#alone out here

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There is something empty in me, a kind of deprivation as acute and familiar as hunger.

Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate

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hey friends!! my April release, ALONE OUT HERE, is currently available to request on netgalley :) if you would like to read for free and early, you can request to do so here.

if you're unfamiliar with netgalley, it boils down to: free books! it really helps authors and publishers to have some (hopefully good) reviews circulating online before a book comes out. "buzz," and whatnot.

so, if you have an instagram or a blog or a twitter or a goodreads, it may be worth the publisher's while to send you a free copy if you leave a review! i would personally love it if y'all got to read for free!!

thanks, and hope you check it out :D 🚀🚀🚀 ALONE OUT HERE is a YA sci-fi thriller best described as Lord of the Flies in space. In 2072, the US’s First Daughter and 52 other teenagers wind up on the only ship escaping a dying Earth. Will they be able to build a new society, or will they repeat their parents’ mistakes? Due from Disney Hyperion April 5th, 2022.

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Title: Alone Out Here | Author: Riley Redgate | Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (2022)

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April TBR Pile

As the weather warms and the trees bloom in my area, I've been looking forward to reading outdoors on a park bench or pulling up a chair to my open window. A lot of exciting YA books by BIPOC authors came out in April (especially April 5th!) so I have a lot of reading to catch up on. Here's what's at the top of my April TBR pile:

Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta It is a truth universally acknowledged that Leela Bose plays to win. A life-long speech competitor, Leela loves nothing more than crushing the competition, all while wearing a smile. But when she meets the incorrigible Firoze Darcy, a debater from an elitist private school, Leela can’t stand him. Unfortunately, he’ll be competing in the state league, so their paths are set to collide.

But why attempt to tolerate Firoze when Leela can one-up him? The situation is more complicated than Leela anticipated, though, and her participation in the tournament reveals that she might have tragically misjudged the debaters — including Firoze Darcy — and more than just her own winning streak is at stake…her heart is, too.

Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world’s leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus, a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the tour are the only ones to escape the planet.

This is the new world: a starship loaded with a catalog of human artifacts, a frozen menagerie of animal DNA, and fifty-three terrified survivors. From the panic arises a coalition of leaders, spearheaded by the pilot’s enigmatic daughter, Eli, who takes the wheel in their hunt for a habitable planet. But as isolation presses in, their uneasy peace begins to fracture. The struggle for control will mean the difference between survival and oblivion, and Leigh must decide whether to stand on the side of the mission or of her own humanity.

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of a tumultuous history unspooling like thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire.

They were best friends. Until they became more. Their affections grew. Until the blurry lines became dangerous. Over the course of a single day, the depth of their past, the confusion of their present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed. And the girls will learn that hearts, like flames, aren’t so easily tamed.

It starts with a fire. How will it end?

We'd love to hear from you! What are you reading this month? What books are you looking forward to that are launching in May? Comment and let us know!

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2022 reads // twitter thread

Alone Out Here

when the earth's volcanos erupt earlier than predicted, a group of teens who were touring a facility preparing a space fleet are launched into space away from an apocalyptic earth

international cast

yearning for earth

lord of the flies esque (a little, not entirely)