Robyn Schneider

Extraordinary Means Robyn Schneider

Publisher Marketing: From the author of "The Beginning of Everything "comes the story oftwo teens with a deadly disease who fall in love on the brink of a cure. At seventeen, Lane finds himself at Latham House, a sanatorium for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. Part hospital and part boarding school, Latham is a place of endless rules and confusing rituals, where it s easier to fail breakfast than it is to flunk French. There, Lane encounters a girl he knew years ago. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Sadie has transformed. At Latham she is sarcastic, fearless, and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of eccentric troublemakers, fascinate Lane, who has never stepped out of bounds his whole life. And as he gradually becomes one of them, Sadie shows him their secrets: how to steal Internet, how to sneak into town, and how to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times. But there are consequences to having secrets, particularly at Latham House. And as Lane and Sadie begin to fall in love and their group begins to fall sicker, their insular world threatens to come crashing down. Told in alternating points of view, " Extraordinary Means "is a darkly funny story about doomed friendships, first love, and the rare miracle of second chances." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9780062217165, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/02/2015 (EAN 9780062217165, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 162 (EAN 9780062217165, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 (EAN 9780062217165, Hardcover) Romantic Times 07/01/2015 pg. 36 (EAN 9780062217165, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Schneider, Robyn Robyn Schneider is a writer, actor, and online personality. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she studied medical ethics. She lives in Los Angeles, California, but also on the internet. Contributor Bio:  Hvam, Khristine Khristine Hvam studied acting for the theater and film. You can hear her in "Pokemon", "World of Warcraft", various television and radio commercials, and most notably in over one hundred audiobook titles. She has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards and earned her first Audie Award in 2012 for "Daughter of Smoke & Bone".