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by Atthys J. Gage (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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People are dying downtown, their bodies shriveled away to almost nothing.
The police are mystified, and outrageous rumors are flying: flesh-eating bacteria? an experimental bio-weapon? mutant mosquitos? Fifteen year-old Francy Macmillan listens, but says nothing. It isn't a comfort knowing that no matter how far-fetched the theories, the truth is even stranger.

For Francy, that truth wasn't very hard to find. It followed her home from basketball practice one night, a floating bauble of light that speaks inside her mind and shares her thoughts and her feelings. Is it an alien wanderer fallen from some distant star? Or a shard of some divine entity? Whatever it is, it seems to like her. She calls him Spark.

But as their friendship grows, a disturbing fact emerges: Spark knows who is responsible for those strange deaths, and it is up to Francy to try and stop them. Spark leads Francy into a bizarre alternate reality, along with her friends: beautiful Echo with the baby dragon tattoo; moody Brooke with the wicked jaw; and Owen Owens, the boy with the fascinating eyes who may just get around to kissing her one of these days—assuming the world doesn't end first.

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Atthys Gage is a writer and musician with a lifelong love for myth, magic, and books. His second real job was in a bookstore. As was his third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Eventually, he stopped trying to sell books and started writing them. After studying classics at Haverford College, he developed an interest in the ways that ancient stories influence modern storytelling, and has always had a fascination for that cloudy borderline between the normal and the paranormal. He lives on the coast of Northern California with his long-suffering wife, strong-willed children, and several indifferent chickens. To find out more, visit atthysgage.com

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XNS8AGW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Feckless Muse Press (May 13, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3250 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 308 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,058,058 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,121 in Children's Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural Books
- #7,210 in Children's Science Fiction Books (Kindle Store)
- #12,503 in First Contact Science Fiction eBooks

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Atthys Gage is a writer with a lifelong love for myth, magic, and books. His second real job was in a bookstore. As was his third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Eventually, he stopped trying to sell books and started writing them. He has always had a fascination for that cloudy borderline between the normal and the paranormal and spends a lot of his time thinking about flying carpets and sentient flecks of alien consciousness and other stuff like that. In the so-called normal world, he lives on the coast of Northern California with his long-suffering wife, strong-willed children, and several indifferent chickens.

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Vera Heidmann

Very original, beautifully written story

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2014

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Spark by Atthys J. Gage is definitely different from your typical young adult novel. It is the story of a normal teenage girl--Francy Mac--who's life changes when she encounters an element of the paranormal world--Spark(a little blip of light that can communicate with Francy telepathically). I especially liked the character of Spark. He causes mischief, reunites old friends, quotes Hamlet (courtesy of Francy's friend Echo), and may just help Francy save the world some day. One of my favorite things about this book is that the characters are super relatable. Francy, Echo, and Brooke are--for the most part--your average 15 year old girls. This is what makes them great characters. Their personalities are conveyed through who they actually are, and not through some superpower. The love story in is book is also adorable. It is a subplot, however it is brilliant and shows both the awkward and cute sides of young love.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It is clever and cute, but at the same time it's action-packed and has a climax that will have you biting your nails with anticipation.

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There’s no fire without a spark.

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018

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A very intertwining tale that combines just the right amount of reality, mystery, science and mythology to create a whimsical tale that can entertain and entrance. It is able to combine simple items, such as an attraction to another person, along with philosophical concepts, such as do we really exist at all. And all of this happens in a setting that is both common and bizarre with no contradiction in the story line or plot.
Enjoy my friends, enjoy.

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018

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an interesting view on inter deminseial planets, good plot kept you interested

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imawake

I've read nothing like this in my life

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015

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This was entirely an original concept and had me hooked from beginning to end. The author managed to give a spark of light a convincing (and loveable) personality. The book assumes intelligence in the reader, something I always appreciate. There are scenes that take place in another dimension that are bizarre and fascinating, and were so well written that I could easily visualize this different reality. I kept thinking it would make a cool movie. And the author created some of the most horrifying creatures I've ever seen - called skulks - that had me glued to the book. This is not an easy read - there are passages about gnosticism and thermodynamics - but it's a well-crafted story and well worth the time I spent reading it. I look forward to more books by this author.

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B. Barniskis

Waiting for the sequel!

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015

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I found this book totally engrossing--the writing is elegant and evocative and is successful in creating not only interesting characters but also a completely convincing character in "Spark." This is not an easy feat--to make what is essentially an abstract concept come alive and have personality and motivation. And what separates this book from other YA or science fiction-type of books is the attention to detail and language. Gage's writing is attentive and specific and poetic, but never in a cloying way. I also appreciated the intelligence of this book in terms of its attention to the laws of thermodynamics, interesting threads of history (e.g., Gnosticism), mathematics, and even basketball. I want my children to read this book because I think they would enjoy it immensely; it has a strong and exciting narrative. I also want them to read it because they will learn about the physical world along the way. Now I just have to wait for the sequel!

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Eileen Daily

energy required

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2015

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Complicated and intriguing. This book would appeal to anyone who is well-read and interested in everything, especially science and myth and the connecting histories of both.

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excellent game, love the realistic play of the horses.

I really enjoyed the story

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017

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I really enjoyed the story, I felt it moved along at a good pace. Nice read, I was able to picture everything in my mind which made it more enjoyable.

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Deb Fultz

Spark

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016

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If I had reviewed this early on, I would have given it 5 stars, it was fresh and perky but it started spinning it's wheels somewhere along the way and I ended out reading it because it was there not because I couldn't wait to read it.

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