Cover Crush: The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes
There have been a plethora of cover reveals for 2017 so far this fall, but The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes definitely stands out. The juxtaposition of the white background and the burning house within the girl definitely puts a haunting feel to this upcoming young adult mystery. Something about the minimalist yet complex image of the house burning inside or within the girl, just really is outstanding. The Arsonist sounds like a pairing of unlikely friends whom are compelled into solving a mystery that may lead them on a larger discovery of themselves. The Arsonist releases next August and I think this one will be on many peoples reading lists!
The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes
Category: Young Adult, Mystery
Publication: August 2017; Penguin
Purchase: Amazon
Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and his execution date is fast approaching. For another, Molly refuses to believe that her mother is dead, and she waits for the day when they’ll be reunited . . . despite all evidence that this will never happen.
Pepper Yusef is not your average teenage boy. A Kuwaiti immigrant with epilepsy, serious girl problems, and the most useless seizure dog in existence, he has to write a series of essays over the summer . . . or fail out of school.
And Ava Dreyman—the brave and beautiful East German resistance fighter whose murder at seventeen led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall—is unlike anyone you’ve met before.
When Molly gets a package leading her to Pepper, they’re tasked with solving a decades-old mystery: find out who killed Ava, back in 1989. Using Ava’s diary for clues, Molly and Pepper realize there’s more to her life—and death—than meets the eye. Someone is lying to them. And someone out there is guiding them along, desperate for answers.
At turns heart-racing and heartbreaking, The Arsonist is an intricate tapestry—of love, loss, and the mysterious connections between us all.
Oh now this sounds good! I’ve really been digging some of the more recent YA mysteries 🙂