Skinned - Couverture souple

Wasserman, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847385117 ISBN 13 : 9781847385116

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2009

Synopsis

You never know what lies beneath...

Lia Kahn is beautiful, popular and destined for success… until the horrific accident that nearly kills her.

Lia wakes up in a body that is not a body. It's a machine, designed to look and feel human, and her memories have been 'downloaded'. Lia will never age. She need never feel pain again. And, as long as she is vigilant about backing up her memories, she need never die.

Struggling to come to terms with what has happened, Lia tries to return to her own life. But nothing is the same… She's one of the "mechanicals" or "mechs" now. Her friends and boyfriend turn their backs on her, shutting her out. Even her own family can't seem to understand that underneath it all, she's still the same person. Or is she?

Drawn to a seemingly reckless circle of "mechs", Lia starts to see the limitless options of her new "body" - after all, there isn't anything they can't do! But there are some who would like to see the new technology vanish, and these strange mechanical beings along with it. Can you really be human without a body? And is it technically murder to "kill" a machine…?

"A spellbinding story about loss, rebirth and finding out who we really are inside" - Scott Westerfeld
"A thoroughly absorbing book, drawing you in immediately" - The Book Bag

In the tradition of Scott Westerfeld comes a riveting and edgy science fiction novel which raises questions of mortality, technology and morality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Wasserman is the author of Girls on Fire, an NPR and BuzzFeed Best Book of the Year. She is a graduate of Harvard College with a Master’s in the history of science. She lives in Los Angeles, where she writes for television.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847385117
• ISBN 13: 9781847385116
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible