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Title details for Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora - Available

Fragile Remedy

by Maria Ingrande Mora
James Fouhey
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Sixteen-year-old Nate is a Gem—a Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogate—created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and taken into the Withers—a quarantined, lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinkerer, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and fiercely protective boy who makes his heart race, and his misfit gang of scavengers, Nate finds the family he's always longed for—even if he can't risk telling them what he is.

But Gathos created a genetic fail-safe in their Gems—a flaw in their DNA that causes their health to rapidly deteriorate as they age unless they are regularly dosed with medication controlled by Gathos City. When violence erupts across the Withers, Nate's illegal supply of medicine is cut off, and a vicious attack on Reed threatens to expose his secret. With time running out, Nate is left with only two options: work for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or stay—and die—with the boy he loves.

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    March 9, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781705268551
      • File size: 315811 KB
      • Duration: 10:57:56

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    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      James Fouhey's steady narration captures the heart in this story and instantly draws listeners in. Nate is a 16-year-old GEM-- genetically engineered medi-tissue--created to supply the rich and elite with a cure to the deadly lung disease that has ravaged the city of Gathos. But Nate manages to escape the lab and join a band of young, scrappy survivors in the Withers, a dangerous and gritty place outside the city. Fouhey conveys Nate's struggle to survive with just the right amount of fear, apprehension, and excitement. Fouey's smooth shifts in character bring to life Nate's newfound family, inviting listeners to cheer on their persistence in the face of hardship and peril. E.J.S. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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