Spare and Found Parts e-bog
97,26 DKK
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Nell Crane has never held a boys hand.In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing partsan arm, a leg, an eyeNell has always been an outsider. Her father is the famed scientist who created the biomechanical limbs that everyone now uses. But shes the only one with her machinery on the inside: her heart. Since the childhood operation, she has ticked. Like a clock, like a b...
E-bog
97,26 DKK
Forlag
Greenwillow Books
Udgivet
4 oktober 2016
Længde
416 sider
Genrer
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062408907
Nell Crane has never held a boys hand.In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing partsan arm, a leg, an eyeNell has always been an outsider. Her father is the famed scientist who created the biomechanical limbs that everyone now uses. But shes the only one with her machinery on the inside: her heart. Since the childhood operation, she has ticked. Like a clock, like a bomb. And as her community rebuilds, everyone is expected to contribute to the societys good . . . but how can Nell live up to her fathers revolutionary ideas when she has none of her own?Then she finds a lost mannequins hand while salvaging on the beach, and inspiration strikes. Can Nell build her own companion in a world that fears advanced technology? The deeper she sinks into this plan, the more she learns about her cityand her father, who is hiding secret experiments of his own.Sarah Maria Griffins haunting literary debut will entrance fans of Patrick Nesss Chaos Walking series, Paolo Bacigalupis Ship Breaker, and Emily St. John Mandels Station Eleven.