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Fair Coin


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 292

Published: 2016

Great for age 12-18 years

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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 dis_turbing: 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) [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-18 years.

There are 292 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. .

Other contributing authors include Suzanne Young, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley, Stephanie Kuehn, E. C. Myers, Tim Floreen, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, and Brandy Colbert.