Defiance by Valerie Hobbs

Defiance by Valerie Hobbs

Surviving their ordeal with Travis, Helena and G.R.I.T. stumble upon another group of survivors fighting their way to the high school. Within this group is someone Helena never thought she would see, again.

As old ghosts are stirred, and scars reopened, Helena must fight not only the monsters who stalk them, but also the ones who now stalk her. Together, this new group and G.R.I.T will face dark times as they struggle to discover the true meaning of what defiance means despite Death's many attempts to break them.

Unfortunately, Death has her own plans and not everyone will escape her.

Valerie Hobbs is the recipient of the 1999 PEN/Norma Klein Award, a biennial prize that recognizes an emerging voice of literary merit among American writers of children's fiction. She is the author of young adult and middle-grade novels including Sheep, Defiance, Anything but Ordinary, and The Last Best Days of Summer. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she has taught academic writing. Valerie lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband.

Jennifer Thermes lives in an old house with her husband and children, three cats, one Dalmatian dog, and countless mice. She is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design.