Lynne Hansen

Here's a little bit about my current releases. You can read more on my website at http://www.LynneHansen.com.

A TIME FOR WITCHES by Lynne Hansen As a teenager growing up in twenty-first-century Salem, Mindy Gold thinks she knows all about the town’s notorious witch trials. But when she wakes up in colonial Salem Village, she discovers it’s a more dangerous place than she’d ever imagined. In A Time for Witches, Mindy’s racing against the clock to uncover why she’s there—and whom she can trust—before she becomes the next victim of the Puritan hysteria.

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SHADES OF BLUE AND GRAY by Lynne Hansen Twenty-first-century teen Mindy Gold and time-cop Jasper Gordon travel back to 1861 Virginia to rescue Chad, the cutest guy in Mindy’s high school. In the meantime, they are still in pursuit of their alien nemesis Andros, who has kidnapped their friend Jonathan Hartthorne from 17th-century Salem. In Shades of Blue and Gray, Mindy and Jasper’s new mission leads them to a Union Army camp on the eve of the battle of Bull Run. Will they find Chad before the cannons fire at dawn?

RECKLESS REVOLUTION by Lynne Hansen With an evil, time-hopping alien hot on their heels, twenty-first–century teen Mindy Gold and her new partner in time, Jasper, arein a race to rescue Mindy’s sister Serena from 18th-century Philadelphia. Along the way Mindy faces down rabble-rousing Whigs, an outbreak of smallpox, and a light lunch with Ben Franklin. In Reckless Revolution, Mindy and the gang play a treacherous game of cat and mouse as they struggle to keep the timeline of history intact.

RAVE NEW WORLD By Lynne Hansen It's the year 2157, and every pleasure that doesn't turn people into dutiful consumers has been classified as an addiction and outlawed. Jaden Emory's job is to find out people's hidden addictions--and root them out. But when rebellious raver Ally Fayre enters the picture, it's Jaden who becomes addicted...to her. SmartBooks are compelling, full-length novels with edgy and mature themes that will appeal to teens. Each book showcases more than 1,000 vocabulary words frequently included on the SAT. Brief definitions appear on the same page so that readers can quickly access and digest the meanings as they read along.

HERITAGE OF HORROR BOOK 1: THE RETURN By Lynne Hansen After their brother dies in battle, sixteen-year-old twins Molly and Jacob Gray discover a way to bring him back to life. The side effects (including a marauding zombie arm) seem to disappear, so when Molly's boyfriend is run over by a wagon, they decide to resurrect him as well. Only too late do they find out that they have turned the two people they love most into the living dead. HERITAGE OF HORROR BOOK 2: THE CHANGE By Lynne Hansen Although sixteen-year-old Hannah Gray hates everything about pioneer life on the Kansas prairie, becoming a werewolf is the absolute worst. Each night she changes into a fierce beast. Each morning she awakes to carnage she doesn’t remember. Can she find a cure before those she loves uncover her terrible secret? Bitten one evening while walking with her new boyfriend Daniel Drumm, Hannah struggles to control the wolf inside her. Each night the pull of the rising moon grows stronger. Flashes of her missing hours haunt her. She worries that it's her, and not the werewolf that attacked her, that's destroying her town. Daniel tells her he loves her, but will he still feel that way if he discovers the dark beast hidden within her?
ALTDEATH.COM By Lynne Hansen & Sally Bosco An online murder mystery club for teens discovers they have a real murder to solve when one of their members is found dead under suspicious, perhaps even paranormal circumstances. The AltDeath Club knows that their friend Rachel didn’t commit suicide. Her blue lips and withered body are not the product of poison like the Rappahannock police believe. An energy vampire is prowling their isolated stretch of Northern Neck, Virginia. The AltDeathers must find the killer before they, too, fall prey to the vampire’s foul trap. Through their investigation, Tori St. James, her wheelchair-bound boyfriend Matt, and the rest of the AltDeath Club uncover the truth—that cyberspace...has fangs.