Blackbird

by Anna Carey

Overview

From the author of the Eve trilogy comes the breathless story of a girl racing to figure out who she is—and how to stay alive. When a nameless girl wakes up on the subway tracks, she knows only one thing for sure: people want her dead. Can she find them before they track her down? This pulse-pounding contemporary thriller is perfect for fans of The Maze Runner, The Darkest Minds, and Legend.

Things I Know Are True:

• I am in Los Angeles
• I woke up on the train tracks at the Vermont/Sunset station
• I am a teenage girl
• I have long black hair
• I have a bird tattoo on the inside of my right wrist with the letters and numbers FNV02198
• People are trying to kill me

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062299758
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/16/2014
Series:	Blackbird , #1
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	502 KB
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Anna Carey graduated from New York University and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. She lives in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2014
Gr 9 Up—Fast-paced second-person narration places readers squarely in the head of an amnesiac teen girl who only knows that she has a blackbird tattoo on her wrist and that someone is trying to kill her. Quickly adopting the nickname Sunny, the main character soon finds herself framed for theft. Not trusting the police, she manages to find sanctuary among a group of wealthy Los Angeles teens. Romantic tension builds between the protagonist and Ben, her rescuer. Sunny soon discovers abilities she didn't know she had: being able to dodge assassin's bullets and also excelling in close hand-to-hand combat when cornered by pursuers. Tantalizing flashes of memories, along with clues from her assailants, reveal that Sunny is a family-less teen runaway who depended on a handsome friend to survive the rigors of being hunted by the jaded elite. Plenty of plot twists will leave readers guessing as to who is trustworthy. Inspired by Richard Connell's classic short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," the novel draws to a satisfying close but leaves plenty of room for a sequel.—Madigan McGillicuddy, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, Atlanta, GA

School Library Journal

Tense, taut, and deliciously disorienting, BLACKBIRD kept me guessing at every turn.” — Kass Morgan, NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author of THE 100

“Told through a flawless second–person narration…This edgy, action-packed thriller gives future genre offerings something to aspire to.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Plenty of plot twists will leave readers guessing as to who is trustworthy.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Tense, taut, and deliciously disorienting, BLACKBIRD kept me guessing at every turn.

Kass Morgan

2014-06-30
A young woman runs from unknown enemies in this heart-pounding mystery.Sunny (real name unknown) wakes on a Los Angeles subway track, a train hurtling toward her and no memory of who she is or how she got there. She escapes before the police can ask questions but quickly finds herself fleeing violent strangers who seem hell-bent on killing her. She has few clues to her identity: a blackbird and a short string of numbers and letters freshly tattooed on her wrist and a knapsack containing a small notebook in which a cryptic message instructs her to call an unfamiliar phone number, $1,000 in cash, a pocketknife and a can of Mace. Dreams of running from danger with a boy she doesn't recognize but with whom she may have been in love could hold the key to Sunny's past. The action never stops, as Sunny is framed for robbery and arson, while a mysterious man focused on revenge hunts her down. Sunny's story is told through a flawless second-person narration, but the use of third-person to convey the viewpoints of several secondary characters knocks readers out of the carefully constructed, intensely immediate position of protagonist.This edgy, action-packed thriller gives future genre offerings something to aspire to. (Thriller. 15-18)

Kirkus Reviews