Thumped (Bumped, #2)

Review �A sparkling, imaginative romp that is nevertheless plenty provocative.� (Kirkus Reviews ) Praise for BUMPED: �McCafferty proves that dystopias don�t have to be dreary to be provocative.� (Publishers Weekly ) Praise for BUMPED: �Sure to keep [readers] thinking.� (Kirkus Reviews ) Praise for BUMPED: �BUMPED is brilliant, innovative, and slightly terrifying. Megan McCafferty delivers!� (Carolyn Mackler, author of TANGLED and the Printz-Honor-book, THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS ) Praise for BUMPED: �Megan McCafferty has conceived a hilarious, touching, truly original novel, told in her trademark, spot-on voice. Readers of every age will delight in this new arrival.� (Rachel Cohn, bestselling author of NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST ) Praise for BUMPED: �Bumped has it all: a fascinating yet frighteningly believable world, seamless world-building, great humor, and sophisticated word play. The book will start many a discussion and, alas, raise more than a few eyebrows. I suspect the mothers will like it just as much as the daughters. Bumped is the �breediest� novel of the year.� (Gabrielle Zevin, author of ELSEWHERE ) About the Author Megan McCafferty is the author of Bumped as well as the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series, which includes Sloppy Firsts , Second Helpings , Charmed Thirds , Fourth Comings , and Perfect Fifths . She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her family. Megan McCafferty’s Bumped series of books are must-read teen dystopian fiction, along with Ally Condie’s Matched series and Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy. Thumped, the sequel to Bumped, manages to be satiric, scary, and romantic at the same time. It continues the story of separated-at-birth twins, Melody and Harmony, girls as engaging as McCafferty’s Jessica Darling. These sisters are the most popular teen girls on the planet. To their fans, they seem to be living ideal lives. Harmony is married to Ram and living in Goodside, the religious community that once meant everything to her. Melody has the genetically flawless Jondoe as her coupling partner, which means money and status—and a bright future. But both girls are hiding secrets. And they are each pining for the only guys they can’t have.... The biggest risk of all could be to finally tell the truth. Its been thirty-five weeks since twin sisters Harmony and Melody went their separate ways. And now their story has become irresistible: twins separated at birth, each due to deliver twinson the same day! Married to Ram and living in Goodside, Harmony spends her time trying to fit back into the community she once believed in. But she cant forget about Jondoe, the guy she fell for under the strangest of circumstances. To her adoring fans, Melody has achieved everything: a major contract and a coupling with the hottest bump prospect around. But this image is costing her the one guy she really wants. The girls every move is analyzed by millions of fans eagerly counting down to Double Double Due Date. Theyre two of the most powerful teen girls on the planet, and they could do only one thing to make them even more famous: Tell the truth. "Melody and Harmony are without a doubt two of the most powerful pregnant teens on the planet, and there's only one thing they could do that would make them more famous than they already are: tell the truth"-- Provided by publisher