Fracture Contributor(s): Miranda, Megan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802734316 ISBN-13: 9780802734310 Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011005891 |
Lexile Measure: 620 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 149896 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda's heart-wrenching debut--a hauntingly beautiful story about what it means to truly live. Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine--despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it? Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening? |
Contributor Bio(s): Miranda, Megan: - Megan Miranda was a scientist and high school teacher before writing Fracture, which came out of her fascination with scientific mysteries-especially those associated with the brain. Megan has a BS in biology from MIT and spent her post-college years either rocking a lab coat or reading books. She lives near Charlotte, North Carolina, where she volunteers as an MIT Educational Counselor. Fracture is her first novel. |