Awards

• Short-listed for Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2011
• Short-listed for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Young Adult) 2012

Overview

Mars stinks It's hot. The air reeks of burning fuel; the rivers and lakes seethe with sulfur. In the shadows, evil men plot terror and beasts hunt the innocent. Out on the barren crags of the terraformed planet, there is nowhere to hide. No one to heed a call for help. No one, except Durango.

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Reviews

Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and outright funny. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Praise for Soul Enchilada: Wonderful and unexpectedly touching, this is a book meant for re-reading. Good stuff! -- Melissa Marr, New York Times Bestselling Author of Wicked Lovely

Gill scores big in this action-packed, power-punch of a debut . . . All readers can do is buckle their seatbelts, close their eyes, and take the plunge. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Delightfully wacky. -- The Horn Book Praise for Soul Enchilada: Wonderful and unexpectedly touching, this is a book meant for re-reading. Good stuff! -- Melissa Marr, New York Times Bestselling Author of Wicked Lovely Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go until the last page. In the best tradition of Heinlein and Firefly, Black Hole Sun is for readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on! --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Wintergirls and Speak Readers will have a hard time turning the pages fast enough as the body count rises to the climactic, satisfying ending, which will leave new fans hopeful for more adventures. --Booklist (starred review) Rockets readers to new frontiers . . . action-packed. --Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres, and the addition of a soup?on of romance and hints of painful family drama results in a book that's got appeal to just about any potential speculative-fiction fan. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Science-fiction fans will cheer Durango on in his exploits and enjoy the twists in the novel's satisfying conclusion. --School Library Journal (starred review) Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and outright funny. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Great story, great characters, and nonstop action. David Gill takes you to a rugged, fast, tough world. --Chris Crutcher, author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes School Library Journal Best Book Rockets readers to new frontiers . . . action-packed. --Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games School Library Journal Best Book Rockets readers to new frontiers . . . action-packed. --Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games Great story, great characters, and nonstop action. David Gill takes you to a rugged, fast, tough world. --Chris Crutcher, author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn t let go until the last page. In the best tradition of Heinlein and Firefly, Black Hole Sun is for readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on! --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Wintergirls and Speak Readers will have a hard time turning the pages fast enough as the body count rises to the climactic, satisfying ending, which will leave new fans hopeful for more adventures. --Booklist (starred review) Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres, and the addition of a soup?on of romance and hints of painful family drama results in a book that s got appeal to just about any potential speculative-fiction fan. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Science-fiction fans will cheer Durango on in his exploits and enjoy the twists in the novel s satisfying conclusion. --School Library Journal (starred review) Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and outright funny. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Author Information

David Macinnis Gill is the award-winning author of Soul Enchilada, Black Hole Sun, Invisible Sun, Shadow on the Sun, Rising Sun, Uncanny, and Zombie Train. His books have been named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Kirkus Best Book, a Bank Street College Best Books of the Year, and an NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age as well as nominated for a variety of state and regional lists and awards. His short stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies. He holds a doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee and was the president of ALAN (the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. David Macinnis Gill lives in North Carolina.

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