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Splintered (Splintered, #1)
— published 2013 — 8 editions |
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Unhinged (Splintered, #2)
— expected publication 2014 — 3 editions |
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SPLINTERED is a dark, magical and wondrous tale that will take readers on an adventure that feels both familiar and yet new and exciting. To a world that is reminiscent of one they’ve been to before and yet is even more enchanting, quite a bit mor...
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Beautifully written, Splintered was an exquisite read. A wonderful debut, Howard took something already brilliant and created something beautifully new.
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“Jen said some guy asked you but you didn't want to go. Why not?"
I shrug. "I have this character flaw? Called dignity?”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
I shrug. "I have this character flaw? Called dignity?”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
“Tearing down the rest of the world won't make you happy. Look inside yourself. Because finding who you were meant to be? What you were put into this world to do? That's what fills the emptiness. It's the only things that can.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
“Raising one hand, he tilts his hat to that sexy slant. "You want me. Admit it."
Even if he's partly right, I'll never tell him. "Why would I want you?"
He lifts thee fingers to countdown. "Mysterious. Rebellious. Troubled. All those qualities women find irresistible."
"Such an optimist."
"My cup is never empty."
"Too bad your brain is." The words bite, but my smile softens with affection.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
Even if he's partly right, I'll never tell him. "Why would I want you?"
He lifts thee fingers to countdown. "Mysterious. Rebellious. Troubled. All those qualities women find irresistible."
"Such an optimist."
"My cup is never empty."
"Too bad your brain is." The words bite, but my smile softens with affection.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered
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Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
Book synopsis: It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him.
This is my story.
A letter from nowhere.
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back?
The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Book synopsis: Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . .
Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.
Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything—her family, her future—to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.
With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Peaches comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Book synopsis: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha…and the secrets of her heart.

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Book synopsis: From the privileged streets of modern Brooklyn to the heart of the French Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly, author of the award-winning novel A Northern Light, artfully weaves two girls’ stories into one unforgettable account of life, loss, and enduring love. Revolution spans centuries and vividly depicts the eternal struggles of the human heart.
BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.
PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape.
Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.
Taste by Kate Evangelista
Book synopsis: At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans. When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn't realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.

Secret Letters by Leah Scheier
Book synopsis: Inquisitive and observant, Dora dreams of escaping her aristocratic country life to solve mysteries alongside Sherlock Holmes. So when she learns that the legendary detective might be her biological father, Dora jumps on the opportunity to travel to London and enlist his help in solving the mystery of her cousin's ransomed love letters. But Dora arrives in London to devastating news: Sherlock Holmes is dead. Her dreams dashed, Dora is left to rely on her wits--and the assistance of an attractive yet enigmatic young detective--to save her cousin's reputation and help rescue a kidnapped heiress along the way.
Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this gripping novel heralds the arrival of a fresh new voice in young adult literature.

Eve by Anna Carey
Book synopsis: The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying fate that awaits her.
Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust...and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
Book synopsis: Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own. Fascinated, Anna follows the two and listens as Abel tells little Micha the story of a tiny queen assailed by dark forces. It’s a beautiful fairy tale that Anna comes to see has a basis in reality. Abel is in real danger of losing Micha to their abusive father and to his own inability to make ends meet. Anna gradually falls in love with Abel, but when his “enemies” begin to turn up dead, she fears she has fallen for a murderer. Has she?

