7/1/2023 0 Comments Need joelleWhat prompts you to dive into darker, intense topics for teens that ask big questions rather than amuse? Like your trilogy, The Testing, NEED is a voyage into dark Young Adult fiction - unlike your adult mystery fiction which tends to be light and funny. Charbonneau shares today why she’s drawn to writing darker fiction for a younger audience and how her years as a voice coach for teens fed into her inspiration for NEED. The Testing trilogy and NEED have both been optioned for major motion pictures and are currently in development. In this chilling YA thriller, NEED examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature.Ĭharbonneau’s Young Adult books have appeared on the Indie Next List, on the YALSA Top 10 books for 2014 as well as the YALSA Quick Picks for reluctant readers and state reading lists across the country. Soon the site turns malevolent, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes that deliver a rising body count. In NEED, high school teenagers are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need. Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Testing trilogy and two adult mystery series, has now released a Young Adult novel that reveals sinister social media forces at play-NEED.
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