Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner
"No one can say I didn't try. I tried to share my dream with the Realitants. In return I was cast out. I tried to help that boy - that Atticus Higginbottom. In return he made me into a monster: a powerful monster. Now my Utopian Reality is about to become, well, reality. Just let them try to stop me." From the author of The Maze Runner, James Dashners' The 13th Reality series is an exciting adventure that crosses the boundaries of realities. Young readers will find this an enticing introduction to the fantasy genre.