Surviving the crash was the easy part.In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, diabetic teen Zoe Harmon races against time and low insulin when she and a classmate have a car accident on a remote mountain road.
 
Q: If you were stranded on a deserted island, how would you survive?
A: I wouldn’t. 
Zoe Harmon doesn’t remember what life was like before she had type one diabetes. Her insulin pump feels like a body part now—just one she has to think about a little more than she thinks about her kidneys or her liver. Yeah, it’s annoying sometimes, but it sure beats being dead. When she begrudgingly accepts a ride to a school camp from her former best friend, Vic Niels, a crash sends them flying off a remote mountain road. Stranded without her phone or insulin, Zoe is forced to team up with Vic in order to save her own life. And his. Twenty-four hours stuck with Vic? Fine. But twenty-four hours without insulin? This could get deadly.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points:
Diabetic teen Zoe Harmon races against time and low insulin when she and a former friend have a car accident on a remote mountain road.
A realistic portrayal of a determined teen with type 1 diabetes by an author with T1D.
The mountain setting and dangerous circumstances make this quick read a high-stakes survival story. Includes lots of facts about T1D and survival.
A subtle friends to enemies to friends to lovers subplot will appeal to readers.
Melinda Di Lorenzo is the author of over 30 books, including three other books in the Orca Soundings series.
Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
 
Contributor Bio(s)
 
Melinda Di Lorenzo has been writing professionally for more than a decade and is the author of Counting Scars, Racing Hearts and Normal Kids in the Orca Soundings line. She is the bestselling author of more than 30 books. Melinda lives in the lower mainland in BC, where she finds plenty of inspiration.