Caragh M. O'Brien

Caragh M. O’Brien is the author of the BIRTHMARKED trilogy and THE VAULT OF DREAMERS trilogy. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. O’Brien was educated at Williams College and earned her MA in the Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University. Her young adult science fiction has been honored by the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, the Amelia Bloomer Award, the Junior Library Guild, and numerous state reading lists. A former high school English teacher, she now writes young adult novels full time from her home in rural Connecticut.
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The Rule of Mirrors
The Vault of Dreamers Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Square Fish
Square Fish
From Caragh M. O'Brien, the author of the Birthmarked series, comes The Rule of Mirrors, the fast-paced, psychologically thrilling sequel to The Vault of Dreamers.
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The Keep of Ages
The Vault of Dreamers Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
In the fast-paced, high-stakes conclusion to Caragh M. O'Brien's Vault of Dreamers trilogy, Rosie travels to a derelict theme park to shut down dream mining once and for all.
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The Vault of Dreamers
The Vault of Dreamers Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Square Fish
Square Fish
From Caragh M. O'Brien, author of the Birthmarked trilogy, comes the first book in a new series, The Vault of Dreamers, a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens...
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The Birthmarked Trilogy
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
The Birthmarked Trilogy: Birthmarked, Prized, Promised
In the future there are those who live inside the wall and those, like sixteen-year-old midwife...
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The Vault of Dreamers 1-5
The Vault of Dreamers Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
Download the first five chapters of THE VAULT OF DREAMERS, the start of a new series by Caragh M. O'Brien.
The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to...
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Promised
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Square Fish
Square Fish
16-year-old midwife Gaia Stone once risked everything to leave the Enclave. But the time has come for her to go back.
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Ruled
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
The bracelet sits in his pocket, patiently waiting to be slipped around Gaia's wrist. Leon needs to see her again. He finds out that Gaia is delivering a baby in the village, and he makes the trip...
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Birthmarked: Chapters 1-5
Caragh M. O'Brien
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
Download Chapters 1-5 in Birthmarked, the first installment in the trilogy by Caragh O'Brien.
In the future, in a world baked dry by the harsh sun, there are those who live inside...
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Prized
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Square Fish
Square Fish
In Caragh M. O'Brien's Prized, the thrilling follow-up to Birthmarked, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone has fled from the Enclave and now must fight for her baby sister's...
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Fierce Reads Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler
Gennifer Albin; Elizabeth Fama; Lish McBride; Marie Rutkoski; Ann Aguirre; Caragh M. O'Brien
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
The Macmillan FIERCE READS Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler includes chapter excerpts from Crewel, Monstrous Beauty, Necromancing the Stone, The Shadow Society, Outpost, and Promised —...
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Tortured
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
"But what about Leon?" Now, in this new story that bridges the gap between Birthmarked and Prized, Caragh M. O'Brien answers her readers' most common question with a tale of suffering...
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Birthmarked
The Birthmarked Trilogy
Caragh M. O'Brien
Square Fish
Square Fish
IN THE ENCLAVE, YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART, and the newly born will change the future.
Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty. A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine, this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish.
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