The Taking - Hardcover

Derting, Kimberly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062293605 ISBN 13: 9780062293602

Publisher: HarperTeen, 2014

Synopsis

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer meets The Fifth Wave in this chilling and explosive new series from author Kimberly Derting.

The last thing Kyra Agnew remembers is a flash of bright light. She awakes to discover that five whole years have passed. Everyone in her life has moved on—her parents are divorced, her boyfriend is in college and dating her best friend—but Kyra's still the sixteen-year-old she was when she vanished. She finds herself drawn to Tyler, her boyfriend's kid brother, despite her best efforts to ignore this growing attraction. In order to find out the truth, the two of them decide to retrace her steps from that fateful night. They discover that there are others who have been "taken," just like Kyra. But Kyra is the first person to have been returned past the forty-eight-hour taken mark. With a determined secret government agency after her, Kyra desperately tries to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had . . . but what if the life she wants back is not her own?

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Review:

“Kimberly Derting is an amazing writer and a master storyteller. THE TAKING will have you hooked from the very first pages.” (Richelle Mead, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of VAMPIRE ACADEMY)

“Equal parts romance and suspense, THE TAKING is a sexy blend of conspiracy theory and sci fi.” (Kami Garcia, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of UNBREAKABLE and co author of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)

“THE TAKING is an action packed, heart filled ride. I loved it.” (Melissa Marr, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of WICKED LOVELY)

“Kimberly Derting does it again! THE TAKING is an exciting, fast paced thriller with an eerie and intriguing paranormal mystery at the heart of it. You’ll want to read it as fast as you can and then DEMAND the next book NOW!” (Melissa de la Cruz, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of BLUEBLOODS and WITCHES OF EAST END)

“With pitch perfect prose, swoon worthy romance, and edge of your seat suspense, THE TAKING kept me reading late into the night. This is Derting at her best.” (Alyson Noël, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE IMMORTALS)

“An original and intriguing premise” (Publishers Weekly)

“This series opener provides a promising start that intrigues as well as it entertains.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Readers will be legitimately unable to put the book down. The mystery, romance and action add up to create a roller coaster of a read.” (Romantic Times Magazine)

Praise for THE BODY FINDER “You’ll be drawn in by the love story and kept up all night by the suspense.” (Claudia Gray, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Evernight series)

“First time novelist Derting has written a suspenseful mystery and sensual love story that will captivate readers who enjoy authentic high school settings, snappy dialogue, sweet romance, and heart stopping drama. A real page turner, this will have readers checking behind themselves and refusing to go anywhere alone.” (Booklist)

From the Back Cover:

A flash of white light . . . and then . . . nothing.

When sixteen-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas 'n' Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed . . . yet she hasn't aged a day.

Everything else about Kyra's old life is different. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her five-year disappearance on little green men.

Confused and lost, Kyra isn't sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. With Austin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin's annoying kid brother, who is now seventeen and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. As Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of her disappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain, and they begin to wonder if Kyra's father is not as crazy as he seems. There are others like her who have been taken . . . and returned.

Kyra races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what if the life she wants back is not her own?

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperTeen
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062293605
• ISBN 13: 9780062293602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368