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

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

Files

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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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