Publisher Description
When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics.' So says seventeen-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him to the presence of Mia, the angry, not-at-all-stoic cancer patient in the room next door. Once released, the two near-strangers can't forget each other, even as they desperately try to resume normal lives. The story of their mysterious connection drives this unflinchingly tough, tender novel told in two voices.
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About AJ Betts
AJ Betts is an Australian author, speaker, teacher and cyclist. Zac & Mia,
her most recent novel for teenagers, won the 2012 Text Prize, the 2014
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and the 2014 Ethel Turner prize for young
adults at the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards. AJ’s other novels are Wavelength and Shutterspeed. She’s lived in Perth for the past ten years.
About the Narrators
Kristin Condon
began dancing from a young age. She later found her niche onstage after
her family moved to Massachusetts and she began studying and performing with
Boston Ballet and Ballet Theatre of Boston. Dancing eventually led her to acting
and an MFA from the University of Southern California and beyond. Kristin’s
first movie role was in Being John
Malkovich, in which she played a ballet dancer—not a huge stretch! She has
since gone on to appear in several films and TV shows, and has recorded several
audiobooks including Ashlynn’s Dreams
by Julie Gilbert and Zac and Mia by
AJ Betts.
Nick Mondelli is an actor, poet, and accomplished audiobook narrator from Northwest Ohio. He has narrated a wide range of titles, from My Antonia by Willa Cather to Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner, which AudioFile magazine called, “a sensitive, expressive performance.” Nick graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Toledo before moving to Los Angeles.