New Releases by Alex London

The harrowing Search and Rescue series returns, this time following Ricky, a rescue dog digging through the rubble of Ground Zero to save who he can, and Cassie, a girl who will do anything to save her mother from the wreckage. Fifth grader Cassie has lived her whole life in Lower Manhattan. She knows every vendor, has explored every street, and as a New Yorker who''s seen everything, knows that nothing can surprise her anymore. That is, until the morning of September 11th, 2001. Cassie is in class when the first plane hits the North Tower, where her mother works. She can see the smoke from her classroom''s windows, can feel the building shake. Without thinking, she dashes out of school and heads to the towers. Cassie knows every inch of that building--if anyone can save her mother, it''s Cassie. But when the second plane hits, and the buildings come crashing down, it will take more than street smarts to survive. Meanwhile, NYPD rescue dog, Ricky, is a friend to all and hero to many. He''s in a training session when the first plane crashes, and must immediately spring into action. His task is to save as many people as he can find from the rubble. But as hope for survivors fades, he''ll have to learn that sometimes heroism means helping people pick up the pieces of what is already destroyed. Together, Cassie and Ricky will have to work to save who they can, and survive the darkest day in New York City history

What happens when a princess accidentally fractures her fairy tale by fleeing to the real world? Bestselling author Alex London turns classic fairy tales on their heads in this fast-paced, funny fantasy about friendship and facing your fears. For fans of The School for Good and Evil and the Never Afters series. Princess Rana loves her friends (all fellow fairy tale escapees), loves her school (the HEA, an academy for fairy tale royalty), and loves punk rock (the best music genre). But she does not love frogs . . . especially demanding frog princes who follow her home. Rana fled her story because of one frog prince in particular, and she has no plans of ever going back to that stuffy place full of rules. But then her frog prince shows up at the academy’s gate. And he’s not alone. Dozens of duplicate frog princes have followed him to the real world. Worse still, a shadowy monster is in hot pursuit, one that dissolves fairy tale characters into nothing, erasing their stories. To save everyone she cares about, Rana will have to do the one thing she vowed she''d never to do—return to her Once Upon Time. Acclaimed and bestselling author Alex London weaves together several beloved fairy tales in this fast-paced, funny, and slyly subversive adventure about figuring out who you want to be. The daring escapes, sinister monsters, familiar friends, and surprise twists will keep even reluctant readers glued to the pages. The Princess Protection Program is for fans of the Never Afters and the Descendants series, The School for Good and Evil, and the Fairly True Tales series.

“A delightful tongue-in-cheek twist on fairy tales and the magic school genre. Mixing the modern with the magical, author Alex London skewers popular fairy-tale tropes with a sharp wit and a loving, lighthearted touch, telling an empowering story where princesses learn to be their own fairy godmothers.” —Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good and Evil “A slick, sly, and clever love letter to fairy tales. The Princess Protection Program is a celebration of changing the narrative to fit the person you are and not the person people want you to be. It''s the fairy tale we need.” —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of Aru Shah and the End of Time “A clever and laugh-out-loud tale of friendship, magic, and princesses—and a prince—who learn to rewrite their own stories. Absolutely charming.” —Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After and Best Wishes series “A fast-paced, fun, and whimsical read about defining your own destiny.” —Claribel A. Ortega, New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlings series Where can a princess hide if her Ever After isn’t all that Happy? Bestselling author Alex London turns classic fairy tales on their heads in this fast-paced, funny fantasy about embracing change and taking control of your own story. For fans of the School for Good and Evil and the Chronicles of Never After series. Every fairy tale ends with its characters living happily ever after, right? A valiant prince quests long and hard to reach the castle where the sleeping princess lies. And with a kiss, he awakens her. But what if the princess does not think a kiss from a stranger is a very pleasant way to wake up? Yuck! When Rosamund flees her prince, a Door of Opportunity opens, and she steps through it to the Home Educational Academy (the HEA for short). Rosamund has found the Princess Protection Program, where fugitive fairy-tale princesses escape unwanted affections, untimely ends, and all the other perils of their stories. But the longer Rosamund lives in the real world, the more questions she has. Does anyone ever graduate from the HEA? Why doesn’t anyone seem to remember the former students? Is the kindly fairy headmistress all she appears to be? Is anyone? And the most important question of all: Can Rosamund change her story? Acclaimed and bestselling author Alex London weaves together several beloved fairy tales in this fast-paced, funny, and slyly subversive adventure about finding your place in the world.

