Synopsis:
When having two powers makes you a Super and having none makes you a Normal, having only one makes you a sad half-superpowered freak.
It makes you a One.
Sixteen-year-old Merrin Grey would love to be able to fly – too bad all she can do is hover.
If she could just land an internship at the Biotech Hub, she might finally figure out how to fix herself. She busts her butt in AP Chem and salivates over the Hub’s research on the manifestation of superpowers, all in hopes of boosting her chances.
Then she meets Elias VanDyne, another One, and all her carefully crafted plans fly out the window. Literally. When the two of them touch, their Ones combine to make them fly, and when they’re not soaring over the Nebraska cornfields, they’re busy falling for each other.
Merrin's mad chemistry skills land her a spot on the Hub's internship short list, but as she gets closer to the life she always wanted, she discovers that the Hub’s purpose is more sinister than it has always seemed. Now it’s up to her to decide if it's more important to fly solo, or to save everything - and everyone - she loves.
When having two powers makes you a Super and having none makes you a Normal, having only one makes you a sad half-superpowered freak.
It makes you a One.
Sixteen-year-old Merrin Grey would love to be able to fly – too bad all she can do is hover.
If she could just land an internship at the Biotech Hub, she might finally figure out how to fix herself. She busts her butt in AP Chem and salivates over the Hub’s research on the manifestation of superpowers, all in hopes of boosting her chances.
Then she meets Elias VanDyne, another One, and all her carefully crafted plans fly out the window. Literally. When the two of them touch, their Ones combine to make them fly, and when they’re not soaring over the Nebraska cornfields, they’re busy falling for each other.
Merrin's mad chemistry skills land her a spot on the Hub's internship short list, but as she gets closer to the life she always wanted, she discovers that the Hub’s purpose is more sinister than it has always seemed. Now it’s up to her to decide if it's more important to fly solo, or to save everything - and everyone - she loves.
Excerpt:
“They don’t matter,” Elias says, staring at his hands, his fingers gripping each other. “I learned that a long time ago.”
Suddenly,
I’m angry at his passivity, like I want to shake him by the shoulders
and scream some sense into him. He’s a One. He’s a freak. He should be
suffering just as much as I am.
“Yeah?
Well, if your One doesn’t matter and they don’t matter, what does
matter?” I clench and unclench my jaw over and over again, wavering
between feeling bad about saying that to him and feeling powerful for
finally unleashing this on anyone besides my poor parents.
He
doesn’t respond right away. Oh, God, he must hate me. But then he
speaks, and his voice is soft and patient. “There’s something beyond
Superior and the Hub, Merrin. Someplace where no one expects anything
from me. From people like us. Somewhere I could be myself, without the
One and without the stupid school and basketball team. Those are just
things I’m using to get by. Leni…she really fits in there at Nelson. But
I don’t.”
“Somewhere
you can be just like a Normal, you mean. But your One will never leave
you.” The words come spilling out, like I couldn’t stop them if I tried.
Still, I don’t look at him, focusing instead on twisting a long blade
of grass into a knot over and over. “You can always leave Superior,
leave other Supers, but you’ll always be half like them.” I can’t keep
my voice low and measured like he can. “You’ll always be doing…whatever
it is you can do…and wondering if there’s more. Don’t tell me you would
ever give it up, that you’d give up practicing whatever your One is.
We’re meant for more than Normal life.”
A
smile teases at his lips, like he wants to tell me about his One but
knows there’s no point. Like he doesn’t even care whether I know or not.
And because of that, I really do want to know. Finally.
I
can’t stop my legs from fidgeting. They bounce up and down, making my
skirt swing against my calves. But I can’t make myself leave him. Even
though he makes me feel like screaming at him and sobbing into his
shoulder at the same time.
A
few lone fireflies flit around a bit too early. The top three-quarters
of the sky are only slightly dark. I reach out to swipe one from the air
and watch as it staggers across the back of my hand, testing its legs
after a stretch of flight.
I wish walking felt more foreign to me than flying.About Leigh Ann Kopans:
Raised on comic books and classic novels, Leigh Ann developed an early love of science fiction and literature. As an adult, she rediscovered her love for not only reading, but also writing the types of fiction that enchanted her as a teen. Her debut novel, ONE, is about a girl with only half a superpower, the boy who makes her fly, and her struggle to make herself whole.
Leigh Ann, her husband, and four children live in Columbus, Ohio. When she’s not immersed in the world of fiction, you can find her obsessing over the latest superhero movie or using her kids as an excuse to go out for ice cream (again.)
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