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The phantom limb

William Sleator

2011
2011
first published
  • 2011Amulet Books · ENGISBN 9780810984288
  • 2011Abrams, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781613122136

Living in a dreary new home with his father dead, his mother hospitalized, and his grandfather increasingly distant, fourteen-year-old Isaac's wish for someone to reach out to him comes true in the form of a phantom arm that appears in a mirror box designed to help amputees, warning of danger.

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Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesJustice
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