Lucas Klauss

Good morning! I’m wrapping up the Apocalypse blurbstravaganza today with six more excellent blurbs. Three right now, three later, just to keep the blurbcitement going.

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“High School only feels like the end of the world. What do you need to survive? Good friends, faith it will all work out, belief in yourself, and a sense of humor. Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse delivers on all fronts. I would recommend this book in your survival kit instead of bottled water and extra batteries.” — Eileen Cook, author of The Education of Hailey Kendrick and Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood

When Eileen isn’t crafting knockout blurbs like the one above, she is writing very funny Tweets, blog entries, and novels. Her most recent book, The Education of Hailey Kendrick, received a starred review in Kirkus and she’s received tons of praise for her other books. Her upcoming novel is called Unraveling Isobel and comes out right around when mine does, so we will soon be engaged in a heated literary feud. But for now: Thank you, Eileen!

“Struggles with faith, family, friendship, and first love aren’t the end of the world, but sometimes they feel like it to 15-year-old Phillip Flowers. Author Lucas Klauss skillfully and honestly portrays the complexities of teenage life, as Phillip discovers that the only thing scarier than, say, a universe-imploding supercollider accident is having to pick up the pieces and find the answers—or at least the questions—when life goes on.” — Michael Northrop, author of Gentlemen and Trapped

I’ve rarely seen a narrative YA voice executed so well as in Michael’s books, Gentlemen and Trapped. And both are really suspenseful and engaging and have received lots of well deserved praise. So I was very happy to hear such kind and thoughtful words from him about Apocalypse. His next book is a really fun-sounding sports novel for younger readers called Plunked. Thank you, Michael!

“Apocalyptically wonderful. A smart and funny and sincere exploration of teenagers and faith.” — Kristen Tracy, author of Lost It and A Field Guide for Heartbreakers 

I think Kristen has discovered a new means of adverbial enhancement with her coinage of “apocalyptically wonderful.” How much more wonderful can something get than that? No more, I don’t think, because that’s it, the end. It’s apocalyptically wonderful. Or, on the other hand, something could be apocalyptically awful. Or apocalyptically mediocre. It’s a nuclear-grade boost to whatever judgement call you’re making. Use it! Wisely!

Anyway, Kristen is the author of, most recently, The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter and Sharks & Boys, both of which received starred reviews. She’s apocalyptically talented and apocalyptically nice! Thank you, Kristen!

Later today, the FINAL BLURBDOWN.