Jennifer Bosworth Signs in Redondo Beach

05/26/2012 12:00 pm
05/26/2012 1:00 pm
Spend part of your weekend with local young adult author Jennifer Bosworth, discussing earthquake-
devastated Los Angeles, doomsday cults, a teenage lightning addict, the importance of individuality,
and the end of the world, in the context of her debut novel, Struck. Reviewers have commented on the
cinematic quality of Struck, no doubt a reflection of Jennifer’s work as a screenwriter, and fans include
Random Riggs and Terry Brooks.

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

Struck (Hardcover)

$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780374372835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 5/2012
Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come. Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.

Location: 
Street:
2810 Artesia Blvd.
City:
Redondo Beach
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Province:
California
Postal Code:
90278
Country:
United States