Flutter
By: Gina Linko
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780375869969; 9780375986369; 9780375969966
Subjects: Love; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying; JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance; Fathers; Fiction; Runaways; Near-death experiences; Future life; Convulsions; JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
Description: "All Emery Land wants is to be like any other 17-year-old--to go to  school, hang out with her friends, and just be normal.  But for as long  as she can remember, she's suffered from seizures. And in recent years  they've consumed her life. To Emery they're much more than seizures, she  calls them loops--moments when she travels through wormholes back and  forth in time and to a mysterious town. The loops are taking their toll  on her physically. So she practically lives in the hospital where her  scientist father and an ever-growing team of doctors monitor her every  move. They're extremely interested in the data they collect when Emery  seizes. It appears that she's tapping into parts of the brain typically  left untouched by normal human beings.  Escaping from the hospital, Emery travels to Esperanza, the town from  her loops on the upper peninsula of Michigan, where she meets Asher  Clarke. Ash's life is governed by his single-minded pursuit of  performing good Samaritan acts to atone for the death of a loved one.  His journey is very much entwined with Emery's loops.  Drawn together they must unravel their complicated connection before it's too late"--