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Five Fun Facts about Alexandra:
1. I've never broken a bone in my life (knock on wood)!
2. I've been to six Star Wars conventions and once saw two people get in a fistfight over Jar Jar Binks. (My dad was a Star Wars collector!)
3. I've always hated the taste of both chocolate and coffee.
4. I still have all of Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" memorized after being forced to learn it in seventh grade.
5. My day job is in a marketing department of one of the big children's publishers.
Books by Alexandra Bracken:
 Brightly Woven
When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, 16-year-old Sydelle, who is a skilled weaver and has a knack for repairing his magical cloaks. Though Sydelle has dreamt of escaping her home, she's hurt that her parents relinquish her so freely and finds herself awed and afraid of the slightly ragtag wizard who is unlike any of the men of magic in the tales she's heard.
The pair rushes toward the capital, intent to stop an imminent war, pursued by a dark wizard and plagued by unusually wild weather. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips.
 The Darkest Minds
When Ruby wakes up on her tenth birthday, something about her has changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government rehabilitation camp. She might have survived the mysterious disease that's killed most of America's children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now 16, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she's on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her - East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can't risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.
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