Description: Three years after their middle-school friendship unraveled, a catastrophic storm pulses through New YorkCity, andTiny, Lu, Will, and Nathaniel are forced together again upon a roof where lightning strikes them,"the kind oflightningthat cracks with a vengeance . . . the kind that brings with it a courageous,unpredictable magic." As theyracethrough the city afterward, their innermost fears and worries seem toturn into realities. Tiny swearsshe'sbeginning to disappear; Lu's literally numb to everything, not justwishing she was; Will's physicalfeatures are as unstable as his feelings; and Nathaniel has become whohe's always thought he wanted tobe:as perfect as his brother. As the storm continues to brew, the quartetbegin tounderstandthemselvesandtheevents that have brought them together again. The universal themeof this fantasytingedcomingof-age tale is conveyed through third-person chapters that alternate focusamong the characters,flashbacks that unravel the event that tore them apart, and a touch of mystery andmagic. Most readers will choose to believe in the unbelievable.-- Meghan Oppelt

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