Unraveling - Hardcover

Norris, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062103733 ISBN 13: 9780062103734

Publisher: Balzer & Bray, 2012

Synopsis

Like The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Elizabeth Norris's Unraveling blends realistic coming-of-age issues with a gripping science fiction world.

Unraveling's heroine, sixteen-year-old Janelle Tenner, is used to having a lot of responsibility. She balances working as a lifeguard in San Diego with an intense academic schedule. Janelle's mother is bipolar, and her dad is a workaholic FBI agent, which means Janelle also has to look out for her younger brother, Jared.

And that was before she died...and is brought back to life by Ben Michaels, a mysterious, alluring loner from her high school. When she discovers a strange clock that seems to be counting down to the earth's destruction, Janelle learns she has twenty-four days to figure out how to stop the clock and save the planet.

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Review:

"If Veronica Mars snatched a case from Mulder and Scully, you'd get this fast-paced page-turner. With a heroine full of moxie, wicked surprises around every corner, and non-stop action, UNRAVELING is an irresistible thriller."--Andrea Cremer, New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade trilogy

"This high-stakes thriller--complete with mind-bending sci-fi twist--will hook you and never let go."----Pittacus Lore, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Am Number Four

"Leav[es] the reader wanting more and begging for a sequel to this multilayered debut."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Readers will enjoy the nonstop action and romance."--School Library Journal

"A satisfying puzzle full of novel twists and provocative clues."--Publishers Weekly

Leav[es] the reader wanting more and begging for a sequel to this multilayered debut. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)"

Readers will enjoy the nonstop action and romance. --School Library Journal"

A satisfying puzzle full of novel twists and provocative clues. --Publishers Weekly"

This high-stakes thrillercomplete with mind-bending sci-fi twistwill hook you and never let go. --Pittacus Lore, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Am Number Four"

If Veronica Mars snatched a case from Mulder and Scully, you d get this fast-paced page-turner. With a heroine full of moxie, wicked surprises around every corner, and non-stop action, UNRAVELING is an irresistible thriller. --Andrea Cremer, New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade trilogy"

From the Back Cover:

Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed--as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn't possible, she knows--with every fiber of her being--that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.

But her revival, and Ben's possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI agent father's files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something--but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no longer deny what's right in front of her: Everything that's happened--the accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben's sudden appearance in her life--points to the end of life as she knows it. And as the clock ticks down, she realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she's going to need to uncover Ben's secrets--and keep from falling in love with him in the process.

From debut author Elizabeth Norris comes this shattering novel of one girl's fight to save herself, her world, and the boy she never saw coming.

About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer & Bray
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062103733
• ISBN 13: 9780062103734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 445