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361 pp.
| Simon Pulse |
September, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-3634-3$15.99
(3)
YA
After a fatal car accident, Lia's brain is downloaded into a mechanical body. As a "skinner"--unable to breathe, sleep, eat, age, or die--Lia is rejected by her family and classmates and struggles with loneliness and anger at her situation. This first entry of a trilogy is a nuanced, riveting consideration of what it means to be human.