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Spliced Dystopia, Science Fiction, 978082343855 Recommended for teens Recommended to read before TBF In this gripping sci-fi thriller, genetically altered teens fight for survival in a near-future society that is redefining what it means to be human. Sixteen-year-old Jimi knows people change, but nothing could prepare her for what’s about to happen to her best friend, Del. Del is obsessed with becoming a chimera (ki-mir-a): a person who pays back-alley geneticists, known as "genies," to illegally splice animal genes into their own. The resulting physical changes have scared lawmakers into drafting legislation declaring chimeras officially nonpersons―so when Del goes missing, Jimi is desperate to find him before he alters himself forever. As she tries to save him, Jimi must face down unscrupulous people and risk her own life―all while knowing that if getting spliced is the choice Del has made, it means he’s leaving her behind forever.

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• I can move my eyeballs independently of each other.
• I played bass in a rock band for ten years.
• I was once able to operate four cash registers at the same time.
• My parents were born, raised and married in Ireland.
• I am bidextrous, although not ambidextrous (meaning I write left-handed, but do everything else right-handed).
• If I were a superhero I would be Obnoman, since that's what some of my friends called me, and my superpower would be the ability to stun my enemies with the brilliance of my puns.
• If you can only read one of my books before TBF you should read Spliced. It is my most recent book, my favorite, and my first for young adults.