Cyberbullying to Zombies, Author Tom Leveen Touches Us All

Tom Leveen is the author of five young adult novels: PARTY, MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRL, and ZERO (a 2013 YALSA Best Book) with Random House; SICK, with Abrams/Amulet; and most recently, RANDOM with Simon Pulse. His next novel, SHACKLED, debuts in August 2015. Tom is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences, where he brings his 22 years of theatre background to booktalks and writing classes. For more information, visit tomleveen.com.

RANDOM is a tense, gripping exploration of cyberbullying and teen suicide is perfect for fans of Before I Fall and Thirteen Reasons Why.

Late at night Tori receives a random phone call. It’s a wrong number. But the caller seems to want to talk, so she stays on the line. He asks for a single thing—one reason not to kill himself.

The request plunges her into confusion. Because if this random caller actually does what he plans, he’ll be the second person connected to Tori to take his own life. And the first just might land her in jail. After her Facebook page became Exhibit A in a tragic national news story about cyberbullying, Tori can’t help but suspect the caller is a fraud. But what if he’s not? Her words alone may hold the power of life or death.

With the clock ticking, Tori has little time to save a stranger—and maybe redeem herself—leading to a startling conclusion that changes everything…