Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn't possible, she knows—with every fiber of her being—that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.
But her revival, and Ben's possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI agent father's files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something—but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no longer deny what's right in front of her: Everything that's happened—the accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben's sudden appearance in her life—points to the end of life as she knows it. And as the clock ticks down, she realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she's going to need to uncover Ben's secrets—and keep from falling in love with him in the process.
From debut author Elizabeth Norris comes this shattering novel of one girl's fight to save herself, her world, and the boy she never saw coming.
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"I really extremely loved this book. I would recomend this book to anyone. It really describes what goes on in the book. i cant wait to read the next book when it comes out."
— Elizabeth (5 out of 5 stars)
" This is like a cross between Roswell, Veronica Mars and Fringe. I really liked the way it was set up and I look forward to the rest of series. "
— Alyss, 1/22/2014" When janelle is killed by a truck and then healed by a boy from her school, she begins to see the world around differently. Her father, an FBI agent becomes involved in a new case, janelle tries to help him until she realizes that the boy who healed her might be involved. "
— Alex, 1/12/2014" This was a complete surprise to me. I really enjoyed the book even though it was outside the realm of what I typically read. "
— Christine, 1/6/2014" WHOAMYGOD SUCH A GOOD BOOK!!!!!!!!!!! RECOMENDED FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES "romance" and there are some swears, like the f-word...oh well "
— Cindy, 1/3/2014" I really enjoyed this. I can't wait to see what else she writes, definitely a page turner! "
— Kristin, 12/11/2013" Unique YA, looking forward to the next installment.... "
— Ann, 3/28/2013" awesome I do really want to find out what happens to ben after he goes through the portal "
— Izzie, 8/29/2012" I was not in love with the ending. Hope to see a sequel and then it would be a for sure read for me "
— Katrina, 8/1/2012Elizabeth Norris briefly taught high school English and history before trading the southern California beaches and sunshine for Manhattan’s recent snowpocalyptic winter. She harbors dangerous addictions to guacamole, red velvet cupcakes, sushi, and Argo Tea, fortunately not all together.
Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel’s bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, “Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.”