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Flip
Flip
Flip
Martyn Bedford
“Flip is captivating from beginning to end, with rich characters and a fascinating mystery. . . . Highly recommended!” --James Dashner, author of the Maze Runner seriesWhat does it mean to have a soul whose will to live knows no limits?One morning fourteen-year-old Alex wakes up to find himself in the wrong bedroom, in an unfamiliar house, in a different part of the country. Six months have disappeared overnight. The family at the breakfast table? Total strangers.And when he looks in the mirror, another boy's face stares back. A boy named Philip, known as Flip. Unless Alex finds out what's happened and how to get back to his own life, he'll be trapped forever inside a body that belongs to someone else.Martyn Bedford's debut novel for young adults is fearless and fast-paced, a riveting psychological thriller about a boy coming undone in the most extraordinary of circumstances. Praise for FlipA Junior Library Guild SelectionA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year"The mysteries are countless: What is a soul? Where does it go when its human host ceases to function? Bedford adeptly sweeps the existential curtain aside and tackles these heavy questions as the tension soars." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Ever imagine waking up in somebody else's body? Well, for 
Alex Gray this came true. All he can remember is walking 
home from a friend's house during Christmas break. And then 
waking up in a strange bed in a bedroom he'd never seen 
before, in a totally different part of the country. To make 
things worse, when he goes to the bathroom to wash his 
face, a face he's never seen before stares back at him. At 
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