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“This unique science fiction adventure is full of twists, turns, and surprises.”
A Thousand Pieces of You
by Claudia GrayView All Available Formats & Editions
Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions.
Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird
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Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions.
Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.
A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.
Editorial Reviews
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
“With on the edge of your seat mystery and suspense, this thrilling fantasy will keep you guessing until the end.”Kiersten White
Praise for SPELLCASTER: “SPELLCASTER is a whip–smart read, sinister and delightful at once.”Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“As a spirited romantic adventure, this novel is a delicious success.”Publishers Weekly
09/29/2014Marguerite Cain is the daughter of two famous scientists behind a device called the Firebird, which allows people to travel to other dimensions where they occupy the bodies of their alternate selves. When a graduate student named Paul murders Marguerite’s father and escapes into another dimension, Marguerite and another graduate student, the handsome Theo, risk their lives by trying to catch him. As they move among multiple dimensions, Marguerite contends with a roller coaster of dangers, stress, and unexpected romance, while questioning the ethics of taking over the other Marguerites’ lives. Her feelings about Theo and Paul are also thrown into flux as she meets alternate versions of these young men. Gray (the Evernight series) gets her Firebird series off to an action-packed start; while certain plot points resolve too easily and predictably, the fascinating worlds and eras Marguerite visits make these drawbacks easily forgiven. Marguerite’s foray into czarist Russia as a member of the House of Romanov is a particular highlight as Gray effortlessly moves between the SF, historical, and contemporary aspects of her story. Ages 14–up. Agent: Diana Fox, Fox Literary. (Nov.)
VOYA, December 2014 (Vol. 37, No. 5) - Allison Hunter Hill
It is not easy being the only artist in a family full of scientists. Marguerite is the daughter of the two scientists who developed the Firebird—a device allowing the wearer to transmit their consciousness into other dimensions. When Marguerite’s father is murdered and the prime suspect is his intern, Paul, Marguerite does not hesitate to chase him across as many dimensions as it takes to bring him to justice. Theo, her parents’ second intern, helps Marguerite operate their stolen Firebirds and navigate four different dimensions—a futuristic London, a dimension with a still-intact Tsarist Russia, an underwater city, and a reality eerily close to her own. What Marguerite does not expect is how her complex feelings for Theo and Paul will magnify as she encounters different versions of the people she thought she and her family knew so well—or how deep the plot surrounding her parents’ invention really goes. A Thousand Pieces Of You is such a pleasant surprise. Where dystopia and love triangles were expected, there was a series opener that has its roots in old-fashioned science fiction, and the wings to carry that to modern teen readers. And it is not a love triangle when the main character knows what she wants—in several dimensions. Questions of fate, destiny, innovation, technology, war, and the ethics of consciousness add depth to an already intricate plot without weighing it down. There are some issues with pacing, including a slow start, but every moment in a modern Tsarist Russia makes up for it. This is a good pick for public and school libraries. Reviewer: Allison Hunter Hill; Ages 12 to 18.Kirkus Reviews
2014-09-03A girl and her two possible heartthrobs travel across parallel universes to avenge her father's murder. Marguerite's parents are both brilliant scientists, inventors of a device called the Firebird that allows the bearer to travel across the multiverse. When her dad dies in a car crash after his brake lines have been cut, everyone blames Paul, one of two research assistants working for the couple. But Paul has escaped by using the Firebird to travel to another universe. Theo, the other assistant, teams up with Marguerite in a prototype to chase Paul. They discover that although some things are different from universe to universe—technology in particular—the people are the same. Inhabiting the bodies of their parallel selves, they find Paul, but things go awry and they wind up traveling to yet another world: a nicely drawn parallel czarist Russia where Marguerite is the czarina and secretly in love with that world's Paul. But she's also attracted to Theo. And, in the parallel worlds, who is really who? Gray doesn't worry much about actual science in her science fiction, muddling the concept of multiple universes with that of multiple dimensions, but she keeps the plot moving and has some good fun keeping all of the parallel people sorted. This trilogy opener offers solid entertainment for readers willing to go with the fictional flow. (Science fiction. 12-18)
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062278975
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date:
- 11/03/2015
- Series:
- Firebird Series, #1
- Pages:
- 384
- Sales rank:
- 226,002
- Product dimensions:
- 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.96(d)
- Age Range:
- 14 Years