What if . . . a teenage girl could move objects with her mind?
What if . . . someone turns up at her door asking questions she doesn't want to answer?
Kaylee lives a normal life with her adoptive parents, and almost never thinks of her birth mother, Crystal, who is serving a life sentence in prison. But the woman at the front door is producing a podcast about Crystal that is about to blow Kaylee's forgotten past wide open.
What if strange things have been happening Kaylee's entire life, things she could not explain? What if she's more like her mother than she ever imagined?
What if the podcast is about to put her on a collision course with Crystal-and her darkest self?
This gripping psychological thriller from the author of The Leaving explores the strength of our minds, the power of will, and how our histories define us . . . or not.
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Release date
June 6, 2017 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781619638068
- File size: 7715 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781619638068
- File size: 8426 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.4
- Lexile® Measure: 650
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 2-3
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Reviews
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from May 1, 2017
Kaylee Novell, 17, has a big secret, and she’s managed to keep it from her friends and classmates for a long time until Liana Fatone, producer of an award-winning podcast, shows up at her door. The second season of the show, The Possible, focuses on Crystal Bryar, Kaylee’s birth mother, who received national attention at age 14 for having telekinetic powers, and again at 23 for being convicted of murdering her two-year-old son. Kaylee, who was four at the time, was the prosecution’s star witness. Liana’s investigation piques Kaylee’s curiosity, and she begins to wonder if perhaps she, too, has telekinesis. Altebrando (The Leaving) nails the staccato delivery of popular investigative podcasts like Serial, a style that she uses to punctuate the questions Kaylee asks herself (“What if Will hadn’t actually seen anything? What if she had come on to him? What if he’d let her?”). Her sentences, though spare, are extremely effective in landing emotional punches (“I’d have to write him back. I’d have to tell him. I wasn’t special”) in this taut and thoroughly gripping mystery. Ages 13–up. Agent: David Dunton, Harvey Klinger.
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Formats
- Kindle Book
- OverDrive Read
- EPUB ebook
Languages
- English
Levels
- ATOS Level:4.4
- Lexile® Measure:650
- Interest Level:9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty:2-3
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