The grandest game

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Title:

The grandest game

Author:

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn, author.

Series:

Grandest game ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win. Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits--physically, mentally, and emotionally--it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

Audience:

Ages 12 and up. Little, Brown and Company.

General Note:

A brand new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games Saga.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

372 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Subject Term:

Rich people -- Fiction.

Secrecy -- Fiction.

Brothers -- Fiction.

Riddles -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company,

Publication Date:

2024

ISBN:

9780316481014

Publication Information:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.

Call Number:

YA BARNES

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003741553	New Young Adult	BARNES Jennifer Lynn	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Get ready for a new series that brings readers deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series (over 4 million copies sold!), set a year after we last saw Avery and the Hawthornes.

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits--physically, mentally, and emotionally--it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a new series in the world of The Inheritance Games, where fan-favorite and new characters collide in a game you'll never forget.

Do you have what it takes to play?

**Don't miss a moment of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the Grandest Game, the thrilling new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games .

Reading them all? The ideal reading order is : The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, The Grandest Game, Games Untold, and Glorious Rivals.

Looking for more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes? Check out The Naturals series (The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the enovella, Twelve) , The Debutantes duet ( Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals), and The Lovely and the Lost .

Author Notes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is an American author of YA novels. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated high school in 2002. She went on to receive a degree in cognitive science from Yale University in 2006, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to do post-graduate work at Cambridge University. In 2012, she graduated from Yale University with a PhD in Developmental Psychology, and currently serves as an assistant professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma at Norman.

Barnes wrote her first book, Golden, when she was nineteen years old. She has written numerous novels since then, including: The Fixer, The Naturals series, Nobody, Every Other Day, and the Raised by Wolves series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Sequestered contestants vie for millions in this fiendishly clever thriller, the first in a spinoff series from Barnes's Inheritance Games saga. After a sprawling inaugural event, the second annual Grandest Game--a "mind-twisting" competition run by Tobias Hawthorne's four grandsons and Avery Grambs, the teen who inherited the eccentric billionaire's fortune--promises to be a more intimate affair. While cloistered on a private island, eight individuals must race against the clock--and one another--to solve increasingly elaborate puzzles. Contenders include 18-year-old Gigi, who wants to outdo her accomplished twin; 19-year-old Lyra, who needs money for college; 19-year-old Rohan, who requires cash to take over an exclusive, influential gambling club; and Hawthorne grandson Grayson, who was tricked into participating. Many players have secrets. Some have diabolical intent. All will do whatever it takes to win. Barnes's kaleidoscopic third-person narrative rapidly cycles between Gigi, Lyra, and Rohan, amplifying tension and creating drive. Familiarity with the previous books will lend resonance to certain plot and character developments, but baffling brainteasers, flagrant flirtation, and witty repartee earn the sustained interest of readers old and new. The cast is ethnically diverse. Ages 12--up. Agent: Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown. (July)