All Fall Down (Embassy Row, Book 1): Book One of Embassy Row (1)

Author: Carter, Ally

Edition: Signed

Features:

• Scholastic Press

Number Of Pages: 320

Details: Product Description A new series of global proportions -- from master of intrigue, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter. Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:1. She is not crazy.2. Her mother was murdered.3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her -- so there's no one she can completely trust. Not her grandfather, a powerful ambassador. Not her new friends, who all live on Embassy Row. Not Alexei, the Russian boy next door, who is keeping his eye on Grace for reasons she neither likes nor understands.Everybody wants Grace to put on a pretty dress and a pretty smile, blocking out all her unpretty thoughts. But they can't control Grace -- no more than Grace can control what she knows or what she needs to do. Her past has come back to hunt her . . . and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down. From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up—As she has been told repeatedly, Grace Blakely's mother was killed in an unfortunate fire that destroyed the small antiques shop she owned. But Grace was there, and she remembers the gun, the bullet wound in her mother's chest, a man with a facial scar, and an explosion just before the shop was engulfed in flames. After three years in treatment for post-traumatic stress, the 16-year-old has returned to where she spent her childhood. With her father constantly away on military missions, she's once again living in the U.S. embassy in Adria, Italy, where her grandfather serves as ambassador. She doesn't want to be there, tortured by constant reminders of her mother and surrounded by people who believe that the death was an accident. She knows everyone thinks she's crazy, but the teen is determined to prove that her mother was murdered. As the ambassador's granddaughter, she is expected to observe embassy protocol, but when she spots a man with the same facial scar she remembers from the antiques shop, her reaction threatens U.S. diplomatic relations with every country on Embassy Row, not to mention Adria itself. With the assistance of some unexpected allies, Grace plots a way to bring the man she believes to be her mother's killer to justice. Grace's justifiable anger and spunk are sure to resonate with teens. With its intrigue and clever plot twists, this series opener will leave readers hungering for more.—Cary Frostick, formerly at Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA Review Praise for the Heist Society series: "Fast-paced and popcorn-ready!" ―Publishers Weekly "With razor-sharp dialogue, twists and tight squeezes galore, and one quick-thinking heroine, Carter doesn’t miss a step as she continues to entertain her numerous fans" ―Booklist "Daring, delicious, but filled with a sense of purpose, Heist Society mixes classic elements of the adolescent bildungsroman into a high-stakes escapade." ―School Library Journal Praise for the Gallagher Girls series: * "Nearly three hundred pages of perfection." ―VOYA, starred review "Humorous, fast-paced fun." ―School Library Journal "Ally Carter’s light and engaging writing style will appeal to many young female readers looking for an adventure story about girls who are not afraid to fight their own battles." ―Children’s Literature Praise for the Heist Society series: "Fast-paced and popcorn-ready!" ―Publishers Weekly "With razor-sharp dialogue, twists and tight squeezes galore, and one quick-thinking heroine, Carter doesn’t miss a step as she continues to entertain her numerous fans" ―Booklist "Daring, delicious, but filled with a sense of purpose, Heist Society mixes classic elements of the adolescent bildungsroman into a high-stakes escapade." ―School Library Journal Praise for the Gallagher Girls series: * "Nearly three hundred pages of perfection." ―VOYA,

EAN: 9780545654746

Release Date: 20-01-2015

Languages: English

Item Condition: New

Binding: Hardcover