I have a craving

to re-read Rampant by Diana Peterfreund. So, I requested it from my library again.

And then, I was looking at the author's website yesterday and I saw that a second book featuring Astrid will be coming out in Sept. 2010!

This is what it says on the author's blog/website about Ascendant:

"Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully-trained unicorn hunter, but she’s learning she can’t solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend Giovanni has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend’s powers seem to be mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid fears that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are nothing but impossible dreams.

So when she’s given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover The Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants…or can she? At the Gordian Pharmaceuticals headquarters deep in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and - most of all - her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?"

Coming in September 2010 from HarperTeen.

I'm pretty pumped about this. I didn't even know the author planned on writing a 2nd book- I had hoped for it, but didn't think it was going to happen. Moral of the story here: check authors' websites frequently, especially when you enjoy a book/series of theirs!