Emmy Laybourne

Your mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don't thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not -- you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner. Only, if it's the last time you'll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you'd stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus. But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran ... Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. In this novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world -- as they know it -- apart.

Monument 14

"She has lost sixty pounds in just over six weeks! With no side effects." Li Jing knows that her research, the weight-loss compound she's developed, will change millions and millions of lives. Any risk is worth it to succeed. Unfortunately, the school board doesn't agree, and Li Jing has been expelled with a permanent black mark on her record that will keep her from ever getting a PhD... Apparently conducting unauthorized trials on human subjects is frowned upon-no matter how willing the subject was or how well the compound worked. Author Emmy Laybourne shares the chilling story behind the miracle weight-loss drug, SOLU, in this prequel story to her new novel SWEET.

A Prequel Short Story to Sweet

Expelled

«Spaventosamente realistico e avvincente.» The New York Times Hunger Games ha trovato il suo erede Intrappolati in un supermercato, i fratelli Dean e Alex hanno dovuto imparare a sopravvivere. Insieme ad altri dodici ragazzi hanno costruito un rifugio sicuro, lontano dal caos circostante. Ma questa fragile pace non è destinata a durare. Sapendo che le armi chimiche hanno reso tossica l’aria all’esterno, in grado di trasformare gli esseri umani in creature assetate di sangue, Dean decide di rimanere nel covo insieme con Astrid e alcuni dei ragazzi più piccoli, mentre Alex è determinato a uscire per ritrovare i genitori. Un piccolo gruppo si avventura così nell’oscurità e nella devastazione, approfittando del riparo temporaneo di uno scuolabus. Se riuscissero a raggiungere l’aeroporto di Denver, potrebbero forse ottenere una via per la salvezza. Ma il mondo là fuori è più spaventoso di quanto si sarebbero mai aspettati... Un’autrice da oltre 300.000 copie Il mondo là fuori è spietato e pronto a colpire «Spaventoso e affascinante.» New York Times «Ti lascia senza fiato.» Booklist «Un ritmo incalzante.» School Library Journal Emmy LaybourneÈ scrittrice, sceneggiatrice ed ex attrice. Il suo esordio nella narrativa, L’esercito dei 14 bambini, si è guadagnato il plauso della critica ed è entrato nella YALSA Teens’ Top Ten. La serie prosegue con Cielo in fiamme. Emmy vive nella periferia di New York City con il marito, due figli e nove galline.

L'esercito dei 14 bambini. Cielo in fiamme

Cielo in fiamme. L'esercito dei 14 bambini

Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope. Knowing that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a bloodthirsty rage monster, Dean decides to stay in the safety of the store with Astrid and some of the younger kids. But their sanctuary has already been breached once. . . . Meanwhile, Alex, determined to find their parents, heads out into the darkness and devastation with Niko and some others in a recently repaired school bus. If they can get to Denver International Airport, they might be evacuated to safety. But the outside world is even worse than they expected. . . . Monument 14: Sky on Fire is the second installment Emmy Laybourne's thrilling series.

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