Some race to win. Others race to survive. It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn't given her much of a choice. So she enters the competition - the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen. As she did in her bestselling Shiver trilogy, author Maggie Stiefvater takes us to the breaking point, where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive. The Scorpio Races is an unforgettable reading experience. Praise for The Scorpio Races 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor BookNew York Times Notable Children's Book of 20112011 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2011A Horn Book Fanfare Book of 2011A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2011An Amazon.com Best Young Adult Book of 20112011 ALA Notable Children's Books (Fiction)2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize nominee "Stiefvater not only steps out of the young adult fantasy box with The Scorpio Races but crushes it with pounding hooves... If The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you've ever read, that's because it is." -The New York Times Book Review "With this beautifully executed drama, Stiefvater has established herself as one of the finest YA novelists writing today." -Entertainment Weekly "Tense, atmospheric, and utterly original." -People Magazine *"A study of courage and loyalty tested... utterly compelling." -Publishers Weekly, starred review *"Stiefvater's novel, inspired by Manx, Irish, and Scottish legends of beautiful but deadly fairy horses that emerge from the sea each autumn, begins rivetingly and gets better and better... all the way, in fact, to best." -Horn Book, starred review *"Masterful... like nothing else out there now." -Kirkus, starred review *"A book with cross-appeal to lovers of fantasy, horse stories, romance, and action-adventure, this seems to have a shot at being a YA blockbuster." -Booklist, starred review *"Upon the sea-battered and wind-swept isle of Thisby, fall brings the famed and feared capaill uisce, or water horses, and with them, death... The author takes great liberties with the Celtic myth, but the result is marvelous." -School Library Journal, starred review Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Shiver, Linger, Forever, and Sinner. Her novel The Scorpio Races was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association. The first book in The Raven Cycle, The Raven Boys, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and the second book, The Dream Thieves, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. The third book, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, received five starred reviews. The final book, The Raven King, received four. She is also the author of All the Crooked Saints and Call Down the Hawk. She is also an artist and musician. She lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children. You can visit her online at maggiestiefvater.com. Praise for The Scorpio Races 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor BookNew York Times Notable Children's Book of 20112011 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2011A Horn Book Fanfare Book of 2011A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2011An Amazon.com Best Young Adult Book of 20112011 ALA Notable Children's Books (Fiction)2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize nominee "Stiefvater not only steps out of the young adult fantasy box with The Scorpio Races but crushe...