Introducing The Paranormalists and After the Dust Settled, Two New Darby Creek Series for Reluctant Teen Readers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Darby Creek, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, is pleased to announce the release of two new series created for reluctant teen readers. With accessible text and gripping, contemporary storylines, The Paranormalists and After the Dust Settled are engaging YA series written at a fourth-grade reading level that are ideal for reluctant teen readers, as well as ESL/ESS students and students who read below grade level.

Written by Megan Atwood, The Paranormalists series provides teen readers with a glimpse into the case files of an unlikely duo who are determined to get to the bottom of every haunting in Portland.

Jinx is a former middle school social reject who has reinvented herself as a bass-playing punk girl and paranormal investigator for hire. Her even-tempered friend Jackson is a jock by day and Jinx’s ghost-hunting partner by night. Together the two explore reports of hauntings around their hometown of Portland and try to survive the fearsome world of high school.

Perfect for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars, The Paranormalists series is as quirky and hip as it is seriously spooky. From supernatural mayhem to unexplained disappearances, Jinx and Jackson are on the case!

The After the Dust Settled series features a diverse set of teens living by their wit and muscle while facing problems they never could have imagined before the end of the world as they knew it.

The six sets of teens in After the Dust Settled may have survived the apocalyptic destruction of American society, but their troubles are far from over. From rough terrain to unpredictable weather to violent groups of thieves and scavengers, these boys and girls must learn to survive in the face of the new world’s many dangers.

Gritty and fast-paced, the After the Dust Settled series is sure to appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and The Walking Dead.

The Paranormalists
Written by Megan Atwood
Case #01: The Haunting of Apartment 101
PB: 978-0-8225-9077-4
Case #02: The Terror of Black Eagle Tavern
PB: 978-0-8225-9078-1
Case #03: The Mayhem on Mohawk Avenue
PB: 978-0-8225-9088-0
Case #04: The Bridge of Death
PB: 978-0-8225-9090-3

$7.95, Paperback
Ages 11–18
104-112 Pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½
Library Binding and eBooks also available

After the Dust Settled
Fight the Wind
PB: 978-0-8225-9034-7
Pig City
PB: 978-0-8225-8746-0
Plague Riders
PB: 978-0-8225-9033-0
River Run
PB: 978-0-8225-7274-9
Shot Down
PB: 978-0-7613-9399-3
Snakebite
PB: 978-0-8225-8745-3

$7.95, Paperback
Ages 12–18
104-120 Pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½
Library Binding and eBooks also available

About the Publisher
Darby Creek, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, creates series fiction titles for emerging, striving and reluctant readers ages 7 to 18 (Grades 2-12). Founded in 1959, Lerner Publishing Group is one of the nation’s largest independent children’s book publishers with thirteen imprints and divisions. For more information, visit www.lernerbooks.com or call 800-328-4929.

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