Mercy, Unbound

Mercy O'Connor is becoming an angel.

She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes she even hears them rustling.

And angels don't need to eat. So Mercy has decided she doesn't need to either. She is not sick, doesn't suffer from anorexia, is not trying to kill herself. She is an angel, and angels simply don't need food.

When her parents send her to an eating disorder clinic, Mercy is scared and confused. She isn't like the other girls who are so obviously sick. If people could just see her wings, they would know. But her wings don't come and Mercy begins to have doubts. What if she isn't really an angel? What if she's just a girl? What if she is killing herself? Can she stop?

Author: Kim Antieau
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.05h x 5.03w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781416908937

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106272 / Mercy, Unbound


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2006 pg. 31
Publishers Weekly 04/24/2006 pg. 62
School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 146

About the Author
Antieau, Kim: - Kim Antieau is the author of Mercy, Unbound. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.