![]() Westerfeld, best-known for the “Uglies” YA science fiction series and steampunk trilogy “Leviathan,” cleverly alternates between the straightforward story of Darcy’s coming of age and the paranormal romance she writes. She moves to New York City instead, where she meets a group of debut novelists, the so-called “sister debs,” and falls in love with older and more experienced novelist Imogen. But it comes with unforeseen problems: The book advance eliminates her school’s financial aid, and she can’t see a way to balance college and a looming book deadline anyway. ![]() ![]() ![]() Darcy Patel, the protagonist of Scott Westerfeld’s “Afterworlds” (Simon Pulse: 640 pp., $19.99, age 14 and up) writes a novel at 17 during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) that lands her a two-book contract. ![]()
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