The Electric Life of Lavender Lewis
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In this contemporary romance full of magic and hope, a grieving teen with severe epilepsy scours New England for answers about her mystifying connection with a stranger, for fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and Gayle Forman.
At seventeen, Lavender Lewis has had epilepsy for most of her life. Convulsions, hallucinations, you name it—she’s experienced them all, more times than she can count. No medication, therapy, or diet has helped. Forget surgery—no one is scooping out a chunk of her brain. Her mom used to say epilepsy was magic, but how could it be, when all it’s ever brought is suffering?
But after her mom’s death, Lavender hallucinates a boy too real to be an illusion. Every time she seizes, he appears. Has her brain finally broken? Or is this the magic her mom always talked about? All she knows is this boy needs her help.
With her aunt, she road trips to Salem, MA, where Lavender feels closer than ever to her mom's spirit. All signs point to her mom guiding her from beyond the grave. Lavender couldn't save her mom, but maybe she can save this boy, who truly sees the girl beyond her seizures.
As their journey winds deeper into New England, a tender romance blooms—all while Lavender's health worsens. She can’t help wondering: what if she's the one who needs saving?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Following a family tragedy, a teenager living with epilepsy receives visions of a boy who needs her help in this emotionally honest novel from Storti (Tripping Back Blue). For most of her life, 17-year-old Lavender Lewis has experienced seizures and hallucinations, and it seems like none of the medications or treatments she's tried have worked to manage them. Her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, always attempts to lift Lavender's spirits by saying that her epilepsy is a form of magic, but Lavender doesn't understand why magic would cause her so much pain. After her mom dies from complications of MS, a strange boy inexplicably starts appearing during Lavender's seizures. Naming the handsome, green-eyed teen Poe, after her mother's favorite author, Lavender and Poe forge a romance over the course of their encounters. But everything about Poe is a mystery, even to himself, and to uncover more, Lavender and her estranged aunt Tammy travel to Salem, Mass., to perform a seance that might reveal details about him. Throughout her travels, Lavender reconciles with what she believes are signs from her mom, grows closer to Poe, and wrestles with moving on. Sensate text renders a realistic depiction of living with a neurological disorder alongside a moving portrait of love, loss, and acceptance. Main characters cue as white. Ages 14–up.
