Evernight Teen's Birthday Blog Hop

EVERNIGHT TEEN is celebrating their anniversary this month with a 3^rd Birthday Blog Hop. It’s EVERNIGHT TEEN’s birthday but we're giving out the presents with a Grand Prize of a $100 Amazon gift certificate!

EVERNIGHT TEEN books feature fresh teen fiction that is raw, gritty and real. Whether paranormal, contemporary, sci-fi or suspense, our books are about real issues and pack a strong emotional punch. You’ll find cutting edge fiction that today’s young adults can relate to and will keep you turning the pages long into the night.

I’m proud to be an EVERNIGHT TEEN author. Enjoy this tease from my books, Knockdown and Beached.

A sailboat can tip over and come back up again. Sailors call this a knockdown.

In eighteen hours a mega tsunami will hit the Pacific Coast. It will leave in its wake massive destruction and the threat of an ice age.

Sixteen-year-old Toni, her brothers, and their friends race the clock as they sail Toni’s family boat far out to sea. They must get beyond where the wave crests, or the boat will be crushed.

Without their parents to guide them, the reluctant crew improvises. Romances bloom and tempers flare. There is no privacy. Cell phones won’t work. The engine breaks down. They are running out of time.

Even if they survive the wave, there is nowhere in this ravaged world to go. When disaster strikes, it is up to Toni to find the strength to lead the crew when her brothers cannot.

Excerpt: “Sure. We’ll be fine.” He took a deep breath. My brothers were terrible liars.

Toni and the young crew of the sailboat, Whistler, have just found a safe harbor. Or so they thought...

They may have survived a tsunami, but they’re racing ahead of an ice age as they continue the frantic search for their families.

The island they’ve anchored near is anything but safe. Dangerous men lurk nearby—along with snakes, stingrays, and sharks. An island girl threatens to destroy Toni and her boyfriend’s relationship, the youngest member of the crew gets lost in a narrow dark cave, and Zoë is more annoying than ever.

Will Toni and her crew survive the island and its treacherous waters?

Excerpt: The important thing was that the danger to us was over. I was being silly. Takumi had the right to laugh with Kat. I wanted him to laugh. I just wanted him to laugh with me.

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Pre-dystopia

My favorite novels have always been stories where kids outsmart adults. Think Harry Potter, Ender’s Game, and Hunger Games.

It wasn’t a far stretch for me to write about teens surviving a world disaster on a sailboat. I’ve sailed the Pacific Northwest for years and live in Seattle, U.S.A., near two giant volcanoes.
I used to imagine how I'd save my family if an earthquake or disaster struck our area. Now I write about it.

The number of survival web sites I’ve found while doing research for my novels is incredible. Yes, there are people out there even more obsessed than me. Did you know that seaweed is packed full of vitamins and you can make penicillin out of citrus rinds? And those tiny little pills you put in fish tanks when your fish get sick? Well, they’re penicillin too. (Not that I recommend you take them. See a doctor if you need meds.) And don’t get me started on Duct tape. It even comes in patterns.

But a good novel is really about the characters. The pre-dystopian world I created is only the back drop for the drama of the characters in my books. How they react during a crisis is so telling.

One of my favorite characters is a teenage girl named Zoe. She is very ditzy and falls apart if a fingernail breaks. However, if there is a medical emergency, Zoe becomes a skilled medic.

My main character Toni, who has grown up in the shadow of her older brothers, takes charge of the boat when disaster strikes.

In my novels friendships are tested, and yes, lives are lost. But the characters endure and carry on with their search for their families and a safe harbor.
I’ve loved creating this world where teens out maneuver and survive in a world that is changing so fast, adults can’t cope.

I hope you love it too.
Brenda Beem