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The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer
Genre: adventure/survival
Publisher: Inkyard Press/HarperCollins
Age: 13+

      Danny Warner knows what it means to fall down. After losing an eye in a childhood accident, she had to adapt to monocular vision and concede to the cruel nickname "Pigeon" by bullies who mocked her jerky head movements. She finds herself ruled by a sense of inferiority, the control of her brilliant, hard-working, but bitter single mother, and her idealism of her absent father, a reality TV star. So when Danny's dad calls asking her to join him to film an episode of his popular survivalist show in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest, she jumps at the chance to show him she's not afraid of anything that creeps on eight legs, bites or slithers (even though she's terrified), certain that proving how tough she is well earn his live and admiration. An added bonus to the trip is that Gus Price, the hottest teen movie idol of the moment, will be featured in the jungle, and the team is forced to determine what extreme measures it's going to take to stay alive. As the survivors bond and their situation becomes more desperate, Danny has to face the harsh truth about the parent she worships and at the same time, realize that she's always had what it takes to be a hero.

Nancy Fischer writes books for children, teens, and adults. After graduation from Cornell University, she joined the circus- writing for Ringling Bros. and the Barnum & Bailey Circus. For a decade, Fischer co-authored sports autobiographies, immersing herself in the lives of athletes such as Monica Seles, Bela Karolyi, Nadie Comaneci, and Apolo Ohno. She then turned to fiction, drawing on her experiences in the circus for her critically acclaimed YA novel, When Elephants Fly, about which The New York Journal of Books review said, "Fischer deserves high praise for her well-researched and endearing novel. Her imagination, craft, and effort have resulted in her writing a piece of fiction that is worthy of winning a prize. This really cannot be recommended enough." Nancy lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Henry and their Vizsla, Boone.
Visit her website at www.nancyrichardsonfischer.com
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