Splintered by A.G. Howard
Book synopsis: This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.
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Katie wrote: "thanks for accepting my friend request! in case you haven't noticed I am slightly obsessed/in love with your book and you inspire me to help me be a better writer! :) (and Morpheus has also been my..."My pleasure Katie! And I'm thrilled my stuff inspires you in your writing and drawing! :) That's the biggest compliment ever. Thank you!
thanks for accepting my friend request! in case you haven't noticed I am slightly obsessed/in love with your book and you inspire me to help me be a better writer! :) (and Morpheus has also been my muse lately-drawing wiseXD) your book is just fantastic- it has literally made my whole month 50x awesomer!
Kouk wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request A.G.!Totally loved Splintered & i can't wait to read Unhinged!
kouk"
Thanks Kouk! I can't wait to see what they come up with for a cover. ;)
Thanks for accepting my friend request A.G.!Totally loved Splintered & i can't wait to read Unhinged!
kouk
Eris wrote: "Hi Anita can I just say Splintered was exceptionally awesome since I finished it a while ago :) also you have quite a way of using imagery which was brilliantly talented and amazingly weaved in my ..."Eris, I'm so sorry! I thought I answered this. I'm so happy you enjoyed Splintered and the characters/imagery! I haven't read the Howl's sequels, but I want to very much! The problem is finding the time to read. Hopefully after my writing deadline is behind me. ;)
Summer {MissFictional} wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request! *squealing*"Haha! Of course! And thank you for friending me here. :)
Hi Anita can I just say Splintered was exceptionally awesome since I finished it a while ago :) also you have quite a way of using imagery which was brilliantly talented and amazingly weaved in my mind. I am thankful that you read Howl's Moving Castle also have you read the sequels to it like Castle in the air and House in Many Ways? lastly you made Morpheus a spectacular character in the book as well the other two main characters.
Eris wrote: "Hi Anita, "Splintered" is one of the books that I shall never forget at all in my life though I have not started it yet... Have you heard of the late Diana Wynne Jones? a author best known for her ..."Hi Eris! Sorry I didn't answer this earlier. Just now seeing it! And yes, I LOVE Howl's Moving Castle. It was BRILLIANT. :)
Stephanie wrote: "While sitting at the register, I see a young reader... she's probably about 12 or so... sitting on the ground proped up against one of our book cases reading Splintered :)Okay.. she's 10. And Dad..."
What a great story! Thank you so much for telling me, Stephanie. :) Let me know if you hear back from her. BTW, I did my first signing today. It was so fun! <3
While sitting at the register, I see a young reader... she's probably about 12 or so... sitting on the ground proped up against one of our book cases reading Splintered :)Okay.. she's 10. And Dad just bought it for her! I asked to please have her let us know what she thinks... I'm pretty sure she'll love it! She was very excited explaining it to Mom!
HAPPY SATURDAY!
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Hi Anita, "Splintered" is one of the books that I shall never forget at all in my life though I have not started it yet... Have you heard of the late Diana Wynne Jones? a author best known for her Howl Series and Chrestomanci Series though I prefer her Howl Series since it was beautifully vivid and fantastical. have you read Howl's moving castle? since I shall reveal my favourite characters of the series soon to you...
Eris wrote: "Hi Anita, I think you misunderstood what I meant I have the book but have not started it yet due to not finishing a scientific book by Ben Miller also I appreciate the fact we are friends!"OH! I did misread that. Sorry.@_@ Hope you like the read. :)
Hi Anita, I think you misunderstood what I meant I have the book but have not started it yet due to not finishing a scientific book by Ben Miller also I appreciate the fact we are friends!
Eris wrote: "Hi Anita, Thank you for accepting me on as a friend therefore I feel quite privileged to be accepted by a such talented and artistic author meaning you of course :) also I got a surprise for you si..."Thank you so much, Eris! And I'm so happy you enjoyed the book! The cover is amazing, right? Here's the artist who did it: http://www.ladysymphonia.com. I appreciate you friending me, too. :)
Hi Anita, Thank you for accepting me on as a friend therefore I feel quite privileged to be accepted by a such talented and artistic author meaning you of course :) also I got a surprise for you since I got the book everyone talking about!!! "Splintered" as soon I finished my current book then read the book allowing my imagination go wild since I been wanting to read this since I saw it's beautiful cover which has made me want to see the Mad Hatter.
