Dissonance

In this inventive romantic thriller, Del has the power to navigate between alternate realitiesand the power to save multiple worlds.Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world is spun off the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of right, sneaking out instead of staying in bedall of these choices create alternate universes in which echo selves take the roads not traveled. Del knows this because shes a Walker, someone who can navigate between the worlds, and whose job is to keep the dimensions in harmony.But Dels decisions have consequences too. Even though shes forbidden from Walking after a training session goes horribly wrong, she secretly starts to investigate other dissonant worlds. Shes particularly intrigued by the echo versions of Simon Lane, a guy who wont give her the time of day in the main world, but whose alternate selves are uniquely interested. But falling for Simon draws Del closer to a truth that the Council of Walkers is trying to hidea secret that threatens the fate of the entire multiverse.ORourke brilliantly builds an intricate and complex alternate science-fiction universe that contains beautiful imagery and visualization. A definite page-turner. School Library Journal