As an artist demonstrates the strict rules for creating a still life painting, the painting disregards each one as it comes alive and tells its own story.

A taut and harrowing depiction of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the Pentagon, alternating between a boy caught in the chaos and the rescue dog who''s attempting to save him. Twelve-year-old Mikey is doing a school project on the Pentagon, where his father works as a civilian contractor. Mikey has been given special permission to visit his dad’s office and do some research on the facility, all for a class report. At first he finds the tour strangely tame -- until all the TVs across the office space begin showing the attacks on the Twin Towers. Like everyone, Mikey is transfixed and horrified by what he''s seeing. Then, the world around him explodes. Sage is an 18-month-old border collie and search-and-rescue dog. He’s been training since he was a young pup, and is eager for his first official mission. Sage is confident in his skills, perhaps even too confident. But today those skills will be put to a dire and tragic test. Thrust together on one of the darkest days in American history, Mikey and Sage are both are still young. But they''ll do everything they can to help -- and to survive.

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. Banished from Drakopolis to the desolate frontier town of Glassblower’s Gulch, Abel and his family must face a harsh new reality: life without dragons. Far from the lights and lizards of the megacity, Abel''s new home effectively bans the great beasts. Anyone caught smuggling dragons is hauled away by the ruthless sheriff and her fearsome deputies. They have the only dragons in town, and they run the dreaded dragon rodeo, which pits those who fall afoul of the sheriff’s “justice” against a wild dragon in a competition for their freedom. It''s dragon versus human and only one can win. Cut off from his friends and desperate to keep his fractious family together, Abel is determined not to break a single rule, even though the sheriff has it out for him. He''s going to be a model citizen. Then he discovers the baby wyvern. It’s a tiny, defenseless thing—and it definitely won’t survive without his help. Abel has made it his mission to aid any dragon that needs him. But what is he willing to risk for a baby wyvern in a town without mercy?

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. In the city of Drakopolis, dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the city''s garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and even compete in vicious underground battles for ganglike kins. But the dragons also compete in legal sports, like the spectacular aerial races that draw in cheering crowds by the tens of thousands. Abel is at just such a race when he witnesses the unthinkable. A long-shot competitor pulls off an impossible win -- then flies into a destructive rage! Someone in the city is experimenting on dragons: hacking their DNA, rebuilding their bodies, and breaking their minds. Who could be driving the dragons berserk? Abel must find out who''s behind the experiments and put a stop to them, and to do so he’ll infiltrate the kins’ underground street races on a long-shot dragon of his own. But with his sister working for a kin, his brother serving the city''s secret police, and a bully at school racing for Abel''s worst enemies, will Abel find any safety past the finish line?

