num_pages: 473
description: From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.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 touchA cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasmA sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmatesA smart-ass techwiz with the galaxys biggest chip on his shoulderAn alien warrior with anger management issuesA tomboy pilot whos totally not into him in case you were wonderingAnd Tys squad isnt even his biggest problemthatd be Aurora Jie-Lin OMalley the girl hes 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 Tylers squad of losers discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy. They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.
language: English
title: Aurora Rising
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers