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Description edit
Thomas Quicksilver, known to his classmates as "Pucker," has always been an outsider. His crazy mother, the secret of his family’s strange origins, and above all, the terrible scars on his face from a childhood fire—these things have kept Thomas isolated and alone. Now, at seventeen, a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Thomas: burn victim, main character
- Dash: watches over Thomas
- Phaidra: Add a description of this character.
- Cook: was Thomas's cook, nanny, teacher, playmate, etc. when he was younger
- Alice: the Maker of Isaura
- Thomas's Mom
- Patrick: Thomas's best friend
- Emma
- Michael: a guy who dislikes Thomas VERY much
- Huguette
- Barker
- Isaura
- Seerskin: the skin that makes you see into the future. but you are born with it, it is not given to you.
- Trixie: one of Thomas's "girlfriends"
- Geld
- Brian: one of Thomas's robot friends from Isaura
- Nancy
- Rose
- Jesse
- Mr. Laird
- Veronica: one of Thomas's girlfriends
- Nigel
- Susie Egan
- Anna Karenina: the title of a book
- Marla
- Tammi: one of Thomas's girlfriends
- Mitsuko
- Tom: one of Thomas's names
Quotes edit
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“"What a strange life this is, how vast and unfathomable. Some people believe a man can be molded from dust. I drift away once again, the bottomless sleep of the fucked."”
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“"Everything comes to late, I think. What's important rings the bell just as you're putting on your coat and getting ready to walk out the door."”
Thomas -
“"You have the kind of beauty that only comes from having suffered," she says.”
Thomas's Mom
First Sentence edit
LET ME SAY THIS RIGHT up front: this is not a story about kissing, or wrinkles, or things that are sour.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-63
Authors & Contributors edit
- Melanie Gideon (Author)
First Edition edit
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Page Count: 271
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Page Count: 271
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Parents › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
- Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
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