Penguin Teen on Tour | Marie Lu, Melissa de la Cruz, and Astrid Scholte

Melissa de la Cruz, Marie Lu, and Astrid Scholte will present a panel discussion on their new young adult novels as part of Penguin Teen on Tour.

In The Queen’s Assassin, by Melissa de la Cruz, Caledon Holt is the kingdom’s deadliest weapon. No one alive can best him in speed, strength, or brains, which is why he’s the Hearthstone Guild’s most dangerous member. Cal is also the Queen’s Assassin, bound to her by magic and unable to leave her service.

The Kingdom of Back is Marie Lu’s first historical novel. Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish—to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little hope she’ll ever become an acclaimed composer because she is a young woman in 18th century Europe. And as Nannerl’s hope grows dimmer with each passing year, the talents of her beloved younger brother, Wolfgang, only seem to shine brighter.

In The Vanishing Deep, by Astrid Scholte, Seventeen-year-old Tempe was born into a world of water. When the Great Waves destroyed her planet, its people had to learn to survive living on the water, but the ruins of the cities below still called.