From award-winning YA author Alison Gervais comes a mystery about a teen writer determined to discover what happened to a missing classmate, who finds herself caught up with a pair of very familiar detectives named Watson and Holmes. All her awakening powers of observation will be put to the test as she finds that the thing she thought was holding her back just might be her greatest strength.
Attending the prestigious Ashford College's writing seminar is a dream come true for Jules Montgomery, but the summer isn't unfolding as she hoped. Navigating London with her gradual hearing loss is difficult, and hiding it from her classmates is a challenge. Even worse, she can't seem to shake a case of writer's block. When a fellow student goes missing, neither the police nor their teacher, Professor Watson, seem that concerned. Jules and her new friends Percy and Suruthi are determined to get to the bottom of the case and they're not alone: the strange man who frequents Jules' aunt's antique shop is eager to help-and his name is none other than Sherlock Holmes.
Now there are two mysteries to solve. What happened to their missing classmate? And how can it be that Watson and Holmes-two fictional characters from the Victorian era-are alive and well in the 21st century? The only way to find answers might lie in a quote from one of Watson's old stories: "You see, but you do not observe." Jules may not be able to hear all that well, but without her hearing aids, she can certainly see more than the average person. And nothing about this is case is average.
A Game Most Foul:
- Features a Deaf protagonist and an #OwnVoices perspective on Deaf and Hard of Hearing culture.
- Is by Alison Gervais, author of The Silence Between Us, winner of the Schneider Family Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020.
- Will appeal to both casual and serious fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
- Is a romance with a swoon-worthy love story.
Hadley Jamison se lleva una buena sorpresa cuando se entera de que su compañero de clase, Archer Morales, se ha suicidado. No lo conocía muy bien, era un chico tranquilo y reservado, pero aun así no puede dejar de pensar que podría haber hecho algo para ayudarlo.
Con la esperanza de hallar sentido a todo lo sucedido, asiste a su funeral, y allí un hombre se le acerca: dice que es la Muerte y le ofrece un trato. Si lo acepta, volverá veintisiete días atrás y tendrá la oportunidad de cambiar lo sucedido. Sin embargo, cuando Hadley acepte el acuerdo y vuelva al pasado, no tardará en darse cuenta de que su misión es mucho más difícil de lo que esperaba. Descubrirá por qué Archer estaba solo, y él se dará cuenta de que tener alguien en quien confiar no es tan malo como siempre había creído. No obstante, una serie de incidentes muy peligrosos empezarán a separarlos y entonces... ¿Estará Hadley preparada para arriesgarlo todo, incluso su propia vida, para evitar la muerte de Archer?
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Moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before senior year isn't Maya's idea of a good time. Leaving behind Pratt School for the Deaf where she's been a student for years only to attend a hearing school is even worse. Maya has dreams of breaking into the medical field and is determined to get the grades and a college degree to match, and she's never considered being Deaf a disability. But her teachers and classmates at Engelmann High don't seem to share her optimism.
And then there's Beau Watson, Engelmann's student body president and overachiever. Maya suspects Beau's got a hidden agenda when he starts learning ASL to converse with her, but she also can't deny it's nice to sign with someone amongst all the lip reading she has to do with her hearing teachers and classmates. Maya has always been told that Deaf/hearing relationships never work, and yet she can't help but be drawn to Beau as they spend more and more time together.
But as much Maya and Beau genuinely start to feel for one another, there are unmistakable differences in their worlds. When Maya passes up a chance to receive a cochlear implant, Beau doesn't understand why Maya wouldn't want to hear again. Maya is hurt Beau would want her to be anything but who she is-she's always been proud to be Deaf, something Beau won't ever be able to understand. Maya has to figure out whether bridging that gap between the Deaf and hearing worlds will be worth it, or if staying true to herself matters more.
16-year-old Hadley is the only person who can save Archer Morales, a boy she barely knows---but to do so she make a deal with Death and go back 27 days in time to stop Archer from committing suicide. From award-winning Wattpad author Alison Gervais comes In 27 Days, a story of redemption, first love, and the strength it takes to change the future.
