The Decoding of Lana Morris

Authors: McNeal, Laura & McNeal, Tom
Lexile: 920,
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: YAF018050, YAF058070, YAF019010
ISBN: 9780307483676, Related ISBNs: 0307483673, 0375831061, 0375831223, 0375931066, 9780307483676
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: Young adult
Synopsis: A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

Sixteen-year-old Lana Morris wishes her life were different: her Ice Queen of a foster mother won't leave her alone, and she has no friends but the other foster kids she takes care of.

Then she stumbles into a mysterious antique shop and trades her most valued possession for a single box of drawing paper: thirteen thick, blank pages, like thirteen wishes waiting to be made. Suddenly, impossibly, it seems Lana might actually have the power to change things. But wishing isn't always as harmless as it seems...
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