About POSSESSION: Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think
about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more
than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match,
how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed
the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.But
the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they’re set on convincing Vi
to become one of them…starting by brainwashing Zenn. Vi can’t leave
Zenn in the Thinkers’ hands, but she’s wary of joining the rebellion,
especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical,
charismatic, and dangerous–everything Zenn’s not. Vi can’t quite trust
Jag and can’t quite resist him, but she also can’t give up on Zenn.This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.
About SURRENDER: Raine
has always been a good girl. She lives by the rules in Freedom. After
all, they are her father’s rules: He’s the Director. It’s because of him
that Raine is willing to use her talent—a power so dangerous, no one
else is allowed to know about it. Not even her roommate, Vi.All
of that changes when Raine falls for Gunner. Raine’s got every reason
in the world to stay away from Gunn, but she just can’t. Especially when
she discovers his connection to Vi’s boyfriend, Zenn.Raine
has never known anyone as heavily brainwashed as Vi. Raine’s father
expects her to spy on Vi and report back to him. But Raine is beginning
to wonder what Vi knows that her father is so anxious to keep hidden,
and what might happen if she helps Vi remember it. She’s even starting
to suspect Vi’s secrets might involve Freedom’s newest prisoner, the
rebel Jag Barque….
in Elana Johnson’s POSSESSION and the newly released SURRENDER. There have been
so many times in my life where I wanted to quit. I mean, you don’t take on the
entire government without a few setbacks, you know?
and there’s wrong. There’s good, and there’s bad. There’s keep going, or give
up. And usually, giving up means you’re not breathing anymore.
over and die. It’s lasting through one more day, one more trial, one more night
in jail. I’ve done all of those, but the experience I want to talk about today
happened in the desert.
takes me about nine hours to cross the desert from the Badlands to the
Goodgrounds, and once I left without any provisions. I had just sort of had a
fight with my brother, and well, sometimes I’m not thinking all that
rationally. And I was young, and hotheaded, and some people say I’m always
freaking out and flying off.
hoverboard at home. After the first hour, I wanted to go home, but I knew the
situation there would be just as toxic as the desert sand and wind and heat. If
I made it to the Goodgrounds, I’d have water, and shelter, and I’d hidden some
food in one of their abandoned houses.
minute where I could evaluate what it is I wanted. What it was that made me so
angry about what my brother had said. What it was that drove me to fight this
underground war against a government that seems unbeatable.
sand. I could’ve given up. Let the elements take me. Submitted my soul to the
sun.
water in the Goodgrounds had never looked sweeter. It’s an experience I reflect
on when I feel like my enemies are crowding at every side. When there doesn’t
seem to be an escape.
remind myself that because I did that, I can survive whatever task lays before
me now.
Meet Elana Johnson: Elana’s work including POSSESSION, REGRET, and SURRENDER is available from Simon & Schuster wherever books are sold. She is the author of From the Query to the Call,
an ebook that every writer needs to read before they query, which can
be downloaded for free on her website. She runs a personal blog on
publishing and is a founding author of the QueryTracker blog. She blogs
regularly at The League of Extraordinary Writers, co-organizes
WriteOnCon, and is a member of SCBWI, ANWA and LDStorymakers.
She wishes she could
experience her first kiss again, tell the mean girl where to shove it,
and have cool superpowers like reading minds and controlling fire. To
fulfill her desires, she writes young adult science fiction and fantasy.
