Description

Nell Crane has never held a boy’s hand. In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing parts—an arm, a leg, an eye—Nell has always been an outsider. Her father is the famed scientist who created the biomechanical limbs that everyone now uses. But she’s the only one with her machinery on the inside: her heart. Since the childhood operation, she has ticked. Like a clock, like a bomb. And as her community rebuilds, everyone is expected to contribute to the society’s good . . . but how can Nell live up to her father’s revolutionary ideas when she has none of her own?Then she finds a lost mannequin’s hand while salvaging on the beach, and inspiration strikes. Can Nell build her own companion in a world that fears advanced technology? The deeper she sinks into this plan, the more she learns about her city—and her father, who is hiding secret experiments of his own.

 

Excerpts

• Irish Book Awards (Chapters 1-4)

Interviews

• The Gloss: ‘Writer’s Block with Sarah Maria Griffin’
• Stellar Magazine: ‘How I Got My Job - We Meet Dubliner Sarah Maria Griffin’
• Always Trust in Books Blog: Q&A with Sarah Maria Griffin
• Wonderland Book Blog: Interview with Sarah Maria Griffin

Prizes & Awards

• Shortlisted for Dept 51 @ Eason Teen/Young Adult Book of the Year, An Post Irish Book Awards 2018

Reviews

• Sarah Gilmartin, The Irish Times
• Tanya Sweeney, Irish Independent
• Matt Brandenburg, Storgy
• Niall Alexander, Tor.com
• Georgina Merry, Shoreline of Infinity
• Laura O’Herlihy, Children’s Books Ireland
• Cara Lennon, BMA Magazine
• Kirkus Magazine
• Publishers Weekly

Video

• Epic Reads: Epic Author Facts - Sarah Griffin
• No Write Way: Sarah Maria Griffin in Conversation with V.E. Schwab

Resources For Readers

• Goodreads