My name is Chloe Carmichael. I’m sixteen and a half. I live in the bustling metropolis of New York City. Life is grand, most of the time…at least when other’s are watching.I touch my pretend boyfriend, Zack (that’s a whole other story), and bam I’m on the football field at school. Weirder. Zack’s dead. Murdered. But then, he not. I’m back in the school and Zack’s standing in front of me waiting for me to respond to him kissing my friend Lauren (another thing I’ll have to explain later)... moreMy name is Chloe Carmichael. I’m sixteen and a half. I live in the bustling metropolis of New York City. Life is grand, most of the time…at least when other’s are watching.I touch my pretend boyfriend, Zack (that’s a whole other story), and bam I’m on the football field at school. Weirder. Zack’s dead. Murdered. But then, he not. I’m back in the school and Zack’s standing in front of me waiting for me to respond to him kissing my friend Lauren (another thing I’ll have to explain later). When the news reports Zack died, for real this time, I can’t ignore the mounting evidence: I’ve come unhinged and my mother will not like this.A new student, Chris Thomas arrives (wouldn’t be a big deal if he wasn’t the embodiment of Adonis) at my school. I’m inexplicably drawn to him in a way I don’t understand (isn’t that always the way). A girl I’ve never met attends Zack’s in-school memorial with Chris. She disappears right before my eyes (blink, she’s gone). Then it’s clear: I’ve lost my mind.Chris and the disappearing girl offer an alternate explanation. They’ve known me for years (seriously). Along with six others, we’re in a battle that stretches across multiple universes, with an enemy bent on destroying everyone in all of them – starting with us first. They try to explain more, but they can’t. They’re waiting for me to tell the rest (yeah, I’m shaken by that part, too).I can’t help them, though. I don’t remember being Amanda in another life. less
