She has worked with survivors of abuse and trauma as a mental health therapist, taught Jazzercise in five states, and is forever in search of the next best cupcake. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Kristen Simmons is the critically acclaimed author of the ARTICLE 5 series, THE GLASS ARROW, METALTOWN, PACIFICA, and THE DECEIVERS. Ember fears losing Chase forever - will she? Chase tells her ' You'd be surprised what you'll do when you think there's no tomorrow'. Throughout the story, Ember and Chase struggle with their feelings for each other, and their angst about violent actions they have taken, and how those have changed them. Tucker continues to drop in and out of their lives, and is eventually forced to make a hard choice between duty and friendship.Įmber comes up with a plan to start the revolution, and executes it - but her plan did not include bombing innocents. and Jesse's back story is gradually revealed. In Three, they discover that the resistance movement is not a unified one that different groups have very different goals and approaches and that someone within these movements is betraying them to government forces. They have been on the run ever since, working with resistance forces, with repeated captures and hair-raising escapes. Ember's mother died, but Chase eventually rescued Ember. In Article 5, Ember and her mother were arrested because she was born out of wedlock. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has long loved the boy next door, Chase Jennings, and was upset when he was drafted into the military. After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed. The series is set in a near future America where the Bill of Rights has been replaced with Moral Statutes, and the rule of law by military control, under orders from the Federal Bureau of Reformation. Kristen Simmons fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series continues in Breaking Point. Currently she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, where she spends her days supporting the caffeine industry and chasing her delightfully rambunctious son.T hree is the third in Kristen Simmons' YA dystopian series that opened with Article 5 and continued in Breaking Point (I somehow missed the latter but was able to work out what happened as I read). Her first published novel was Article 5, a dystopian novel about an America controlled by the 'Moral Militia.' Article 5 has been followed by two sequels: Breaking Point and Three. Kristen Simmons (born June 5, 1984) is an author of young adult fiction.

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