road . . . but what if it's the most dangerous place of all?
About the Author
SUSAN KIM is currently writing a YA trilogy with her partner, Laurence Klavan. The first volume, WASTELAND, will be published by HarperCollins in March 2013; it will be followed by WANDERERS and GUARDIANS. In addition, she has written graphic novels, documentaries, plays, short stories, and children's TV. She wrote two graphic novels, CITY OF SPIES (artwork by Pascal Dizin) and BRAIN CAMP (artwork by Faith Erin Hicks) , both with Laurence Klavan. FLOW: THE CULTURAL STORY OF MENSTRUATION, her first non-fiction book, was co-written with graphic designer Elissa Stein.
Her stage adaptation of Amy Tan's THE JOY LUCK CLUB has been produced internationally. She has also written many darkly comic one-acts which have been produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City and around the country; GUTS was also produced as a short film which was shown on PBS. DREAMTIME FOR ALICE and MEMENTO MORI are available from Dramatists Play Service and Farrar Strauss. She wrote and co-produced the documentary, IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST; the DVD is available from amazon.com and netflix.
She has also written more episodes of children's TV than you could imagine possible for series such as ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK, ARTHUR, READING RAINBOW, HANDY MANNY, DRAGON TALES, and a zillion others.
