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MACMILLAN YOUNG LISTENERS

FEBRUARY 2014

Cress Marissa Meyer; Read by Rebecca Soler The third book in Marissa Meyer’s New York Times/USA Todaybestselling Lunar Chronicles series, inspired by Rapunzel.

Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow.

Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

JUVENILE FICTION / FAIRY TALES & FOLKLORE Macmillan Young Listeners | 2/4/2014 9781427236272 | $39.99 / $45.99 Can. CD-Audio | Carton Qty: Subrights: Second Serial, Selection, Audio, Non-Dramatic Readings Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9780312642976

Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker – unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.

MARKETING

PRAISE * Bonus material with the author and narrator * Author/narrator in-store event * Print advertising: School Library Journal and Horn Book * Back ads in the trade pbks. when released * Griffin Teen promotion * Audio promotion in library e-newsletter Audio tie-in to the Feiwel marketing plans, including: * $250,000 Major Marketing Campaign * Strict On-Sale Date * Prepublication Trade Advertising * National Consumer Advertising Campaign * Prepublication YA Blog Tour * National Author Tour * Promotions at San Die...

“Soler navigates the alternating story lines well, easily transitioning from a slightly robotic tone for Cinder and her android Iko, to just a hint of a French accent in Scarlet and Wolf’s tale.” —AudioFile

“Rebecca Soler gives another solid performance of the futuristic fairy tale series. Her youthful voice is well cast to narrate the concurrent stories of the two teenagers, seamlessly navigating between the story lines…Fans of Cinder will be completely satisfied as action and romance abound and the stakes are even higher in this installment. Listeners will be clamoring for the next two titles in the quartet.” —School Library Journal MARISSA MEYER's first and second books in the Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Scarlet, both debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their three cats. Visit her at www.marissameyer.com.

ALSO AVAILABLE Scarlet 2/2013 | 9781427229649 CD-Audio | $39.99 / $45.99 Can. Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles 1/2012 | 9781427215000 CD-Audio | $39.99 / $45.99 Can.

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MACMILLAN YOUNG LISTENERS

MARCH 2014

Stay Where You Are And Then Leave John Boyne

The next work of historical fiction from the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Stay Where You Are and Then Leave is a touching look at the effects war has on a family.

JUVENILE FICTION / FAMILY Macmillan Young Listeners | 3/25/2014 9781427236371 | $29.99 CD-Audio | Carton Qty: Subrights: First Serial, Second Serial, Selection Rights, Audio Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781627790314 Ebook ISBN: 9781627790321 MARKETING

* Print Advertising: School Library Journal, Horn Book, and BookPage * Audio promo in library e-newsletter * GoodReads giveaway with finished copies at pub.

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight—but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realizes his father is in a hospital close by—a hospital treating soldiers with shell shock. Alfie isn't sure what shell shock is, but he is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place. . . .

PRAISE

Praise for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: “In the final pages, the tension rises precipitously and the harrowing ending, in which Bruno does finally act, is sure to take readers' breath away.” —Publishers Weekly “Deeply affecting. . . beautiful and sparsely written.” —The Wall Street Journal

Audio tie-in to the Holt BYR marketing plans, including: * tk

“A small wonder of a book . . . this is what fiction is supposed to do.” —The Guardian “Powerful and unsettling . . . as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.” —USA Today JOHN BOYNE was born in Ireland in 1971 and is the author of seven novels. Boyne's celebrated The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was winner of the Irish Book Award Children's Book of the Year, as well as numerous other awards and commendations. It was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the International IMPAC Literary Award and was made into a Miramax feature film. His novels are published in over 40 languages. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. johnboyne.com

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APRIL 2014

Illusion Chronicles of Nick Sherrilyn Kenyon; Read by Holter Graham

The fifth novel in the bestselling Chronicles of Nick series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon JUVENILE FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & MAGIC Macmillan Young Listeners | 4/1/2014 9781427236258 | $29.99 / $34.50 Can. CD-Audio | Carton Qty: Subrights: UK Rights: Atom (Little, Brown UK) Translation Rights: Trident Media Group Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250002846 Ebook ISBN: 9781466847279 MARKETING

* Print Advertising: Library Journal * GriffinTeen promotion * Promotion on SherrilynKenyon.com, NickGautier.com and Official Sanctuary.com Audio tie-in to the Griffin marketing plans, including: * National One Day Laydown: 4/1/2014 * National Print Publicity * Extensive Online Marketing and Advertising Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Online Promotion to Griffin Teen Community * Library Marketing Campaign * Academic Marketing Campaign * Active on Facebook- 152,000 Fans * Author Websites: - sherrilynk...

ALSO AVAILABLE Infamous: Chronicles of Nick 3/2012 | 9781427214898 CD-Audio | $29.99 / $34.50 Can.

Be careful what you wish for...You just might get it.

Nick Gautier is tired of his destiny. He doesn’t want to be the son of a demon who’s fated to end the world. Nor does he want to see another demon or other preternatural creature who wants to kill or enslave him. He just wants to be normal and have normal problems like everyone else.

But normality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When he gets sucked into an alternate reality where his mother has married his mentor and his Atlantean god best friend has become a human geek, he begins to understand that no life is free of pain, and that every person has a specific place in the universe... Even the son of a hated demon.

Most of all, he sees that his powers aren’t the curse he thought they were, and that the world needs a champion, especially one its enemies can’t imagine rising up to defend the ones he should destroy.

Old enemies and new friends square off for a major battle that will either restore Nick to his real world, or end him forever.

PRAISE

“Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic and relentless imaginative. These are not your mother's vampire novels.” —Boston Globe “Graham reads in a light tenor voice with a suggestion of a southern drawl, conveying both Nick's snarky humor and inner uncertainties as he tries to discover who is pulling the strings and what the connection is to his future destiny. Alternating tones, pacing, and inflections to voice all characters, Graham smoothly narrates this action-packed, suspenseful tale, a must-listen for series fans.” —Booklist on Infamous New York Times bestselling author SHERRILYN KENYON is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre in which she writes. With more than 30 million copies of her books in print in more than one hundred countries, her current series include The Dark-Hunters, The League, and Chronicles of Nick. Her Chronicles of Nick series is soon to be a major motion picture. And the Dark-Hunters will soon be gracing both the big and little screens.

Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick 3/2011 | 9781427211248 CD-Audio | $29.99 / $34.50 Can. Infinity: Chronicles of Nick

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Index Boyne, John; Stay Where You Are And Then Leave. . . . . . . . 3 Cress; Marissa Meyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Illusion: Chronicles of Nick; Sherrilyn Kenyon. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kenyon, Sherrilyn; Illusion: Chronicles of Nick. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Meyer, Marissa; Cress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Stay Where You Are And Then Leave; John Boyne. . . . . . . 3