The Islands at the End of the World (Islands at the End of the World Series)

Author: Aslan, Austin

Brand: Ember

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 384

Release Date: 04-08-2015

Details: Product Description
In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. 
   A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo.


Praise for Islands at the End of the World:“A riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home.”--
School Library Journal, Starred

"Aslan’s debut honors Hawaii’s unique cultural strengths--family ties and love of home, amplified by geography and history--while remaining true to a genre that affirms the mysterious grandeur of the universe waiting to be discovered."--
Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."--
School Library Journal, Starred
Review
Kirkus starred review, May 15, 2014:“A suspenseful and engaging series opener made all the more distinctive through its careful realization of setting.”

School Library Journal starred review, June 2014:“Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."


Publishers Weekly starred review, August 15, 2014:“Debut author Aslan shows off his promise as a writer, delivering a fresh, of-the-moment take on apocalyptic fiction […] it's an exceptional adventure and survival story that's intimately tied to its setting.”
About the Author
Austin Aslan was inspired to write his debut novel,
The Islands at the End of the World, while living on the Big Island of Hawaii. He earned a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. His research on rare Hawaiian plants located on the high slopes of Mauna Loa won him a pair of destroyed hiking boots, a tattered rain jacket, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He lives outside Tucson, Arizona, deep in the Sonoran Desert, where he pets scorpions and hugs saguaro cacti with his high-school-sweetheart wife and their two young children. Austin is pursuing a PhD in geography at the University of Arizona and thinking up new stories while conducting ecosystem resilience research atop the Peruvian Andes. He continues to write fiction and looks forward to the publication of this novel’s sequel,
The Girl at the Center of the World.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER 1
Sunday, April 26
They’ve been getting bigger all evening. This one might be too big, but I can’t be choosy. Dad’s waiting on the bluff, arms crossed. I lie down on my board and drive my arms through the water.
No sweat. Just relax.
“Geev’um, Lei!” shouts Tami.
The wave is coming like a train. I paddle fiercely, though the life vest rubs my upper arms raw.
The wave pulls on me, hungry. For once my timing is perfect. The wave surges under me; I catch the break and spring up on the board.
Two seniors on their boards shoot me the stink-eye as I wobble past. One snickers. The life jacket feels like a straitjacket. I nearly tumble backward off the board but catch my balance.
I kick my back leg to the left and angle the board to the right, feeling a rush of speed. I dart between a keiki bodyboarder and a lazy green sea turtle, finally sinking back into the water as the wave dies. I turn to salute Tami, who’s bobbing out past the first breaks. Her honey-blond corkscrews bounce even when wet.
“Next week!” I shout.
“Nice one, girl!” she yells back. “Aloha! Enjoy the north shore!”
All next week I’ll be in Honolulu, on the isl

EAN: 9780385744034

Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English