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Digital Lifeline

by
Elaine Marie Alphin

Reading Level: Ages 12-Adult
Genre: Mystery

After Mort's parents are killed in a tragic car wreck, he goes to live with his uncle and cousin. But the family turns out to have powers Mort never suspected. As he follows his digital lifeline and learns how he can change other people's lives, Mort begins to suspect that someone was to blame for his parents' deaths – and to wonder if there's any way he can change their fate.

This fantasy for readers 12 to adult was written exclusively for iPulp by Elaine Marie Alphin, the author of the Edgar Award winning Counterfeit Son.

A NOTE FOR TEACHERS: This story presents a unique teaching oportunity. Ms Alphin flawlessly pulls off a risky venture — Digital Lifeline is told in the first person, present tense. You would be hard pressed to find a finer example of this style of narrative voice.

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