ZEN & XANDER UNDONE

From the breakthrough author of VIBES comes another wittily wrought teen novel about two very different sisters: Zen and Xander. Zen is the "good" girl with a black belt in karate and a newfound penchant for kicking heads. Xander is a wild scientific genius with a self-destructive streak a light-year long. They have three things in common: they're brown-eyed blondes, they've noticed the boy next door has turned into a hottie, and they miss their mom, who died almost a year ago.

These sisters are surviving just fine - except that they're coming completely undone. Zen keeps getting into fights that are harder and harder to finish, while Xander spirals into a vortex of drugs, scary men, and late-night parties, where her clothes certainly come undone, too. What's worse, Xander has scholarships to the most coveted universities in the country, but she's about to ruin everything. Should Zen keep trying to be the calm that balances Xander's stormy behavior, or just finally let go?

Amy Kathleen Ryan is the author of VIBES, published in September 2008. Always, she knew she wanted to write. After college, she moved to Burlington, Vermont where she got an MA in English Literature at the University of Vermont. It was there that she realized how much she needed to learn in order to realize her dream of becoming a fiction writer for teens. She applied and was accepted to the New School Creative Writing for Children Program where she studied with Tor Seidler, Michele Spirn, Deborah Brodie and Stephanie Spinner. For more informations visit http://amykathleenryan.com/.