The Light Fantastic
Title
The Light Fantastic
Creator
Combs
Date
2016-09-13
Description
"Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan’s eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and April’s rare memory condition has her recounting all the tragedies that have cursed her birth month. And just what was that mysterious gathering under the bleachers about? Meanwhile, in Nebraska, Lincoln Evans struggles to pay attention in Honors English, distracted by the enigmatic presence of Laura Echols, capturer of his heart. His teacher tries to hold her class’s interest, but she can’t keep her mind off what Adrian George told her earlier. Over in Idaho, Phoebe is having second thoughts about the Plan mere hours before the start of a cross-country ploy led by an Internet savant known as the Mastermind. Is all her heartache worth the cost of the Assassins’ machinations? The Light Fantastic is a tense, shocking, and beautifully wrought exploration of the pain and pathos of a generation of teenagers on the brink—and the hope of moving from shame and isolation into the light of redemption.
Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything."
Summary of The Light Fantastic from publishers Candlewick Press: https://candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763678511&pix=y
Summary of The Light Fantastic from publishers Candlewick Press: https://candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763678511&pix=y
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Coverage
Reader reviews of The Light Fantastic on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28814848-the-light-fantastic
Type
Young adult fiction
Subject
Book
Format
Book
Language
English
Identifier
The Light Fantastic
Collection
Citation
Combs, “The Light Fantastic,” The School Shooting Fiction Archive, accessed September 23, 2023, https://www.ssfarchive.org/items/show/577.
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