Cracked - Softcover

Crewe, Eliza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908844671 ISBN 13: 9781908844675

Publisher: Strange Chemistry, 2013

Synopsis

Meet Meda. She eats people.

Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t help being a bad guy. Besides, what else can she do? Her mother was killed and it’s not like there are any other “soul-eaters” around to show her how to be different. That is, until the three men in suits show up.

They can do what she can do. They’re like her. Meda might finally have a chance to figure out what she is. The problem? They kind of want to kill her. Before they get the chance Meda is rescued by crusaders, members of an elite group dedicated to wiping out Meda’s kind. This is her chance! Play along with the “good guys” and she’ll finally figure out what, exactly, her ‘kind’ is.

Be careful what you wish for. Playing capture the flag with her mortal enemies, babysitting a teenage boy with a hero complex, and trying to keep one step ahead of a too-clever girl are bad enough. But the Hunger is gaining on her.

The more she learns, the worse it gets. And when Meda uncovers a shocking secret about her mother, her past, and her destiny... she may finally give into it.

About this title

About the Author:

Eliza Crewe always thought she'd be a lawyer, and even went so far as to complete law school. But as they say, you are what you eat, and considering the number of books Eliza has devoured since childhood, it was inevitable she'd end up in the literary world. She abandoned the lawyer-plan to instead become a librarian and now a writer.

While she's been filling notebooks with random scenes for years, Eliza didn't seriously commit to writing an entire novel until the spring of 2011, when she and her husband bought a house. With that house came a half-hour commute, during which Eliza decided she needed something to think about other than her road-rage. Is it any surprise she wrote a book about a blood-thirsty, people-eating monster?

Eliza has lived in Illinois, Edinburgh, and Las Vegas, and now lives in North Carolina with her husband, her hens, her angry, talking, stuffed dwarf giraffe, and a sweet, mute, pantomiming bear. She likes to cook, partially-complete craft projects, free-range her hens, and take long walks. Cracked is her first novel. The author lives in North Carolina.

From Booklist:

Meda eats souls. It’s messy work, and she kills only when necessary, but limiting herself to evildoers makes the situation much more palatable. Raised in isolation and alone since her mother’s death two years earlier, Meda knows little about herself—and even less about the three demons that attack her one night. Saved by Chi, a holy Crusader whose sole mission is to destroy creatures like her, Meda tries to pass as human long enough to get some answers. Instead, she finds that she is the central figure in an ancient war she did not know existed until now. The first volume of the Soul Eaters series takes readers on a wild and rather bloody ride through classic good-versus-evil territory with a razor-sharp narrative and surprisingly likable protagonist. Multiple plot twists heighten the tension of this tightly written novel, while spot-on sardonic dialogue brings necessary comic relief. Meda’s developing friendships with the Crusaders, especially the caustic Jo, allow ample room for exploration of what it really means to be human. Grades 9-12. --Summer Hayes

About this edition

• Publisher: Strange Chemistry
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908844671
• ISBN 13: 9781908844675
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336