Soman Chainani unveils his new YA thriller, Young World!
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Soman Chainani, author of the bestselling School for Good and Evil series, unveils his new YA political thriller, Young World.
The School for Good and Evil series sold over 4.5m copies, and been translated into 35 languages across the world. Together, his books appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List for more than 50 weeks.
Chainani has also started his own podcast with fellow writer Victoria Aveyard, called Plot Twist.
Interview
June 2026
What would happen if the US elected a 17 year old as President?
In this gripping, genre-busting YA political thriller, bestselling author Soman Chainani puts a teenager, Benton Young, in charge of the US government after he and fellow teenagers rise up against the older generation of politicians through action group, Revolting Youth.
Benton Young hadn't planned for this to happen, as author Chainani reveals in this short video. This pacy thriller is told through a variety of forms, including emails, leaflets, posters and transcripts - "like reading a movie", says Chainani, as the younger generation takes a grip on world politics.
ReadingZone caught up with Soman Chainani, our YA Author of the Month, to find out more about Young World:
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Young World: The explosive debut YA thriller from a bestselling author
