YA BOOKS

UNFORSAKEN (2011) Delacorte Books for Young Readers Hailey Tarbell is no typical girl. As one of the Banished who arrived from Ireland generations ago, Hailey has the power to heal—and, as she recently learned, to create zombies if she heals someone too late. Read about the book Read an excerpt

BANISHED (2010) Delacorte Books for Young Readers Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell can't wait for the day she'll leave Gypsum, Missouri, far behind, taking only four-year-old Chub, the developmentally-delayed little boy her cruel drug-dealing grandmother fosters for the state money. Read about the book Read an excerpt Reviews