Chasing Prophecy 1. wydanie

One of the Year's Best Young Adult Books


"A stellar read for teens and adults, full of hilarious growing pains, tenderness, and a few surprises. Moser offers an irresistible narrator in Mo Kirkland. Every page ripples with a controlled cleverness." --Kirkus Reviews


Mo is a boy just trying to survive high school in Boulder Creek, a mysterious town proud of its reputation as the "Bigfoot Sighting Capital of the World."  He secretly loves Prophecy, a girl living with a group that some call a commune and others call a cult. Desperate to save their land, the new family leader steers his flock down a dark path. Soon, Mo learns that real monsters don't always hide in the woods. Sometimes they turn out to be people we've known all our lives. Chasing Prophecy is a heartwarming coming of age story about a boy who risks everything for one chance to save the girl of his dreams.  The author delivers equal parts suspense and mystery, romance and adventure, in this stunning new Young Adult novel.  


Kirkus Raves:   
"Moser's debut is an unflinching young-adult novel . . .  In Boulder Creek, Wash., Maurice "Mo" Kirkland is a teenage runt with everything to prove. Bullies want to dunk his head in a toilet--and could do it daily if not for the intervention of Mo's best friends, Max and Kazzy. The three stick together in a school that loves to mock Mo for being short and having two moms and Kazzy for being a member of the nature-worshipping Bethlehem cult (in which she's called Prophecy). Debut author Moser serves up an irresistible narrator in Mo Kirkland. Every page ripples with a controlled cleverness that seasoned writers might envy; Mo says of his height, "If I'd shown up at school wearing a leash and chewing a Frisbee, no one would have noticed." There's also a rawness to this tale similar to that which many teens face in the real world. Moser can wax rhapsodic about young love, but he shows that he knows how to raise the tension in the second half of the novel.  Chasing Prophecy is a stellar read for teens and adults, full of hilarious growing pains, tenderness and a few surprises."  


A New Story with Classic Themes:
Critics are comparing Chasing Prophecy to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Thirteen Reasons Why, and Stargirl.This book offers mystery and suspense, magical realism, and also the kind of frightening realities which force kids to grow up fast. Above all, this is a story of first love set deep in the woods of Washington's Cascade Mountains.

Readers interested in paranormal legends (like UFOs, Aliens, Ghosts & Angels) will love this story's Bigfoot sightings, while fans of middle school books and high school romance alike will connect with the classic coming of age themes.