Last year, at my college reunion, I was lucky enough to spend some time catching up with Karen McManus. After we exchanged the usual pleasantries, she told me something unbelievably interesting: she had signed a deal with Delacourte/Random House, and had a YA book coming out in 2017. Amazing, right? So, I waited patiently for the book to come out. And the buzz was crazy, so I started to wait sort of impatiently. And finally, I stopped by my favorite local bookstore and bought it […]