Retro

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What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofa Lapuente.

It was never meant to happen this way.

Things were never supposed to get this out of hand.

After a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral, Luna Iglesias finds herself at the heart of a brewing controversy. When the social media company Limbowho are also implicated in the scandalsweeps in with an offer that sounds like an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and receive a scholarship to the college of her dreams, shes happy to jump on the new trend. Its called the Retro Challenge, where contestants live without modern technology, wear vintage clothes, party as if the future werent already written, and fall in love as if they were living in a movie.

At first, the challenge is fun. But then things get dangerous. Kids start disappearing, including Lunas friends. There are voices in the woods. Bloodred markings on the trees. And Luna increasingly begins to wonder if all these strange happenings are connected with the Retro Challenge.

Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. The weight of her family on her shoulders. Theres so much on the line for Luna, not to mention shes falling in love with the last guy she expected. Unless she can figure out the truth behind whos sabotaging the challenge, the next person to disappear may be Luna herself.

Author Bio

Sofa Lapuenteis an author, screenwriter, professor at UCLA, and avid world traveler who immigrated from Spain to the United States torealize her dream of storytelling. Since then, she has worked as a producer and casting director on an Emmy nominated show and received coauthor credits intheNew York TimesbestsellerGleanings,the fourth installment ofthe Arc of a Scythe trilogy, with her partner, Jarrod Shusterman. Together, they authored their most recent young adult title,Retro,and have many more projects in the works. The couple writes and produces film and television under their production company Dos Lobos Entertainment. Find them on TikTok and Instagram @SofiandJarrod.

Jarrod Shustermanis theNew York Timesbestselling coauthor of the novelDry, which he is adapting for a major Hollywood film studio with National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman. He is also the coauthor of the accoladed novelRoxy.His books have all received critical acclaim and multiple starred reviews. Jarrod wrote his most recent title,Retro, with Sofa Lapuente, and together, they teach a course on writing at UCLA. They are partners in every sense of the word, with love and multiculturalism as an ethosliving between Madrid, Spain, and Los Angeles. If they are not working, it means theyre eating. For behind-the-scenes author content and fun videos, follow them on Instagram and TikTok @SofiandJarrod.