Show Us Who You Are

By Elle McNicoll

A girl discovers dark secrets behind a technology that lets her talk to her comatose friend.

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304 pages

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Twelve-year-old Cora, navigating life with autism, is offered a chance to speak to her comatose friend Adrien through a hologram. Initially amazed, she soon realizes the technology hides sinister secrets. As Cora delves deeper, she uncovers the corporation's dark agenda. Can she expose the truth before their technology alters reality forever?

From the publisher

A neurodiverse twelve-year-old girl is shown an amazing new technology that gives her another chance to talk to the best friend she lost. But she soon discovers the corporation behind the science hides dark secrets that only she can expose in this heartwarming and heroic sophomore novel from the award-winning author of A Kind of Spark. A CILIP Carnegie Medal nominee!”A touching, perceptive take on grief, technology, and self-acceptance.” -Kirkus Reviews It has never been easy for Cora to make friends. Cora is autistic, and sometimes she gets overwhelmed and stims to soothe her nerves. Adrien has ADHD and knows what it is like to navigate a world that isn’t always built for the neurodiverse. The two are fast friends until an accident puts Adrien in a coma. Cora is devastated until Dr. Gold, the CEO of Pomegranate Institute, offers to let Cora talk to Adrien again, as a hologram her company develops. While at first enchanted, Cora soon discovers that the hologram of Adrien doesn’t capture who he was in life. And the deeper Cora dives into the mystery, the more she sees Pomegranate has secrets to hide. Can Cora uncover Pomegranate’s dark truth before their technologies rewrite history forever?

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