She, Myself, and I

Sci-fi meets romance in this young adult novel in which a teen girl receives a full-body transplant and develops complicated feelings about her new self.

Ever since Rosa's nerve disease rendered her quadriplegic, she's depended on her handsome, confident older brother to be her rock and her mirror. But when a doctor from Boston chooses her to be a candidate for an experimental brain transplant, she and her family move from London in search of a miracle.

Sylvia—a girl from a small town in Massachusetts—is brain dead, and her parents have agreed to donate her body to give Rosa a new life. But when Rosa wakes from surgery, she can't help but wonder, with increasing obsession, who Sylvia was and what her life was like. Her fascination with her new body and her desire to understand Sylvia prompt a road trip based on self-discovery . . . and a surprising new romance. But will Rosa be able to solve the dilemma of her identity?

"Sympathy for Rosa and the bizarre situation she finds herself in will keep readers turning pages." -Booklist

"Like Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox (BCCB 4/eight), the book prompts readers to wonder what makes human beings who they are—whether it is mind, body, or both—and to contemplate the impacts of innovative medical research and procedures." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Middle and high school girls will thoroughly enjoy this book." —School Library Connection

"An engrossing read." —VOYA Magazine