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357 pp.
| HarperTeen |
March, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-230664-7$17.99
(4)
YA
In a near-future world where viral Alzheimer's-like Vergets disease threatens to make everyone lose their minds, most people receive a memory key implant as infants. Lora Mint's key malfunctions, leaving her with awful headaches and revived memories of her dead mother. Liu creates a believable world, but flat characters may keep readers from fully investing in the story.