New book news!  Coming this October 2012, the first in a 4-book YA sci-fi/fantasy series for Disney-Hyperion, called Beta.

In a world constructed to absolute perfection, imperfection is difficult to understand—and impossible to hide.

Elysia is a clone, created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of teenaged clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to be created.

Elysia’s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air there induces a strange, euphoric high that only the island’s workers—soulless clones like Elysia—are immune to.

At first, Elysia’s new life on this island paradise is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne’s human residents, the most privileged people in the world who should want for nothing, yearn. And, she comes to realize that beneath its flawless exterior, there is an undercurrent of discontent amongst Demesne’s worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care—so why are overpowering sensations clouding Elysia’s mind?

If anyone discovers that Elysia isn’t the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When Elysia’s one chance at happiness is ripped away from her with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she’s always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.

Here’s a recent blog interview I did about the book should you be so interested.  I’m super excited for this new venture and can’t wait to share these books with you.

Meanwhile, my latest collaboration with Mr. Levithan, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, is now available in paperback. It’s a Christmas-themed book written in dual narrations.   Some nice coverage of the book here:  NY Daily News, USA Today and The Huffington Post.  And, potentially exciting movie news!

Additionally, my latest solo book, Very LeFreak, is now available in paperback.  It’s about a college girl whose addiction to technology gets her sent to rehab.  It’s a very dear book to me and I hope you enjoy it!  Check out the book trailer:

Books I’m excited about include Patricia McCormick‘s forthcoming Never Fall Down, which is seriously amazing, and Megan McCafferty‘s Thumped, the follow-up to her brilliant Bumped, and Melina Marchetta‘s latest fantasy Froi of the Exiles (I super fangirl her writing).  What I’m obsessing over right now:  Paulie Gee’s pizza, the Hunger Games movie and books, Revenge, and hoping you will like Beta!

Happy reading, as always, and thanks for stopping by!

Cheers,

Rachel

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