Young World
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- Erwartet am 5. Mai 2026
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- 8,49 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
From the New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series comes a renegade thriller, about a teenager elected President of the United States, sparking a global revolution of young leaders—until one of them is murdered and he’s the prime suspect.
America is on the brink of collapse, and the youth have lost all faith in their leaders. As a pivotal election approaches, Benton Young, a high school senior trying to impress a girl, impulsively uploads a video, daring everyone to interfere with the vote and write him in for President. The video explodes online, igniting election chaos and a national revolt, until the Supreme Court intervenes to put Benton in the White House. Galvanized by Benton’s rise, more global youth take to the streets, and more governments fall, until eight of the world's most powerful nations are led by teenagers.
When these young leaders convene at their first summit in Sweden, they face the monumental task of setting a new course for history. But the first night, their unity is shattered when a leader is murdered in cold blood . . . and Benton is the only suspect. Hunted by enemies young and old, he must untangle a deadly web of secrets, betrayal, and power plays—while the future of the world hangs in the balance.
With globe-spanning action, stunning twists, and an electric new brand of storytelling, Young World is a heart-stopping thriller that asks: What happens when the future really does belong to the young?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A 17-year-old's attempt to impress his crush kicks off a series of events that culminate in his inauguration as president of the United States in this exhilarating YA debut from Chainani (the School for Good and Evil series). As the U.S. presidential election approaches, high schooler Benton posts a video online, in which he encourages young people to "throw a wrench into old Red and Blue" by electing Benton for president via write-in ballot. To his shock, the video goes viral, and not only is Benton voted into the White House, but several other nations subsequently elect teenagers as their country's leaders. Despite Benton's apparent instinct for politics—and the hilariously acerbic yet sound advice of his two best friends, whom he taps for his cabinet—his early attempts to spearhead government are undermined by partisan elders conspiring to maintain business-as-usual on Capitol Hill. Characters sling profane humor, jockey for power by leveraging popular-kid or mean-girl energy, and—in a cloak-and-dagger second act that turns this campy thought experiment into a pell-mell thriller—engage in imperial expansion, cleverly mirroring and critiquing contemporary politics. A pastiche of multimedia inserts including invented memes, sidewalk graffiti, and trend charts punctuate a searing and uncanny reflection on political reach, restriction, and corruption, and the friction that emerges when a wide-eyed idealist collides with the unyielding guardians of the status quo. Benton's father is Black and his mother cues as white. Ages 14–up.