Los mellizos Kylee y Brysen deben separarse por primera autor de vez en su vida. Kylee se refugia en el Castillo del Cielo, entrenándose con las Madres Búho para dominar a lengua hueca y a la letal águila fantasma. Pero en un clima de creciente intriga política, y el drama de la corte se cuela a través de las piedras del castillo como la sangre de una pluma rota. Cuando Kylee llama la atención de un siniestro y atractivo noble, comprende que, en política, cualquiera puede ser depredador y cualquiera, presa.Tras regresar a Seis Aldeas, Brysen se prepara para el ataque de los kartamis. Las Aldeas se han convertido en la primera línea de defensa de Uztar, y los refugiados están acudiendo desde las llanuras. Pero su llegada pone al descubierto los instintos más oscuros de los aldeanos y provoca esperanzas heroicas en Brysen. Mientras dirige la agitada situación entierra firme, también deberá lidiar con la atracción que siente por un misterioso chico, con un inesperado regalo del cielo, y con una elección: dar vida o quitarla. En cues-tiones del corazón, todo el mundo es depredador y todo el mundo, presa. Los mellizos volverán a encontrarse en el campo de batalla, librando la misma guerra desde distintos bandos. Pero el águila fantasma tiene sus propios planes... En la guerra, todos somos presas. La crítica ha dicho de Una furia de alas negras: «[London] nos ofrece una fantasía brillantemente construida sobre una sociedad en la que la supervivencia depende de la cetrería. Incluso quienes no simpaticen con los pájaros quedarán fascinados... Una furia de alas negras es una maravilla.» The New York Times Book Review «Una furia de alas negras nos presenta a personajes irresistibles y complejos en una historia estimulante y llena de aventuras, consiguiendo el inusual efecto de dejar a los lectores satisfechos, pero innegablemente entusiasmados por un segundo volumen.» NBC’s TODAY Show «Con intriga política, batallas épicas, ciertas dosis de romance y unos personajes femeninos y queer poderosos aquí hay muchas cosas que pueden despertar el interés de los lectores. Pero es la construcción única del mundo y la bonita y compleja relación entre hermanos lo que hace de esta una obra imprescindible de leer. Los lectores se verán arrastrados por las garras de este libro.» Kirkus Review

Los mellizos Kylee y Brysen deben separarse por primera vez en su vida. Kylee se refugia en el Castillo del Cielo, entrenándose con las Madres Búho para dominar a lengua hueca y a la letal águila fantasma. Pero en un clima de creciente intriga política, y el drama de la corte se cuela a través de las piedras del castillo como la sangre de una pluma rota. Cuando Kylee llama la atención de un siniestro y atractivo noble, comprende que, en política, cualquiera puede ser depredador y cualquiera, presa. Tras regresar a Seis Aldeas, Brysen se prepara para el ataque de los kartamis. Las Aldeas se han convertido en la primera línea de defensa de Uztar, y los refugiados están acudiendo desde las llanuras. Pero su llegada pone al descubierto los instintos más oscuros de los aldeanos y provoca esperanzas heroicas en Brysen. Mientras dirige la agitada situación entierra firme, también deberá lidiar con la atracción que siente por un misterioso chico, con un inesperado regalo del cielo, y con una elección: dar vida o quitarla. En cues-tiones del corazón, todo el mundo es depredador y todo el mundo, presa. Los mellizos volverán a encontrarse en el campo de batalla, librando la misma guerra desde distintos bandos. Pero el águila fantasma tiene sus propios planes... En la guerra, todos somos presas.

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. Once, dragons nearly drove themselves to extinction. But in the city of Drakopolis, humans domesticated them centuries ago. Now dragons haul the city’s cargo, taxi its bustling people between skyscrapers, and advertise its wares in bright, neon displays. Most famously of all, the dragons battle. Different breeds take to the skies in nighttime bouts between the infamous kins—criminal gangs who rule through violence and intimidation. Abel has always loved dragons, but after a disastrous showing in his dragon rider’s exam, he''s destined never to fly one himself. All that changes the night his sister appears at his window, entrusting him with a secret...and a stolen dragon. Turns out, his big sister is a dragon thief! Too bad his older brother is a rising star in Drakopolis law enforcement... To protect his friends and his family, Abel must partner with the stolen beast, riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales. When everyone wants him fighting on their side, can Abel figure out what’s worth fighting for?

