Breakout

Trapped at a luxurious resort off the coast of Florida, a group of elite teens are about to have a spring break they will never forget … but not all of them are coming home. The star-studded team of authors behind New York Times bestsellers Blackout and Whiteout returns with a thrillerfull of intrigue, betrayal, and heart-stopping romance.

For Thurgood Marshall Academy's best and brightest–five friends who've been thick as thieves since kindergarten–this spring break is all about forgetting: they want nothing more than to wash away last year's tragedy, and the human-shaped hole it left in their friend group.

It's a hole the new kid, Anthony Brooks, seems to fit right into. So when he invites the Five to join him on a private island for a week at his dad's luxury resort, they agree with zero hesitation. No one's counting on a freak tropical storm swooping in and killing the vibe. And speaking of killing, they're also ill-prepared for the mounting collection of dead bodies… including (another) one of their own.

As their dream trip unravels, everything they tried to leave behind–secrets, lies, betrayals, dead best friends–seems to be washing up on the shore of their lives for everyone to see. Will any of them make it out alive?

From the bestselling, award-winning team behind Blackout and Whiteout—Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon—comes a thriller that begs the question: is it possible to outrun the worst thing you've ever done?

Reviews

‘Young Black love glows throughout this collaboration.’ Publishers’ Weekly STARRED REVIEW

About the author

Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of the Belles series and The Marvellers and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, which was made into a Netflix original series. She is COO of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books.

Tiffany D. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of, among others, Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming. She is a Coretta Scott King Award winner.

Nic Stone is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, Chaos Theory, Clean Getaway and Marvel’s Shuri novel series.

Angie Thomas is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Nic Blake and the Remarkables series, The Hate U Give and Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. She is a former teen rapper who holds a BFA in creative writing.

Ashley Woodfolk is the award-winning author of many books including the highly acclaimed The Beauty That Remains and When You Were Everything.