Titans

Overview: From Victoria Scott, author of FIRE & FLOOD, comes a thrilling story of impossible odds. In a heartstopping new novel from Fire & Flood author Victoria Scott, one girl bets her entire future on a race that she has no hope of winning. How much can you rely on the family you're born into? What can't you accomplish with the family you make?Astrid Sullivan's family can't catch a break. Her grandfather played cards and her dad bet on the Titans — half-horse, half-car that race around impossible tracks. They've lost their home, their savings, and each other.So when Astrid makes some new friends who give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she wonders if it's worth risking everything. She never thought she'd even touch a Titan, and this one is first gen when the models racing are Titan 3.0s. There's no way for her to win... but with her family slipping away and her dad without work, Astrid can't help but feel like the only person she can bet on is herself. Titans delivers Victoria Scott's signature blend of incredible action and impossible odds, and will leave readers' hearts racing. In a heartstopping new novel from Fire & Flood author Victoria Scott, one girl bets her entire future on a race that she has no hope of winning. How much can you rely on the family you're born into? What can't you accomplish with the family you make? Astrid Sullivan's family can't catch a break. Her grandfather played cards and her dad bet on the Titans ? half-horse, half-car that race around impossible tracks. They've lost their home, their savings, and each other. So when Astrid makes some new friends who give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she wonders if it's worth risking everything. She never thought she'd even touch a Titan, and this one is first gen when the models racing are Titan 3.0s. There's no way for her to win... but with her family slipping away and her dad without work, Astrid can't help but feel like the only person she can bet on is herself. Titans delivers Victoria Scott's signature blend of incredible action and impossible odds, and will leave readers' hearts racing Ever since the Titans first appeared in her Detroit neighborhood, Astrid Sullivans world has revolved around the mechanical horses. She and her best friend have spent countless hours watching them and their jockeys practice on the track. Its not just the thrill of the race. Its the engineering of the horses and the way theyre programmed to seem so lifelike. The Titans are everything that fascinates Astrid, and nothing shell ever touch. She hates them a little, too. Her dad lost everything betting on the Titans. And the races are a reminder of the gap between the rich jockeys who can afford the expensive machines to ride, and the working class friends and neighbors of Astrids who wager on them. But when Astrids offered a chance to enter an early model Titan in this years derby, well, she decides to risk it all. Because for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, its more than a chance at fame or money. Betting on herself is the only way she can see to hang on to everyone in the world she cares about. Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart--but when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together.