It’s time to PAR-TAY!
Today we’re celebrating the cover reveal for our very own Senior Editor, MG Buehrlen’s, debut YA novel THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE, coming to stores March 2014 from Strange Chemistry!
Before we get to the goods, here’s a message from MG:
Hey YABCers!
Boy is this surreal. I’ve been bringing you cover reveals from other authors for a few years now, and I have loved every minute of it. Cover reveals are one of my favorite parts of running YABC. It seems strange that today is my turn to reveal my own cover for THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE. All I can say is that I love you all, I love bringing you the latest in YA promo, and I’m so glad you choose to visit YABC each week. It wouldn’t be here without you! I also hope you love this cover. We worked hard to bring a bit of 57 LIVES to life, and I think we’ve done it. The cover is haunting, mysterious, and beautiful. I’m proud of it, and I think it’s going to look great on your bookshelf. 😉
~ MG
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Here it is!
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THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE
US Release Date: March 4, 2014
UK Release Date: March 6, 2014
Publisher: Strange Chemistry / Distributed by Random House
ISBN: 9781908844934
About the Book
One girl. Fifty-seven lives. Endless ways to die.
For as long as 17-year-old Alex Wayfare can remember, she has had visions of the past. Visions that make her feel like she’s really on a ship bound for America, living in Jamestown during the Starving Time, or riding the original Ferris wheel at the World’s Fair.
But these brushes with history pull her from her daily life without warning, sometimes leaving her with strange lasting effects and wounds she can’t explain. Trying to excuse away the aftereffects has booked her more time in the principal’s office than in any of her classes and a permanent place at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Alex is desperate to find out what her visions mean and get rid of them.
It isn’t until she meets Porter, a stranger who knows more than should be possible about her, that she learns the truth: Her visions aren’t really visions. Alex is a Descender – capable of traveling back in time by accessing Limbo, the space between Life and Afterlife. Alex is one soul with fifty-six past lives, fifty-six histories.
Fifty-six lifetimes to explore: the prospect is irresistible to Alex, especially when the same mysterious boy with soulful blue eyes keeps showing up in each of them. But the more she descends, the more it becomes apparent that someone doesn’t want Alex to travel again. Ever.
And will stop at nothing to make this life her last.
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About the Author
When she’s not writing, M.G. moonlights as a web designer and social media/creative director. She’s the current web ninja lurking behind the hugely popular website YABooksCentral.com, a social network for YA (and kids!) book lovers. These are the places you’ll find M.G. hiding: in her creaky old house nestled in Michigan pines, sipping coffee on her porch, cooking over campfires, and dipping her toes in creeks. Say hello to M.G. on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr.
Giveaway Details
One winner from each participating blog (10 total) will receive signed bookmarks and stickers.
One grand prize winner will receive a copy of the book (once available) as well as the Mega 57 LIVES Character Prize Pack (each item pertaining to a significant character in the book):
– A pair of black Wayfarer glasses, like Alex wears
– A pack of chocolate pudding cups, courtesy of Jensen
– Vintage piano sheet music for the song Star Dust, the song Nick plays for Alex
– An orange Baltimore Orioles cap, like Porter wears
– A pair of engraved Polygon game piece stones (You’ll have to read the book to find out how these come into play!)
– A YABooksCentral.com tote bag
– Signed bookmarks and stickers
This giveaway is open internationally. Winners will be chosen and notified by email within 30 days of the giveaway end date.
To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below. Extra entries can be earned by following the bloggers involved in the Cover Reveal Celebration.
LOVE the cover…mysterious and intriguing!
Love the cover. Dark with lots of mystery.
So Proud of you sweetie, it’s perfect!!!
Love the cover! Love the colors. Very intriguing 🙂
Love the cover! Love the colors. Very intriguing 🙂
I think the cover is pretty cool. I like the mysterious glowing thing on the left.
I think the cover is pretty cool. I like the mysterious glowing thing on the left.
I think the cover is pretty cool. I like the mysterious glowing thing on the left.
I think the cover is pretty cool. I like the mysterious glowing thing on the left.
The cover is great! I love the coloring!
This is probably my favorite Strange Chemistry cover to date. Love it!!
The cover is simple but captivating and with a mystery element
The cover is mysterious and you wont be able to know immediately what the book is about, and I think it kind of looks like the cover of the 5th Wave, having a dark background and a dark figure of a girl in the middle of a forest and all.
Just to add that the cover design is by the fab Rebecca Lown (http://www.rebeccalown.com).
Marc @ AR/SC
Absolutely love the cover, MG. Whoop!
i really like the cover. it’s different from other books!
YEAH, MG is releasing a book :0
I like the cover 🙂
I like the cover. It looks really mysterious and dark. Great colors too!
I seriously love it! It’s simple but mysterious and intriguing. Great choice of colors too, MG! 😀
I like how simple the cover is and yet it gives off a mysterious vibe. I like the font too!
I like how simple the cover is and yet it gives off a mysterious vibe. I like the font too!
The cover looks great 🙂
The cover looks great 🙂
The cover looks great 🙂
the cover looks great 🙂
Cover looks mysterious and I like the barb wire that glistens – eerie.
The Cover is brilliant, i like the whole misty forsty thing, a bit eerie!
I like the font you used, and the cloudy sky is pretty exciting. it makes me excited to read the book 😀
I like the font you used, and the cloudy sky is pretty exciting. it makes me excited to read the book 😀
The cover is so PRETTY !! I love the font of the words!:D
The cover is so PRETTY !! I love the font of the words!:D
The cover is so PRETTY !! I love the font of the words!:D
The cover is so PRETTY !! I love the font of the words!:D
The cover is okay. The woods and the firefly type streaks look neat, but with just the silhouette of the girl, it’s a little boring. I would have liked something with multiple silhousettes (like on some versions of An Abundance of Katherines by John green), to representt the “multiple lives” better.
This cover is [i]so[/i] pretty. It very skillfully communicates a mood of mystery, and I think the script is incredibly lovely.
This cover is [i]so[/i] pretty. It very skillfully communicates a mood of mystery, and I think the script is incredibly lovely.
I love the cover!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Very intriguing and interesting cover, gives you that mysterious vibe of not knowing what to expect from a book. I definitely like it!
Thanks for a giveaway! 🙂
It is simple and dark but also mysterious (those glows) and I love the cover and the font.
It is simple and dark but also mysterious (those glows) and I love the cover and the font.
The cover looks great! 😉
It’s very mysterious.
I love the colours and the understated way it draws the attention into the woods.
This is a lovely cover !! I love how the title is written and I’m looking forward to reading this book 🙂
I like the simplicity of it but also the mysterious atmosphere.
I think the cover of [i]”THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE”[/i] by M.G. Buehrlen, is eye capturing. Now, there’s that saying, [i]”Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”[/i]. But I disagree, I’m a girl who likes to see something interesting or fasinating or mesmerizing or fun on a cover. It gives me this feeling of [i]”Oh my Gods. I have to see what this is about!”[/i] Now, this [i]book[/i] cover is eye capturing. I love the whole dark, kind of foggy, mysterious with this shadow-like interesting silhouette of this character, right in the center. The whole cover picture, I feel it gives this intense, yet mystical vibe just by looking at it. The font chosen for the title is almost in a way, to me- well, it almost through me off, but then I just focused on the whole thing, and actually ended up staring at it for about 6 minute. Like I was in a trance or something. I absolutely love it, and it definitely is one of those books that capture my eye and then makes me want to majorly find out what the heck the story is about, and how does the cover relate to it?! Yeah. I love the art and designing behind it. Very intriguing. 😀
“Awesomeness.” ~ Erica Swan
Quite an intriguing cover we’ve got there! Can’t wait to read the book!
amazing! mysterious and dark
the cover looks great.
Kind of mysterious, just like the book.
the cover is EH. its not the prettiest cover ever! but its okay. i do like the font though.