Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2009. Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work
fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites
them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake as they foil the plot of a
group of extremists and get to the heart of their own identities.
Sophie McKenzie holds the reader by the power of her storytelling.
When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is
still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the
lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who
compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and
Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic
Engineering - at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers
and taken to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some
startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their
past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways...
'Sophie's thrillers are brilliant, you never know what's on the next page and you can't stop reading until you find out.' Robert Muchamore
Author
About Sophie McKenzie
Sophie McKenzie is the award-winning author of a range of teen thrillers, including the Missing series (Girl, Missing, Sister, Missing and Missing Me), Blood Ties and Blood Ransom and the Medusa Project series. She has also written two romance series: the Luke and Eve books and the Flynn series, which starts with the novel Falling Fast. Split Second is her first teen stand-alone novel in seven years. Sophie's first novel for adults was the psychological thriller Close My Eyes.
