What does it mean to have a soul whose will to live knows no limits? This gripping psychological thriller establishes Martyn Bedford as a hot new literary talent for young adults.
Friday, December 14th. Fourteen-year-old Alex rushes home that night to beat his curfew. The next morning, he wakes up in an unfamiliar house, in a different part of the country, and it's the middle of June. Six months seem to have disappeared overnight. The family at the breakfast table? Total strangers. And when Alex looks in the mirror, another boy — called Philip, or Flip — stares back. The race against the clock is on, and unless Alex finds out what's happened and how to get back to his own life, he'll be forever trapped in someone else's body and life.
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Review
"Bedford packs so much exhilarating action and cleanly cut characterizations into his teen debut that readers will catapulted head-first into Alex's strange new world… The mysteries are countless: What is a soul? Where does it go when its human host ceases to function? Bedford adeptly sweeps the existential curtain aside and tackles these heavy questions as the tension soars." — Kirkus
"Martyn Bedford has done something all of us are aiming for. He has taken a prodigious inventivess and applied it to a timeless and heartfelt adolescent search for self. Readers will thrill to getting lost and found with Flip." —Chris Lynch, author of Inexcusable and Freewill
" Flip is captivating from beginning to end, with rich characters and a fascinating mystery. The story is also superbly written and brings out many themes that will leave you pondering when you're done. Highly recommended." —James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner
About the Author
MARTYN BEDFORD has written five adult novels, including The Houdini Girl (Vintage). A former journalist, he teaches at Leeds Trinity University College and lives in West Yorkshire, England, with his wife and two daughters. Flip is his first novel for young adults.
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What does it mean to have a soul whose will to live knows no limits? This gripping psychological thriller establishes Martyn Bedford as a hot new literary talent for young adults.
Friday, December 14th. Fourteen-year-old Alex rushes home that night to beat his curfew. The next morning, he wakes up in an unfamiliar house, in a different part of the country, and it's the middle of June. Six months seem to have disappeared overnight. The family at the breakfast table? Total strangers. And when Alex looks in the mirror, another boy — called Philip, or Flip — stares back. The race against the clock is on, and unless Alex finds out what's happened and how to get back to his own life, he'll be forever trapped in someone else's body and life.
**
Review
"Bedford packs so much exhilarating action and cleanly cut characterizations into his teen debut that readers will catapulted head-first into Alex's strange new world… The mysteries are countless: What is a soul? Where does it go when its human host ceases to function? Bedford adeptly sweeps the existential curtain aside and tackles these heavy questions as the tension soars."
— Kirkus
"Martyn Bedford has done something all of us are aiming for. He has taken a prodigious inventivess and applied it to a timeless and heartfelt adolescent search for self. Readers will thrill to getting lost and found with Flip."
—Chris Lynch, author of Inexcusable and Freewill
" Flip is captivating from beginning to end, with rich characters and a fascinating mystery. The story is also superbly written and brings out many themes that will leave you pondering when you're done. Highly recommended."
—James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner
About the Author
MARTYN BEDFORD has written five adult novels, including The Houdini Girl (Vintage). A former journalist, he teaches at Leeds Trinity University College and lives in West Yorkshire, England, with his wife and two daughters. Flip is his first novel for young adults.