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"An epic adventure for the YA crowd"
4 stars"

Zeroes is about a group of teens with sucky superpowers, who accidentally get mixed up in a bank robbery, and are being chased by mobsters and the police. It's a wild ride, and I loved it. You'd think it would be plot driven – and while there is some great action, it is very centered on the characters and the dynamics between them. The kinda stuff I eat up.

There were long periods of time spent just developing the relationships. I loved it. Where it faulted was when the characters were alone – they became a little flat when they were just wallowing in their sorrows with no one to bounce off of.

While the character dynamics were awesome, the plot was lacking. There was a simmering tension underlying the story, but with the climax, it was ramped up to eleven, a sudden and jolting change of pace. I hope the sequel finds a better balance between plot and character. I look forward to it – the Zeroes trilogy looks like it's gonna be a new favourite of mine!

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don't call them heroes. But these six Californian teens have powers that set them apart. Ethan aka Scam has a voice inside him that'll say whatever people want to hear, whether it's true or not. Which is handy, except when it isn't - like when the voice starts gabbing in the middle of a bank robbery. The only people who can help are the other Zeroes, who aren't exactly best friends these days. Enter Nate, aka Bellwether, the group's 'glorious leader.' After Scam's SOS, he pulls the scattered Zeroes back together. But when the rescue blows up in their faces, the Zeroes find themselves propelled into whirlwind encounters with ever more dangerous criminals. At the heart of the chaos they find Kelsie, who can take a crowd in the palm of her hand and tame it or let it loose as she pleases. Filled with high-stakes action and drama, Zeroes unites three powerhouse authors for the opening instalment of a thrilling new series.

Author Biography

Scott Westerfeld is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Uglies and Leviathan trilogies. His novel So Yesterday won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. His latest solo novel is Afterworlds. Margo Lanagan has won four World Fantasy Awards for her short stories and for her novels Tender Morsels and Sea Hearts. Her work has also been shortlisted in the Hugo and Nebula awards and longlisted in the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and for the Carnegie Medal. Deborah Biancotti has published two short story collections. Her Aurealis-shortlisted Bad Power explored ordinary people discovering their superpowers. All three authors live in Sydney, where they are part of the overlapping communities of writers of genre and young adult fiction. They meet weekly at a pub to keep the Zeroes series on track and squabble about characters' motivations.
Release date NZ
September 23rd, 2015
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Audience
  • Teenage / Young Adult
Country of Publication
Australia
Imprint
Allen & Unwin Children's Books
Pages
496
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Series
Dimensions
156x235x36
ISBN-13
9781925266955
Product ID
23028863

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