Liz wrote: "Thank you for adding me to your friends list. I just finished reading Splintered. What an amazing book! Congratulations on your success! Hopefully more books are on the way. :)"Thank you for friending me! And I'm so happy you enjoyed the read. :) Yes, I have no shortage of book ideas, so I plan a long future in the biz. I have a second YA novel w/Amulet that should come out in early 2014. (Can't give any other deets yet, though). :) Look forward to chatting with you here!
Thank you for adding me to your friends list. I just finished reading Splintered. What an amazing book! Congratulations on your success! Hopefully more books are on the way. :)
Stephanie wrote: "And that artwork is AMAZING! holy cow!♥"
Yay! So happy people are buying it! And RIGHT? She's the most amazing artist. Has such an eye for mood, texture, and lighting. :)
And that artwork is AMAZING! holy cow!♥
A.G. wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Had a fun question today about Splintered at The Book Shop- who is the beautiful cover girl?!
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Awesome question, and I have no idea! But I can tell you who the artist is:..."
Yes ma'am! :) Just sold another copy today! People are getting really excited about it! I mean... how could you not?! ;)A.G. wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Had a fun question today about Splintered at The Book Shop- who is the beautiful cover girl?!
:)
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Awesome question, and I have no idea! But I can tell you who the artist is:..."
Stephanie wrote: "Had a fun question today about Splintered at The Book Shop- who is the beautiful cover girl?! :)
♥"
Awesome question, and I have no idea! But I can tell you who the artist is: www.ladysymphonia.com. Hope it's selling okay? o_O
Madeleine wrote: "Hi there,Thanks for the follow back. I can't wait to get started on "Splintered". I've added it my to be read list, its number 16 so it may be a week or two. I will definitely let you know when..."
Sounds great, Madeleine! And thanks for friending me, too. :)
Hi there,Thanks for the follow back. I can't wait to get started on "Splintered". I've added it my to be read list, its number 16 so it may be a week or two. I will definitely let you know when I do my review. It seems we don't read a lot of the same authors but our ratings of the one's we do read in common are very similar.
Madeleine
A.G. wrote: "Thanks for friending back! THE S WORD sounds amazing! And look forward to talking books too, when I finally have time to start reading some again. I'm in the writing cave till Feb. LOL"I know exactly what you mean!!! Between writing and editing I have almost no time for pleasure reading lately!
Thanks for friending back! THE S WORD sounds amazing! And look forward to talking books too, when I finally have time to start reading some again. I'm in the writing cave till Feb. LOL
Hey!! Thanks for adding me as a friend! I can't wait to read Splintered, and to talk about books on here! :)
Lucinda wrote: "Dear A.G,I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads, which is a real privalage and honor.
Lucinda x"
Aw, thanks Lucinda! I appreciate you friending me. ^.^ Look forward to checking out your reads when things settle down a bit. LOL
Dear A.G,I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads, which is a real privalage and honor.
Lucinda x
Heads up on my International Giveaway / virtual launch party: Signed Splintered hardback / ARC set
Signed ARC packs donated by 5 goodread authors + SPLINTERED coin purse
Silver skateboard pendants / Bronze moth pendants & more
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Number of winners: Sixteen entrants will walk away w/prizes!!!
Deadline: January 1, 2013
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Booknut wrote: "Merry Christmas!!"
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Merry Christmas!!"
Aw, thank you! And a Merry Christmas to you, too!
Stargirl1234 wrote: "Mrs.Howard, thank you for the signed bookmarks and Alice with the nice message on it :D Much appreciated! Very nice to recieve signed/ autographed momentos from a author. :) Talk to you anytime :D"You're so welcome! I thought you might like that cute little Alice tag. :) Enjoy the swag, and talk soon!
Mrs.Howard, thank you for the signed bookmarks and Alice with the nice message on it :D Much appreciated! Very nice to recieve signed/ autographed momentos from a author. :) Talk to you anytime :D






















































You're welcome! And I'm thrilled you enjoyed that mad crazy ride. ;) Thanks for letting me know!