Age
12+
Grade
7-9
E. C. Myers
Fair Coin
Hardcover
(Pyr March 27, 2012)
, Later Printing edition
The coin changed Ephraim's life. But how can he change it back?
Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills. The reason for her suicide attempt is even more disturbing: she thought she'd identified Ephraim's body at the hospital that day.
Among his dead double's belongings, Ephraim finds a strange coin--a coin that grants wishes when he flips it. With a flick of his thumb, he can turn his alcoholic mother into a model parent and catch the eye of the girl he's liked since second grade. But the coin doesn't always change things for the better. And a bad flip can destroy other people's lives as easily as it rebuilds his own.
The coin could give Ephraim everything he's ever wanted--if he learns to control its power before his luck runs out.
Winner of the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy BookFinalist: 2013 Compton Crook AwardFinalist: 2013 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills. The reason for her suicide attempt is even more disturbing: she thought she'd identified Ephraim's body at the hospital that day.
Among his dead double's belongings, Ephraim finds a strange coin--a coin that grants wishes when he flips it. With a flick of his thumb, he can turn his alcoholic mother into a model parent and catch the eye of the girl he's liked since second grade. But the coin doesn't always change things for the better. And a bad flip can destroy other people's lives as easily as it rebuilds his own.
The coin could give Ephraim everything he's ever wanted--if he learns to control its power before his luck runs out.
Winner of the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy BookFinalist: 2013 Compton Crook AwardFinalist: 2013 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
- ISBN
- 1616146095 / 9781616146092
- Pages
- 287
- Weight
- 14.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 1.0 in.
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