![]() ![]() ![]() The investigation into possible foul play gets close to not only her secret, but those of others, too. Becca attempts to fit in while also staying hidden, which becomes challenged when a fellow high school student ends up in a coma from a fall. As “The Edge of Nowhere” begins, Becca happens to hear the thoughts of someone close to her, which turn out to be malicious in intent.īecca’s mother Laurel responds by taking Becca from their home in San Diego to remote Whidbey Island near Seattle and has Becca alter her appearance in order to avoid being found out. In order to block out this insistent and at times paralyzing chatter, she wears a device called an AUD box, which provides Becca with a stream of “white noise” to shut off the torrent of sound she must otherwise attempt to process. The reader knows within the first few pages who wants to kill Becca and why, and the rest of the novel drives the reader relentlessly forward to find out whether she escapes the fate her pursuer has vowed she’ll face.īecca’s gift is her ability to hear so-called “whispers,” the inner thoughts of people around her. ![]() In Elizabeth George’s new thrilling yet flawed young adult novel, “The Edge of Nowhere,” the pace is brisk and the characters are compelling. And it could be the reason she’s about to be killed. ![]() " THE EDGE OF NOWHERE, " by Elizabeth George, Viking, $18.99, 440 pages (f) (ages 14 and up)īecca King has a gift. ![]()
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