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In this inventive romantic thriller, Del has the power to navigate between alternate realities--and the power to save multiple worlds. Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world is spun off the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of right, sneaking out instead of staying in bed--all of these choices create alternate universes in which echo selves take the roads not traveled. Del knows this because she's a Walker, someone who can navigate between the worlds, and whose job is to keep the dimensions in harmony. But Del's decisions have consequences too. Even though she's forbidden from Walking after a training session goes horribly wrong, she secretly starts to investigate other dissonant worlds. She's particularly intrigued by the echo versions of Simon Lane, a guy who won't give her the time of day in the main world, but whose alternate selves are uniquely interested. But falling for Simon draws Del closer to a truth that the Council of Walkers is trying to hide--a secret that threatens the fate of the entire multiverse. "O'Rourke brilliantly builds an intricate and complex alternate science-fiction universe that contains beautiful imagery and visualization. A definite page-turner." --School Library Journal

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781442460256
  • ISBN-10: 1442460253
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Publish Date: July 2015
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 512
  • Reading Level: Ages 12-17

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