Solid by Shelley Workinger asks: What if you discovered you were the product of a secret genetic experiment?
Solid is the first novel in a trilogy about a group of teens who do just that. Clio is informed that her mother unknowingly took a chromosome-altering drug while pregnant with her. The drug, C9x, resulted in mutations causing superhuman abilities – some of the teens can disappear, others excel in sports, more than normal kids. Clio and the other teens, all military kids, are sent to an isolated campus so they and the government researchers can learn more about their abilities. Clio makes friends for the first time in her life, experiences first love and discovers the military isn’t telling them everything.
The teens in this novel are very realistic – unsure of themselves, suspicious of adults, quick to use sarcasm as a defense mechanism. While the story is told from Clio’s point of view it’s easy to identify with the major characters. There’s the loner, the popular but friendly girl who is a bit naive, the womanizing jock with a heart of gold, and Clio’s love interest, who’s not really sure where he fits in.
This book would appeal to the Twilight crowd, but if you’re not into Twilight (I am not) don’t let that stop you from checking out Solid. It’s a quick, easy read that will leave you wondering what will happen next.
Shelley Workinger has agreed to send one signed copy of Solid and a bookmark to a lucky winner anywhere in the world. Leave a comment below and the winner will be announced November 10. This giveaway has ended.
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Nancy has no super powers but would love to snap her fingers and have the house clean itself. She writes about her 2 boys and life in Colorado at Life With My Boys.
Sign me up, that sounds like a good story!
Very intreguing plot line!
Sounds right up my alley!
Fascinating. My library doesn’t have it (yet?), but I’d love to win a copy. Elsewise, this sounds like one to be watching for anyway.
Sounds great! sign me up for the drawing!
I would love to read this, it sounds really good.
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Sounds interesting…I am in! 🙂
Definately I’d like to win this book, especially a signed copy. Don’t get any better than that.
Sounds great! Please count me in.
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My oldest brought home a book somewhat similar to this, but more on the military/political and less on the superpowers. We’d love to win!
Sounds like a great book!
Sounds like a fun read for both Ilsa and I. BTW, we just got “Extraordinary” in the post today!
Sounds like an interesting book. I love stories involving genetics.
“snap her fingers and have the house clean itself@
This is the best superpower ever.
sounds interesting!
I don’t read a lot of YA, but this one sounds good!
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This looks like a good read and reminds me of a book I read, probably in junior high, about a group of students who were in a simulation to go to another planet. And then they discovered that they actually had been sent to this other planet (nothing about the atmosphere or anything, it was earth like) and had to figure out how to survive and get along. It was a good book.
I’d like to share this with my niece…I think she would get a kick out of it (a diehard Twilight fan at 16). Thanks!
This book sounds really good, I’d love to win a copy!
Oh, I would love this. It would definitely make the rounds in my family! I think most of us would read it.
The writing for teens is so much better now than when I was one! This one sounds good.
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I have really been enjoying reading these series with my son. This one sounds great, I’d love to win one copy and then buy one too. Thanks
I luv sci-fi…I just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy and would like to give this one a try, thanks.
Sounds interesting! Please enter me.
This sounds very interesting. Sort of sci-fi meet supernatural!! I think the kids at our library would love to read this!!
I loved Twilight! It took me forever to actually read it because I was opposed to it at first. The idea of vampires,romance and so on did not appeal to me at all but when I finally read it I found I enjoyed it quite a bit. I would love to be able to check this book out. Not only does it sound interesting but it looks like a fun,fast read.
Wow, what a great book! I’d love a copy!
Oh, oh, oh I loved Twilight and this sounds great!! I need to add it to my to read list. 🙂
This book sounds very interesting. I would love to read it.
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