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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Exclusive: Marie Rutkoski's The Shadow Society Cover Reveal & Giveaway

I'm beyond thrilled to be revealing the cover for Marie Rutkoski's The Shadow Society today on Mundie Moms. I'm reading this book now, and loving it! I highly recommend adding this book to your To-Read lists. I think this book is going to be one a lot of YA readers will be talking about this fall. 

Check out the fabulous cover:




I love the reflection and the city sky line below it. The other thing that makes this cover stand out for me, is it's not your typical YA book cover. This cover is a great reflection of what lies within the pages of this book.

About The Book:
Published by: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (MacMillan)
To Be Released on: October 30th, 2012
Pre-Order from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 
Add To: GoodReads

Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. So she isn’t surprised that she doesn’t recognize Conn, the new boy at her high school, even though he seems to know her—or at least know something about her.
What does surprise her is how quickly she comes to trust Conn, and that he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But his interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.

As if she was his enemy.

When Conn betrays Darcy and she is arrested, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not Conn, not herself, and not even the laws of nature. Because this world isn’t the only one. Darcy belongs in an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire never happened, and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.

Darcy needs some answers.

And she hates that the person most able to help her get them is Conn. -quoted from the publisher


About the author:
Marie Rutkoski is the author of the YA novel The Shadow Society, about a girl who discovers that she's not human and that her kind are terrorists in an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire never happened. The Shadow Society will be published October 30, 2012. Marie has also written the children's fantasy series The Kronos Chronicles, including The Cabinet of WondersThe Celestial Globe and The Jewel of the KalderashThe Cabinet of Wonders, her debut novel, was named an Indie Next Kids' List Great Read and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among other honors. 


Rutkoski grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), as the oldest of four children. She attended the University of Iowa. After graduating, she lived in Moscow and Prague. Upon receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University, she held dual appointments as a lecturer there in both English and American Literature and Language, and History and Literature. Rutkoski is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children's literature and creative writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.

The Giveaway:
Thank you to MacMillan, I have 1 ARC of The Shadow Society to giveaway to one lucky reader. This is open to residents of the US & Canada. Please fill out the form below to enter to win.


61 comments:

  1. I like it. It looks like she's walking on top of the sky over the city. :D

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  2. Oooh, this sounds really good and that cover is memorizing.

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  3. Well, you make this sound so great, I better read it! And I like the cover. It's different, which is a good thing.

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  4. Pretty! I like the color, and LOVE the reflection. Very eye-catching. :)

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  5. Oh, great giveaway! I think you are right - this one looks different than the typical YA. And I LIKE IT. *grin*

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  6. The cover is gorgeous! Makes you really think about that alternate world thing.

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  7. This cover is rather lovely. Like you said, it doesn't look like the average YA cover. It's more mature, something you'd see on an adult fiction book. Can't wait to read it!

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  8. I really like this one. It makes me think of two worlds co-existing. The colors also remind me of the Pacific Northwest.

    Andrea @ Reading Lark

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  9. It sounds pretty cool. I just love the cover too. Thanks for the intro to a new book.

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  10. That is a great looking cover. One that makes you interested in reading it.

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  11. The cover is awesome. It looks like a good read too!

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  12. I really like the reflection with the city at the bottom. And the typography is great!

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  13. I really do love the cover. The coloring is just fabulous.

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  14. It's a little bit eerie. I love it. Me wants it now!

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  15. I love that the cover is simple but reflects the story so well. I would certainly pick it up in a bookstore or library even if I didn't know it was a Marie Rutkoski title.

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  16. thanks for a fun giveaway! I really like this cover!

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  17. I'm a sucker for font...so I think that's the best part of the cover but I do like the reflection and the city underneath.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  18. Adore the shaow effect going on.

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  19. Its one of those covers that would stop me every time I passed in the store, making me curious about what's inside.
    Jennelle J

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  20. I actually really love this cover! It's totally not your average girl-in-a-pretty dress cover. It's dark yet beautiful. Totally love it!!

    -Aneeqah @ My Not So Real Life

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  21. I agree..the cover is cool. At first glance it appears like a normal dreary image of somebody walking through a rainy city, but the reflection/non-reflection is trippy.

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  22. the cover is very unique!

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  23. The title of the book alone catches my attention and the cover just adds to it! I love the reflection and the city at the bottom. It's a great cover!

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  24. i really like the cover. it definitely draws me in and makes me wonder just what the books going to be about and makes me really want to read it : )

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  25. I love how you can see the city and her shadow as she is walking.

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  26. I love how she looks like she's walking on the sky, but also upside down!

    Great illusion:)

    thanks for the giveaway:)

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  27. I love it the way the shadow is on there is just plain weird in a good way. It totally made me want this book.

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  28. I really like it! The color is perfect!

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  29. Love the cover. Can't wait to see what the significance of the shadow and the city is.

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  30. The cover is awesome and would love to read this book Thanks for the giveaway

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  31. Love the cover. It so fits this book.

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  32. I really like the cover. I like how you have to look at it to figure out what you are seeing and after reading the synopsis it certainly makes sense :)

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  33. I love the cover! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  34. I absolutely adore the cover. It stands out among the rest of the YA genre, and I love the fact that it doesn't give anything away. You would never guess the story from the cover. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  35. I love how can see the reflection in the puddle. It's a really great cover! Thanks for the chance to win! It sounds fantastic!

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  36. I love it! If I'd never heard of this book before, I'd want it based on the cover.

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  37. My favorite part of this cover is how you can see the reflection of the city in the puddle. Thanks for the giveaway! :D

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  38. Wow! The cover is gorgeous! This sounds like a great book!

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  39. I saw this cover for the first time yesterday and love it. Read the synopsis and love it too - immediately added it to my TBR list! Thanks for the giveaway!
    - Jessica @ Book Sake

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  40. I am in love with this cover!!

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  41. It makes me think of New York City.

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  42. I think it looks cool! Reminds me of the Chicago skyline.
    kathyross75@yahoo.com

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  43. I like the buildings and the way the person on the cover is all blurry. It just says mysterious to me. :)

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  44. I love the cover. I like the way they use the shadow.

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  45. It grabbed my attention when I first saw it. I especially like the font!

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  46. THANK YOU for all the comments! So glad you guys are loving this cover!

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  47. Love the cover! Definitely grabbed my attention without being too showy, the colors are great too and don't distract from the message.

    londonjudge@verizon.net

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  48. The cover is great. The colors really drew me in, kind of ominous. The font is very unique!

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  49. I love the cover! This has been on my TBR list for a while, so I was so excited to see a cover for it.

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  50. In that the first thing that draws me to read a book is the cover, this one does an amazing job! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  51. I like the color. It looks interesting.

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  52. I love the reflection on the cover. It's very eye-catching!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  53. I like how the cover is very different from other covers. Also, I like the reflection/puddle a lot.

    Thanks for the giveaway,
    Ana

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  54. I actually really like the cover! It's gorgeous and almost eery, which fits the theme of the book. If you were abandoned but someone from your supposed past remembers you, I could think of some eery happenings! lol

    Thank you for the giveaway.

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  55. I think the cover is nice! I noticed how usually in a picture, the buildings are above so that it looks taller/faraway but in this cover it isn't. Instead the building's pictures are below and the image and reflection is above the buildings, as if telling us the story will be different and will leave you questioning. It's as though its telling us 'the sky is the limit'.

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  56. I think it goes great with the book! Love it!

    --Markella

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  57. I really like it! So pretty and blue!

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  58. I really liking this cover so edgy and mysterious...Love it!!! Thanks for the giveaway

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