Wed, June 27, 2012
Waiting on When We Wake by Karen Healey
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
When We Wake
By Karen Healey
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 304 pages
To be released March 5, 2013
My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy.
Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027 – she’s happiest when playing the guitar, she’s falling in love for the first time, and she’s joining her friends to protest the wrongs of the world: environmental collapse, social discrimination, and political injustice.
But on what should have been the best day of Tegan’s life, she dies – and wakes up a hundred years in the future, locked in a government facility with no idea what happened.
Tegan is the first government guinea pig to be cryonically frozen and successfully revived, which makes her an instant celebrity – even though all she wants to do is try to rebuild some semblance of a normal life. But the future isn’t all she hoped it would be, and when appalling secrets come to light, Tegan must make a choice: Does she keep her head down and survive, or fight for a better future?
Award-winning author Karen Healey has created a haunting, cautionary tale of an inspiring protagonist living in a not-so-distant future that could easily be our own.
— Amazon.com description
YES. THIS. There’s so many intriguing things about this book description, that I just know I’m going to HAVE to read it!
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Sash from Sash and Em said:
ADDED to my wishlist. Love the sound of this one.
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Fara @ Tumbling In Books said:
Other than the synopsis I TOTALLY LOVE that cover! That ice on eyes. A-MAZING. Awesome pick!
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Grad Student @ Young Adult Fiction and Whiskey Sours said:
YES and YES. Sounds amazing. Why is March 2013 so far away!?
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Tara @ Hobbitsies said:
UHMM yes. I think I’m going to have to read this for sure.
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Kathryn @ Clean Teen Fiction said:
Wow! That sounds really interesting and disturbing.
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Sarah @ Y.A. Love said:
The synopsis for this makes me think of Shatter Me and Across the Universe. Thank for featuring it!
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Cecelia said:
The idea of being cyrogenically frozen has creeped me out in a major way ever since that Pedro Almodovar film… but this book sounds wonderful all the same. Chilling, but wonderful. Nice pick!
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Christina Booktasty said:
I’ve heard a little about this book before and I think it sounds pretty cool. The cover creeps me
out though (I dislike super close ups).
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Becki @ TheFlutterbyRoom said:
This book definitley sounds like it has potential to be really interesting. Great pick!
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Gretchen @ My Life is a Notebook said:
Oh, I hadn’t heard of this one before! THANK YOU! *goes to add to Goodreads*
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Nikki said:
Ooooh. This sounds fascinating, and I love the cover. Definitely joining you in the wait for this book!!
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Anna @ Literary Exploration said:
Ohhhhh this definitely sounds like a good one!!!! I will forsure have to add it to my wishlist
Thanks for sharing!!
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Tara said:
You know I love me some government conspiracies so I HAVE to read this!
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Julia @ That Hapa Chick said:
The premise of this one is so cool! Definitely adding it to my TBR list.
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Magan @ Rather Be Reading said:
A big dose of YES, PLEASE to this book. Thanks for sharing! Consider it added to my TBR list on Goodreads.
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