Watch the Book Trailer for Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (Video)

One of my most eagerly anticipated books of 2012 is Struck by author Jennifer Bosworth. The YA novel tells the story of Mia Price, a “lightning addict” who’s been struck by the weather-related electric discharges so many times, she’s covered in veiny red “lightning scars.” However, when a massive earthquake decimates her hometown of Los Angeles, Mia finds herself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and torn between two factions, both of which want her to harness her powers for their own ends.

But doing so could mean bringing about the destruction of the entire planet.

Books: Jennifer Bosworth’s Struck Cover Unveiled

Struck, the upcoming novel from author Jennifer Bosworth, doesn’t hit bookshelves until May 2012, but its already gaining momentum and a large following.

The cover was unveiled a while back and, being the poor book blogger than I am, I negelcted to mention it. Sorry, Jennifer! The cover is posted above, obvs; the story’s synopsis, taken from Good Reads, is as follows:

Mia Price is a lightning addict.

She’s been struck so many times she’s lost count. She can’t sleep, she’s covered in veiny red “lightning scars,” and repeated strikes have even stopped her heart on occasion. Still, Mia can’t resist a storm.

That’s why Los Angeles, where it never rains, is the perfect place for her to find peace . . . until a massive earthquake devastates the city.

Now Mia finds herself struggling to hold her family together in a strange and terrifying new version of Los Angeles. The beaches have become massive tent cities populated by millions of homeless. Downtown is a wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the attendees drawn to the destruction by a magnetic force they cannot deny.