Guardians (33 page)

SUSAN KIM & LAURENCE KLAVAN
cowrote the graphic novels
City of Spies
and
Brain Camp
.

Susan is also a five-time Emmy nominee for her work in children's television and a Writers Guild Award winner for best documentary. She wrote the stage adaptation of Amy Tan's
The Joy Luck Club
, teaches writing at Goddard College, and is a blogger for the Huffington Post. When she was growing up, her family moved a lot, and the combination of being a) shy, b) the constant new kid, and c) the only Asian meant she was often picked on. In
Guardians
, she explores her thoughts and feelings about not just bullies but how others deal with them . . . and learn to stand up for themselves.

Laurence has also written the novels
The Cutting Room,
The Shooting Script
, and the Edgar Award–winning
Mrs. White
and a short-story collection,
The Family Unit and Other Fantasies
. He received two Drama Desk nominations for the book and lyrics to
Bed and Sofa
, a musical produced by New York's Vineyard Theatre. Laurence was the baby in his family, the youngest of four brothers; even his twin brother was two minutes older. He learned that having little expected of you can be a source of power. So does Esther in
Guardians
: she has to finally accept being a leader of people before it's too late. She
is
sixteen, after all.

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GUARDIANS
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Kim, Susan.

Guardians / Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan.

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Summary: “In a world where teens die at nineteen and disease is rampant, Esther and her allies have created a haven within the District, the gleaming skyscraper that has become the center of all commerce; but as factions form and dangerous power emerges, the ultimate darkness is born from greed and Esther must save the citizens from themselves”— Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-211857-8 (hardback)

EPub Edition © February 2015 ISBN 9780062118592

1. Science Fiction—Juvenile Literature. 2. Action & Adventure / Survival Stories—Juvenile Literature. [1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Virus diseases—Fiction. 3.Mutation (Biology)—Fiction. 4. Science fiction.] I. Klavan, Laurence.

PZ7.K55992 Gu 2015

2014027406

[Fic]—dc23

CIP

AC

15 16 17 18 19   
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/
RRDH
    10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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