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343 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| September, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-227465-6$16.99
(3)
4-6
In alternating narration, we meet thirteen-year-olds Audrey, who can tell when someone's lying, and Aaron, who remembers everything he's ever seen or heard in perfect detail. Because these "superpowers" impede their social lives, they're sent to wilderness camp to gain balance. With a quick pace and acerbic protagonists to draw readers in, what follows is a story of survival and unlikely friendship.
282 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| May, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-227462-5$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-06-227464-9
(4)
4-6
When her whistle-blowing father is framed for murder by his corrupt employer, Margaret explores her family's forbidden secret power of time travel to set things right. A parallel story set in 1938 exposes Victory Fuel's history. The time-travel element and character development feel incidental to the environmental (hydro-fracking) and social-justice (exploited workers) messages, but the compelling-enough narrative and suspense may engage high-volume readers.