While on a run one day, Maise gets into a terrible accident. A hot-burning electrical fire consumes her, destroying her face. Where her nose, cheeks, and chin used to be, now there is . . . nothing.
She is lucky enough to qualify for a face transplant. But with someone else's features staring back at her in the mirror, Maise looks -- and feels -- like a stranger. The doctors promised that the transplant was her chance to live a normal life again, but nothing feels normal anymore. Before, she knew who she was -- a regular girl who ran track and got good grades, who loved her boyfriend and her best friend. Now, she can't even recognize herself.
From New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel comes a gripping and gorgeously written tale of identity and love. This is a story of losing yourself, and the long, hard fight to find your way back.
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About the Author:
Alyssa Sheinmel is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults including A Danger to Herself and Others and R.I.P. Eliza Hart. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. Follow Alyssa on Instagram @alyssasheinmel and Twitter @AlyssaSheinmel, or visit her online at alyssasheinmel.com.
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If Chirag were here, he'd probably make a meticulous list of pros and cons, as though there is a correct and incorrect answer, like this decision is as straightforward as a math problem.I bite my chapped lips and try to imagine the answer we'd find at the end of his list.Surely we'd conclude that spending the rest of my life with someone else's face is better than spending it with no face at all.So I tell them yes.
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- PublisherScholastic Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0545676010
- ISBN 13 9780545676014
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages352
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