Nine
HarperCollins · Paperback · March 17, 2020
In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp speculative mystery asks what reinvention costs when death becomes policy.
- Genres
- YA Dystopian Fiction, YA Science Fiction, YA Mysteries
- Published
- HarperCollins, March 17, 2020
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In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret. In an alternate world startlingly close to our own, humans have nine lives—and they can’t wait to use them up. The government has death incentives aimed at controlling overpopulation. As you shed lives, you shed your awkward phases: one death is equal to one physical and mental upgrade.
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Julian’s friends are obsessed with the idea of burning, but Julian is determined to stay on his first life for as long as he can. His mother burned too fast and inflicted a debilitating rebirth sickness on herself. Julian realizes that he’s going to have to burn at some point—especially when he becomes a target for Nicholas, the manipulative leader of the Burners, the school’s suicide club. And when Julian eventually succumbs, he uncovers suspicious gaps in the rebirth system that may explain exactly why his mother went so far down the rabbit hole years ago. Along with a group of student dissenters, Julian sets out to find answers and is soon on the verge of exposing the greatest conspiracy ever unleashed on the world.
Second Chances, Strange Costs
A sharp speculative mystery asks what reinvention costs when death becomes policy.
Come here for
- A near-familiar dystopia where each death promises a physical and mental upgrade
- A school-club threat threaded with questions about the rebirth system
Expect
- Uneasy questions about self-improvement, social pressure, and who controls the rules
- A mystery that turns a strange premise into a conspiracy
Where it sits
| YA Dystopian Fiction | 87% |
|---|---|
| YA Science Fiction | 67% |
| YA Mysteries | 54% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- YA Dystopian Fiction
- YA Family Stories
- Dark YA Fantasy
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- YA Science Fiction
- Bullying for Teens
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Authors
- Zach Hines
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 17, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men