The Freak Observer is a startling debut
about death, life, astrophysics, and
finding beauty in chaos.
MK212-10
“When I read for pleasure, I read
for voice, and Loa’s voice is
so true, so bone-dry funny, so
enormously sad. . . . Brava Blythe
Woolston for giving this girl’s
voice to the world.”
—Kathe Koja, author of Headlong
TH: 978-0-7613-6212-8 • RL: Grade 7
IL: Grades 7-12 • 208 Pages • $16.95
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Loa’s world ran like one of those
mechanical models of the solar system,
with her baby sister, Asta, as the sun.
Everything spun neatly as the family
orbited around Asta. But now Asta’s
dead, and 16-year-old Loa’s clockwork
galaxy has collapsed. As Loa spins off on
her own, her mind ambushes her with
vivid nightmares and sadistic flashbacks.
But there are no textbook fixes for Loa’s
short-circuiting brain. She must find
her own way to pry her world from the
clutches of death.
The Freak Observer is a startling debut
about death, life, astrophysics, and
finding beauty in chaos.
“When I read for pleasure, I read
for voice, and Loa’s voice is
so true, so bone-dry funny, so
enormously sad. . . . Brava Blythe
Woolston for giving this girl’s
voice to the world.”
—Kathe Koja, author of Headlong
MK212-10
Loa’s world ran like one of those
mechanical models of the solar system,
with her baby sister, Asta, as the sun.
Everything spun neatly as the family
orbited around Asta. But now Asta’s
dead, and 16-year-old Loa’s clockwork
galaxy has collapsed. As Loa spins off on
her own, her mind ambushes her with
vivid nightmares and sadistic flashbacks.
But there are no textbook fixes for Loa’s
short-circuiting brain. She must find
her own way to pry her world from the
clutches of death.
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TH: 978-0-7613-6212-8 • RL: Grade 7
IL: Grades 7-12 • 208 Pages • $16.95
Find a discussion guide, poster, and
more at www.carolrhodalab.com
An imprint of Carolrhoda Books
A division of Lerner Publishing Group
To order 800-328-4929 • FAX 300-332-1132
www.lernerbooks.com