Why is the forthcoming book 'The ABLES' already appearing on bestseller lists?
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Those perusing current online bestseller lists will see such expected titles as 鈥淭he Girl on the Train鈥 by Paula Hawkins and 鈥淎ll the Light We Cannot See鈥 by Anthony Doerr but will also spot a book that will most likely be unfamiliar to them 鈥 the book 鈥淭he ABLES鈥 by Jeremy Scott.听
鈥淭he ABLES鈥 isn鈥檛 coming out until May but is already at number nine on the bestseller list and at number 15 on 鈥檚 rankings. By comparison, the only other books above 鈥淎BLES鈥 on B&N's rankings that haven鈥檛 been released are Dr. Seuss鈥檚 鈥淲hat Pet Should I Get?鈥 and 鈥淟auren鈥檚 Kingdom,鈥 a book by child advocate and Congressional Medal of Merit recipient Lauren Book. On Amazon鈥檚 bestseller list, the only other as-yet-unpublished book above 鈥淎BLES鈥 is 鈥To Kill a Mockingbird鈥 writer Harper Lee鈥檚 upcoming book 鈥淕o Set a Watchman."
So what is 鈥淭he ABLES鈥? It鈥檚 a title about a teenager named Phillip who is blind and is told by his father that Phillip has telekinetic powers. He attends a school for those with similar powers but soon finds that others harass him because he is put in a special education class. He and his friends call themselves the Ables and discover that a malevolent force is going after humans.听
Scott is the co-creator of the YouTube channel , which posts videos about films and points out such flaws as plot developments that don鈥檛 make sense and continuity errors. Their most recently added movie-based video, 鈥淓verything Wrong With Gladiator In Nine Minutes Or Less,鈥 has more than 400,000 views. Their most-watched video, 鈥淓verything Wrong With Frozen In 10 Minutes Or Less,鈥 has more than 14 million.听
厂肠辞迟迟鈥檚 about his book on the CinemaSins channel explains that those who pre-order the book will get to see CinemaSins videos that haven鈥檛 been posted.
鈥淭here will be other fun updates and videos from me along the way,鈥 Scott says in the video.听