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Need


School year: Year 10, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 352

Published: 2017

Great for age 12-18 years

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Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need ...regardless of the consequences. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises. In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 352 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Joelle Charbonneau, author of the Testing trilogy, began telling stories as an opera singer, but these days she finds her voice through writing. She lives near Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and son, and when she isn't writing, works as an acting and vocal coach. www. joellecharbonneau. com

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Agatha Award
The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective) and are awarded annually at the Malice Domestic Conference.

"Charbonneau delivers a tightly paced thriller packed with enough tension to keep teens hooked until the dramatic finale."

 

--School Library Journal

 

 

"Joelle Charbonneau made test-taking terrifying in her best-selling trilogy, The Testing. Now, she turns her dystopian eye towards social networks and teens' wishes in Need."

 

--EW.com

 

 

"A fast-paced read that teens antsy to untangle the mystery will devour...hand to teens looking for a thought-provoking, timely thriller."

 

--Booklist

 

 

"Charbonneau still has a few surprises in store to leave readers questioning their trust in (and anonymity of) the internet and the selves we expose when we think no one is watching."

 

--Publishers Weekly