Books by Kevin Emerson and Complete Book Reviews
Kevin Emerson, Author . Scholastic/Levine $16.99 (291p) ISBN 978-0-439-93525-8
Seventh-grader Trina and her friends have had enough of Carlos, the disturbed kid in class whose bizarre behavior always gets everyone else in trouble. They come up with a plan—to scare Carlos big-time during their upcoming class overnight at...
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Kevin Emerson. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-06-206279-6
Emerson (Carlos Is Gonna Get It) launches the Atlanteans series with a novel that blends post-apocalyptic, SF, and paranormal elements into a summer camp story. In a future in which climate change has rendered most of the planet uninhabitable,...
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Kevin Emerson. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-213395-3
Emerson (the Atlanteans series) wields his chops as a musician in this series opener about a Los Angeles arts high school rock band trying to make it big. Senior Caleb Daniels’s new band, Dangerheart, has all the components of the next big thing—a...
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Kevin Emerson. Crown, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-385-39112-2
Set in Seattle, Emerson’s tale explores the trials of guitarist and singer Anthony Castillo, whose only reprieve from the misery of eighth grade is band practice and the prospect of performing an original song at the school’s upcoming Fall Arts...
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Kevin Emerson. Walden Pond, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-230671-5
In the year 2213, as humanity abandons the dying solar system ahead of the sun going supernova, several children are drawn into a death-defying, time-and-space-twisting adventure. Liam and Phoebe, both 13, are supposed to be on the last colony ship...
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Kevin Emerson. Walden Pond, $16.99 (592p) ISBN 978-0-06-297696-3
Emerson (Lost in Space: Infinity’s Edge) ambitiously juggles multiple timelines in this speculative tale. Far Haven, Wash., is a small town filled with mysteries stemming from an incident at the old nuclear plant, such as inexplicable illnesses and...
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