In Gold Wings Rising, the final installment of Alex London''s Skybound Saga, Kylee and Brysen must fight for their lives and their humanity. Book 1 was a Today Show Book Club Pick! The war on the ground has ended, but the war with the sky has just begun. After the Siege of the Six Villages, the ghost eagles have trapped Uztaris on both sides of the conflict. The villagers and Kartami alike hide in caves, huddled in terror as they await nightly attacks. Kylee aims to plunge her arrows into each and every ghost eagle; in her mind, killing the birds is the only way to unshackle the city’s chains. But Brysen has other plans. While the humans fly familiar circles around each other, the ghost eagles create schemes far greater and more terrible than either Kylee or Brysen could have imagined. Now, the tug-of-war between love and power begins to fray, threatening bonds of siblinghood and humanity alike.

In Red Skies Falling, Alex London''s thrilling sequel to Black Wings Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing for the same war--or so they think. Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle, training with Mem Uku to master the Hollow Tongue and the Ghost Eagle. But political intrigue abounds and court drama seems to seep through the castle''s stones like blood from a broken feather. Meanwhile, Brysen is still in the Six Villages, preparing for an attack by the Kartami. The Villages have become Uztar''s first line of defense, and refugees are flooding in from the plains. But their arrival lays bare the villagers'' darkest instincts. As Brysen navigates the growing turmoil, he must also grapple with a newfound gift, a burgeoning crush on a mysterious boy, and a shocking betrayal. The two will meet again on the battlefield, fighting the same war from different sides. But the Ghost Eagle has its own plans.

NEARLY TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since the end of the devastating war which toppled the Tagaran Empire. Following this conflict, Armea has stabilized, ceasing the threat of the Corec and other enemies alike. However, when the city of Sorranon falls to flame and fury, panic begins to grow anew. Within this panic, two strangers, claiming to hail from an apocalyptic future, find influence with powerful allies. Their goal- save Armea through the use of Anastasia Daren, a young girl living within the West. Yet, without agreeing upon the role of said girl, their differing ideals brew trouble for both king and country as other threats rise. In the south, all the way in the sands of Tagar, a mysterious figure amasses an army in search of a missing queen. If he should find her, he plans to strike her down and claim Tagar as his own. When a young thief becomes entangled in the quest for this lost monarch, dire events begin to unfold for the already weak people of this once strong continent. Their future rests upon the fate of House Ortagia. Meanwhile, an old threat simultaneously grows within the West. Considered brought to heel during the war, the Corec have resurfaced to strike terror into Armea once more. This, on top of the potential assault rumored to approach from across the Divide, adds weight to the terrible portent that''s been shared. Hope for survival, of both Armea and the world, may lie within the hands of these strangers'' orphan.

The pulse-pounding sequel to Proxy! Inspired by The Whipping Boy and Feed, this adrenaline-fueled thriller will appeal to fans of The Maze Runner and Divergent. Once a proxy, now the figurehead of the Revolution, Syd is a savior to some and a target for others. His bodyguard Liam must protect Syd with his life but armed Machinists aren''t the only danger in the post-Jubilee world. A horrible disease is infecting people and since Guardians are hit first the government does nothing to help. Syd decides it''s up to him to find a cure. . . And what he discovers leaves him stunned. This heart-stopping thriller is packed with volatile action and breathtaking heroics that will have readers racing to its epic conclusion. "Off-the-charts amazing." --Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy "Nonstop action and breakneck pace characterize this exceptional thriller...thought-provoking and breathtaking." --VOYA

“Put down what you’re doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing.” —Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy Syd’s life is not his own. As a proxy he must to pay for someone else''s crimes. When his patron Knox crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. The boys realize the only way to beat the system is to save each other so they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test the boys'' resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. This fast-paced thrill ride of a novel is full of breakneck action, shocking twists and heart-hammering suspense that will have readers gasping until the very last page. This edition includes a exclusive bonus story featuring Syd and Knox! “Looking for an awesome YA summer read? Look no further than Alex London’s Proxy.” —EW.com “Whipping Boy + Blade Runner with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games (plus, of course, a dash of A Tale of Two Cities) = a treat for teen SF fans.” —Kirkus Reviews