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As in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, math and science inform this mind-bending mystery about a girl who must work with the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family if she is to set her world right.It's the morning of Maisie's tenth birthday, and she can't wait to open her presents. Maisie is not a typical kid. What she wants most for her birthday are the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house, and outside the front door is nothing but an unsettling, all-consuming blackness--a shifted reality. Even for super-smart Maisie, these puzzling circumstances seem out of her control . . . or are they?A CLIP Carnegie Medal Children's Book Award Nominee"A heartbreaking, head-melting science fiction mystery from the superlative Christopher Edge.
About the Author
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His novel The Many Worlds of Albie Bright was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the Best Children's Books of 2017 and was also nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal in the UK, as was his novel The Jamie Drake Equation, which was also selected by The Times of London as one of the best children's books of the year. His other books include the critically-acclaimed and award-winning Twelve Minutes to Midnight trilogy of historical mysteries which received a starred Booklist review, and he is also the author of How to Write Your Best Story Ever! and How To Be A Young #Writer, inspirational guides to creative writing for children and teenagers.Find out more about Christopher at christopheredge.co.uk
