Thirteen Days to Midnight
You are indestructible. These are the words that transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding... and it changes everything. After all, there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear, experiencing the thrill of walking through fire, or saving your friend from a beating in front of...
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You are indestructible. These are the words that transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding... and it changes everything. After all, there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear, experiencing the thrill of walking through fire, or saving your friend from a beating in front of the whole school.Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others at risk of death. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies? And why does darkness seem to be chasing them? Jacob only has thirteen days to figure out how to harness this terrifying power... and the answer is chilling: What if he has to kill the one he loves to save her?In the context of a dark, unconventional superhero story, Patrick Carman has envisioned a high concept tale of intrigue, romance, friendship and adventure that probes deep into what teens face as they enter young adult years: navigating increasingly complex choices with greater consequences, as well as the gray areas blurring the definitions of right and wrong.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780316088800 (0316088803)
Publish date: April 12th 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Jacob is a orphan. He is unfortunately being sent to a Catholic school. It is a private school that allow indoctrination of Catholic religious bullshit in the classrooms. It is sickening. The effect on children is obvious. Jacob was on a guilt trip and wrongly theorized that there is a balan...
The question is asked at the beginning of the book and at the end of the book: "If you could have only one superpower what would it be?" Well, Jacob doesn't get a choice of power, it was thrust upon him one day when it saved his life. His only source of information, Mr. Fielding, gone at the same ti...
It wasn't a spectacular book, but it was interesting. It needed more back ground on how it worked, who found it, etc.
3 1/2 stars. This was rather thought provoking. Definitely a far cry from his Land of Elyon series. It had elements of Unbreakable and Final Destination. I liked Jacob and Milo, but I have to say that I never really came to like Oh, and never really cared whether she lived or died. She seemed manipu...
Jacob has secrets. Secrets you'd never be able to guess, let alone begin to guess at unless he told you. If you're his best friend or his girlfriend, then at least you know the basics of the Black Lion. Being able to escape death time and time again is not a gift, not even when you are able to pass ...
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