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340 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen
| March, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-212244-5$17.99
(4)
YA
Reunited with her father but trapped in the virtual-reality world he created, Regan (Elusion) and a ragtag group of teens must destroy the program from the inside to escape before it slowly kills them all. Rather than the flat characters, high-tech adventure and against-the-clock pacing are the driving forces of this sci-fi thriller.
383 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen
| March, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-212241-4$17.99
(4)
YA
Regan hasn't visited her father's invention, the virtual-reality world of Elusion, since his death. When rumors surface that there is something dangerously wrong with Elusion, Regan decides to go in again and investigate. The promising premise gets bogged down by underdeveloped characters and a clichéd love-triangle, but fans of romantic science fiction will find plenty of swoon-worthy tension here.
356 pp.
| Delacorte
| April, 2008
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LibraryISBN 978-0-385-90388-2$12.99
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PaperISBN 978-0-385-73373-1$9.99
(4)
YA
Sisters Lucy (the pretty one) and Megan (the ugly one) address sibling rivalry head-on. After an accident, reconstructive surgery makes Megan beautiful, and the sisters vie for the same boy at their performing arts high school. Klam's depiction of the downside of beauty and the doors that unfairly open for those born--or made--beautiful is unsubtle, but her story is engaging.
216 pp.
| Delacorte
| April, 2007
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LibraryISBN 978-0-385-90387-5$13.99
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PaperISBN 978-0-385-73372-4$8.99
(4)
YA
Steffie's mother always dives headfirst into doomed relationships--a condition Steffie dubs "love lunacy" and vows to avoid. Her own crush on Keith, a gorgeous lifeguard who offers her swimming lessons, has Steffie panicking that she's inherited the lunacy gene. Despite its formulaic romance, the plot has unexpected depth thanks to its dynamic characters, including Steffie's spirited sixty-year-old best friend.