Título: Flying: A Novel (Flying Series, 1)
Autor: Carrie Jones
Sinopse: New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones introduces sassy alien-hunting cheerleader Mana in Flying, the launch of a sparkling new YA Science Fiction series.
People have always treated seventeen-year-old Mana as someone in need of protection. She's used to being coddled, being an only child, but it's hard to imagine anything could ever happen in her small-town, normal life. As her mother's babying gets more stifling than ever, she's looking forward to cheering at the big game and getting out of the house for a while.
But that night, Mana's life goes haywire.
First, the hot guy she's been crushing on at school randomly flips out and starts spitting acid during the game. Then they get into a knockdown, drag-out fight in the locker room, during which Mana finds herself leaping around like a kangaroo on steroids. As a flyer on the cheerleading squad, she's always been a good jumper, but this is a bit much. By the time she gets home and finds her house trashed and an alien in the garage, Mana starts to wonder if her mother had her reasons for being overprotective.
It turns out, Mana's frumpy, timid mom is actually an alien hunter, and now she's missing--taking a piece of technology with her that everyone wants their hands on, both human and alien. Now her supposed partner, a guy that Mana has never met or heard of (and who seems way too young and way too arrogant to be hunting aliens), has shown up, ordering Mana to come with him. Now, on her own for the first time, Mana will have to find a way to save her mother--and maybe the world--and hope she's up to the challenge.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Flying: A Novel (Flying Series, 1)”, de Carrie Jones, publicado pela editora Tor Teen, em 2017 e com 256 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Tor Teen
Páginas: 256
Ano: 2017-08-15
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0765336596
ISBN13: 9780765336590
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Tor Teen costumam explorar universos juvenis onde o extraordinário e o cotidiano se entrelaçam com intensidade. Nas narrativas, personagens adolescentes enfrentam dilemas que vão do sobrenatural à intriga social, frequentemente em cenários que misturam fantasia, mistério e aventura. O ritmo das histórias varia entre o suspense crescente e momentos de humor ou reflexão, criando uma experiência de leitura que combina tensão e identificação emocional. O catálogo revela uma predileção por protagonistas que desafiam expectativas, sejam eles jovens com poderes incomuns, investigadoras amadoras em meio a rivalidades, ou heróis em mundos históricos ou distópicos.
