Weyn, Suzanne. Bionic. Scholastic Press 2016
228p $17.99 ISBN 978-0-545-90677-7 Hardback ms/hs Realistic fiction VG
Author Suzanne Weyn has written a book that will be
enjoyed by all teen readers. Mira has
everything: a boyfriend, talent on the lacrosse field as well as in singing and
guitar playing, and a chance to get a scholarship to college. The pressures on
her are all normal ones. This all changes after a car accident in which she
loses an arm and a leg. When she is offered the chance of a lifetime, to
receive an experimental treatment being tested for soldiers who have lost
limbs, Mira agrees to participate. Her superficial boyfriend isn’t one to wait
for a girl who is facing months of physical therapy, but Mira isn’t worried,
for she has begun to question their relationship anyway as she develops
feelings for a fellow band member, Niles. Now, good things come her way, one
after another, as people around her see her glow, her strength and her newfound
ability to swim. The pressures that accompany the changes to Mira’s brain put
her on overload, and she needs subsequent surgeries to correct the
abnormalities. One single climax might be tough to find, but in the falling
action, the reader will be anxious to see a satisfactory resolution for Mira.
With the help of supporting characters like her mother, her physician, a
soldier she meets at a support group, Niles, and yet one more surgery, she
finds herself. Quick-paced, but without a lot of deeper development that
serious readers might prefer, this novel offers a look at the new possibilities
in medicine but also, at the side effects that one doesn’t consider when
offered a chance to jump on that “normal train.”
This novel is a good choice for both middle-school and
high-school readers. It offers a look at
future medical science and its blessings and pitfalls. It’s a good, quick read
for entertainment purposes also.
Summary: After a sudden car accident, Mira receives
bionic limbs. The new chip in her brain
enhances her appearance and her physical abilities, but it causes problems as
well.
Medical miracles-Fiction —Martha
Squaresky
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