| It Wasn't Always Like This Contributor(s): Preble, Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1616957778 ISBN-13: 9781616957773 Publisher: Soho Teen OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - General - Young Adult Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1916, Emma O'Neill is frozen in time. After sampling an experimental polio vaccine brewed on a remote island off St. Augustine, Florida, she and her family stop aging--as do the Ryans, her family's business partners. In a way, this suits Emma fine because she's in love with Charlie Ryan. Being seventeen forever with him is a dream. But soon a group of religious fanatics, the Church of Light, takes note. Drinking the elixir has made the O'Neills and Ryans impervious to aging, but not to murder--Emma and Charlie are the only ones who escape with their lives. On the run, Emma is tragically separated from Charlie. For the next hundred years, she plays a cat-and-mouse game with the founding members of the Church of Light and their descendants. Over the years, a series of murders--whose victims all bear more than a passing resemblance to her--indicate that her enemies are closing in. Yet as the danger grows, so does Emma's hope for finding the boy she's certain is still out there . . . |