If you follow the Hollywood hullabaloo as closely as we do, you've likely heard more than a few royal decrees regarding Kiera Cass' new novel, "The Selection." Though it doesn't hit bookstore shelves until next Tuesday, the dystopian tale's TV rights were snatched up earlier this year, with a CW series—starring Aimee Teegarden, Ethan Peck and William Moseley—already in production. And, of course, it's just one of several YA books being dubbed the next "Hunger Games." So it seemed a long time coming when the novel finally crossed my desk recently.
The world of "The Selection" is one in which society is divided into distinct, numbered castes. Ones are wealthy; eights are dirt poor. America Singer, our story's heroine, is a five; her family is composed of artists who make the bulk of their meager living during the festive holiday months. (To them, "starving artist" isn't just a meaningless idiom.) America, much to her family's dismay if they ever found out, is in love with a six named Aspen, whom she clandestinely meets at night in the relative privacy of her treehouse, where they share food and snuggle. Yep, adorbs.
What's the only thing better than a brand new, just-announced series from two of our favorite authors? Um, nothing! Oh—that is, unless said series comes with some serious buzz attached and a full-blown movie deal already on the table...you know, kind of like what's happened with the shiny new venture by literary heavyweights Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. 
We've been crushing hard on the first book in Julie Kagawa's upcoming "Blood of Eden" series ever since we first revealed the creepy-sexy cover back in December—and the good news for this dystopian vampire drama just keeps getting better! The trilogy of titles kicks off with "The Immortal Rules" next week, but Palomar Pictures didn't wait around for the official release date; the movie studio has snapped up rights to the whole entire thing, with much excitement on the part of principal Joni Sighvatsson (also known as the producer behind "Killer Elite").
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to the sounds of an argument downstairs. Your mother bursts through the door and tells you to get out of bed. She says that there's no time to explain, but you're in grave danger and you need to trust her. She tells you to hide in a secret passage in your room that you didn't know existed and not make a sound until the people hunting you are gone, because if they find you, they will kill you. 
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After cutting his teeth on movies like "The Golden Compass" and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," Chris Weitz knows a thing or two about what makes your little YA-literature-loving hearts go pitter-pat—which is why it is really really extra-super-strength exciting that the director is about to bring his magic Twi-touch to a brand new, wholly original series of post-apocalyptic novels just for you. YOU! Personally!
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