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Is part of Aurora Cycle Series Amie Kaufman , Jay Kristoff , 2018 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Aurora Rising
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'The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch . . .

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates 
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem–that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

NOBODY PANIC.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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  • Aurora Rising was tenth in the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction  with 14,457 votes.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Ember ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 476p.p.
      ISBN: 9781984893956, 1984893955
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Rock the Boat ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 480p.p.
      ISBN: 9781786075338, 1786075334
Alternative title: Aurora'nın dönüşü
Language: Turkish
    • Istanbul,
      c
      Turkey,
      c
      Middle East, Asia,
      :
      Pegasus Yayınları ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 476p.p.
      ISBN: 9786052997925, 6052997923

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“Something Here Is Completely, Horribly, Unnaturally Wrong” : Uncanny Vegetation in Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising Alena Cicholewski , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature : Roots and Winged Seeds 2023; (p. 207-226)

'Australian authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s 2019 young adult space adventure Aurora Rising features several unsettling representations of plants. These do not just serve to create suspense but also to address questions concerning the relationship between humanity and nature. Approaching the plant horror elements in the novel from a postcolonial ecoGothic perspective enables engagement with the underlying anthropocentric bias of Aurora Rising and its entanglements with imperialist ideologies. Based on selected close readings, this chapter argues that the novel eventually does not critique exploitative (neo-)colonial-expansionist ways of thinking but perpetuates them by pitting two imperial powers (humans vs aliens) against each other. This fight leaves other living beings caught in the crossfire, reducing nature in the novel to a mere battleground against which a Cold War-like quest for dominance takes place.' (Publication abstract)

y separately published work icon Review : Aurora Rising and Aurora Burning Aleksandra Stapmanns , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 23464932 2020 single work review
— Review of Aurora Rising Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2019 single work novel ; Aurora Burning Amie Kaufman , Jay Kristoff , 2020 single work novel

'Following their bestselling trilogy The Illuminae Files, Australian powerhouses Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff turn the world upside down in their newest series, The Aurora Cycle. Here, they bring us ‘not the heroes we wanted, just the ones we could find’.' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon Best Books of 2019 Angela Crocombe (presenter), Leanne Hall (presenter), 2019 18804805 2019 single work podcast interview

'In the third episode of the Readings Kids Podcast, Leanne and Angela do a whistle-stop tour of their favourite books of the past year. This episode also includes a bonus interview with YA author Will Kostakis about his new fantasy book, Monuments.'

Source: Soundcloud.

[Review] Aurora Rising Natasha Tambiah , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 121 2019;

— Review of Aurora Rising Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2019 single work novel
[Review] Aurora Rising Natasha Tambiah , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 121 2019;

— Review of Aurora Rising Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2019 single work novel
y separately published work icon Review : Aurora Rising and Aurora Burning Aleksandra Stapmanns , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 23464932 2020 single work review
— Review of Aurora Rising Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2019 single work novel ; Aurora Burning Amie Kaufman , Jay Kristoff , 2020 single work novel

'Following their bestselling trilogy The Illuminae Files, Australian powerhouses Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff turn the world upside down in their newest series, The Aurora Cycle. Here, they bring us ‘not the heroes we wanted, just the ones we could find’.' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon Best Books of 2019 Angela Crocombe (presenter), Leanne Hall (presenter), 2019 18804805 2019 single work podcast interview

'In the third episode of the Readings Kids Podcast, Leanne and Angela do a whistle-stop tour of their favourite books of the past year. This episode also includes a bonus interview with YA author Will Kostakis about his new fantasy book, Monuments.'

Source: Soundcloud.

“Something Here Is Completely, Horribly, Unnaturally Wrong” : Uncanny Vegetation in Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising Alena Cicholewski , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature : Roots and Winged Seeds 2023; (p. 207-226)

'Australian authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s 2019 young adult space adventure Aurora Rising features several unsettling representations of plants. These do not just serve to create suspense but also to address questions concerning the relationship between humanity and nature. Approaching the plant horror elements in the novel from a postcolonial ecoGothic perspective enables engagement with the underlying anthropocentric bias of Aurora Rising and its entanglements with imperialist ideologies. Based on selected close readings, this chapter argues that the novel eventually does not critique exploitative (neo-)colonial-expansionist ways of thinking but perpetuates them by pitting two imperial powers (humans vs aliens) against each other. This fight leaves other living beings caught in the crossfire, reducing nature in the novel to a mere battleground against which a Cold War-like quest for dominance takes place.' (Publication abstract)

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