Time Zero - Cohagan, Carolyn
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Women banned from education. Husbands chosen by parents. Does one New York teen have the courage to stand against oppression? "A compelling, unexpected, thrilling read that elevates the young adult genre with smart and ground-breaking social commentary." -Elizabeth Banks, "Effie Trinket" from The Hunger Games Winner 2017 International Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. Manhattan, 2119. Fifteen-year-old Mina Clark hides her heresy to protect her family's honor. And in a world where women are second-class citizens and young brides are sold to the highest bidder, only Mina's beloved grandmother…mehr

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Women banned from education. Husbands chosen by parents. Does one New York teen have the courage to stand against oppression? "A compelling, unexpected, thrilling read that elevates the young adult genre with smart and ground-breaking social commentary." -Elizabeth Banks, "Effie Trinket" from The Hunger Games Winner 2017 International Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. Manhattan, 2119. Fifteen-year-old Mina Clark hides her heresy to protect her family's honor. And in a world where women are second-class citizens and young brides are sold to the highest bidder, only Mina's beloved grandmother secretly fuels her forbidden love of reading. But when Nana is rushed to the hospital, Mina races to grab hold of the illegal materials before authorities come knocking. Confronted by her horrid, spoiled brat betrothed, Mina commits an act of disobedience that could threaten everything she holds dear. Fearing for her life, she teams up with her fiancé's handsome bodyguard to follow the clues hidden in Nana's Primer to the heart of the Manhattan underground. Can Mina unravel the mystery and fight for her freedom? Time Zero is the first book in an eye-opening dystopian YA trilogy. If you like determined heroines, suspenseful action, and a harrowing glimpse of the future, then you'll love Carolyn Cohagan's award-winning novel. Buy Time Zero to join the uprising today!
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Carolyn Cohagan began her writing career on the stage. She has performed stand-up and one-woman shows at festivals around the world from Adelaide to Edinburgh. Her first novel, "The Lost Children," became part of the Scholastic Book Club in 2011 and was nominated for a 2014 Massachusetts Children's Book Award. Her Young Adult novel "Time Zero" was the winner of the 2017 Readers Favorite Award and the 2017 International Book Award. She lives in Austin, where she is the founder of Girls With Pens, a creative writing organization dedicated to fostering the individual voices and offbeat imaginations of kids ages 8-16.