No Turning Back -- Young Adult Contemporary
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The punishment for a seventh-grade dropout runaway is probably pretty harsh, but Ash Barker doesn't care. She can’t waste time or emotions on anyone but her
brother, Matt. They were placed in separate foster homes, so Ash runs away to
find him. If she fails, she’s headed back to juvenile detention.
Everything is going right on schedule until two kids, Dayna
and Kevin, barge into her hideout -- which just happens to be in their house.
She ditches the pair fast, but can’t stop thinking about those bruised, skinny
kids.
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Hearts On Fire Reviews -- 4 stars
". . .the characters were well-written, developed, and the situations were very real."
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"A gripping story that pulls no punches for young teens and preteens who might be considering running away, No Turning Back is also an eye-opener for adults who know young runaways or teens contemplating striking out on their own." -- Windy City Times
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The Divide, Book 1: Uprising -- YA Dystopia
This book has been entered in the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards. For a full lists of entries, click here.
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During the Second Civil War, a new U.S. political party called the Family Protection Movement established The Divide, which separates so-called Normal people from those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
Seventeen-year-old Serenity Blackwater lives in the normal Midwestern town of Mapleville, but
she is not normal. She hacks into an illegal gay chat room and meets Dawn, a lesbian who lives in a gay community less than a mile away . . . .
Excerpt from ad in Windy City Times: "Award-winning author Kim Flowers presents a diverse cast of
multi-racial characters across the GLBT spectrum in a dystopian US, 200 years in the future.
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Windy City Times -- "Serenity's statement that 'joining a secret rebellion against the government seems less dangerous than telling my mom and dad I'm a lesbian' will likely strike a chord with queer teens in homophobic families. Her struggle to reconcile her faith in God with the teachings of a church that condemns homosexuality addresses teens in religious communities. . . . The Divide has the potential to bring LGBTQ stories to new audiences . . ."
Hearts on Fire Reviews -- 4 stars
"This is a well written young adult story with action and budding romance and you cannot help but admire Serenity wanting to blend the two sides of her life, even when her parents utter words thatmake it seem inevitable what she will face if they find out the truth, and involving herself with HEO threatens her new
relationship with Dawn. . . Another great read from Ms. Flowers and I think it will be interesting to see
where this series goes from here."
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The Divide, Book 2: Unity--YA Dystopia
Paperback will release March 30.
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The revolution has begun, and 18-year-old Malaki Cheyenne is spying on the U.S. government.
In the midst of training on a rebel military base, Malaki can’t decide whether she wants to be in infantry or intelligence. She is also torn between her feelings for three girls, including Serenity Blackwater, who left on a refugee plane to The Nation of California Islands. Malaki is impatient at being low-ranked, but raises her status by creating a program to deactivate U.S. military drones. The base gets attacked after the government finds out members have allied themselves with the revolutionary Human Equality Organization. Malaki is captured and taken to a detainment center, where the same man who tortured Serenity last year says he’s going to convert Malaki from Gay to Normal. Malaki is beaten and starved, and forced to undergo experimental injections which are supposed to change her mind and body so she fits into the mold of what the government says is “normal.”
The rebels who survived the raid at the military base are imprisoned in the crumbling remains of an old Gay
Community, living under the watch of guards with no means of contacting the outside world. Meanwhile, Serenity and the other California refugees are under nuclear assault, waiting out the attack in underground bunkers.
Malaki learns secrets about government which will end The Divide, if only she can get out of prison ... and if she doesn’t go insane from brutal torture. Will Malaki be able to free herself from her captors? Will any of her friends survive this war?
Paperback will release March 30.
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The revolution has begun, and 18-year-old Malaki Cheyenne is spying on the U.S. government.
In the midst of training on a rebel military base, Malaki can’t decide whether she wants to be in infantry or intelligence. She is also torn between her feelings for three girls, including Serenity Blackwater, who left on a refugee plane to The Nation of California Islands. Malaki is impatient at being low-ranked, but raises her status by creating a program to deactivate U.S. military drones. The base gets attacked after the government finds out members have allied themselves with the revolutionary Human Equality Organization. Malaki is captured and taken to a detainment center, where the same man who tortured Serenity last year says he’s going to convert Malaki from Gay to Normal. Malaki is beaten and starved, and forced to undergo experimental injections which are supposed to change her mind and body so she fits into the mold of what the government says is “normal.”
The rebels who survived the raid at the military base are imprisoned in the crumbling remains of an old Gay
Community, living under the watch of guards with no means of contacting the outside world. Meanwhile, Serenity and the other California refugees are under nuclear assault, waiting out the attack in underground bunkers.
Malaki learns secrets about government which will end The Divide, if only she can get out of prison ... and if she doesn’t go insane from brutal torture. Will Malaki be able to free herself from her captors? Will any of her friends survive this war?