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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-100759555052
ISBN-139780759555051
eBay Product ID (ePID)21050081230
Product Key Features
Book TitleElysium Girls
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicAction & Adventure / General, General, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorKate Pentecost
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2020-455839
Reviews"Pentecost's ambitious Dust Bowl-inspired dystopia pulses with dramatic scenes.... Captivating."-- Publishers Weekly, "Readers who enjoy apocalypse-infused danger will enjoy this neo-Westernized dystopian world filled with the good and evil magic of witches and demons, LGBTQ romance, steampunked mechanics, and hero moments."-- SLJ, "The dystopian Western setting is enticing, the girl power is undeniable, and this high-concept adventure has all the right ingredients."-- Booklist
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromNinth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisA lush, dazzlingly original young adult fantasy about an epic clash of witches, gods, and demons. Elysium, Oklahoma, is a town like any other. Respectable. God-fearing. Praying for an end to the Dust Bowl. Until the day the people of Elysium are chosen by two sisters: Life and Death. And the Sisters like to gamble against each other with things like time, and space, and human lives. Elysium is to become the gameboard in a ruthless competition between the goddesses. The Dust Soldiers will return in ten years' time, and if the people of Elysium have not proved themselves worthy, all will be slain. Nearly ten years later, seventeen-year-old Sal Wilkinson is called upon to lead Elysium as it prepares for the end of the game. But then an outsider named Asa arrives at Elysium's gates with nothing more than a sharp smile and a bag of magic tricks, and they trigger a terrible accident that gets both Sal and Asa exiled into the brutal Desert of Dust and Steel. There Sal and Asa stumble upon a gang of girls headed by another exile: a young witch everyone in Elysium believes to be dead. As the apocalypse looms, they must do more than simply tip the scales in Elysium's favor -- only by reinventing the rules can they beat Life and Death at their own game in this exciting fantasy debut.