Glitch and the Map of Impossible Places: A Teen Fantasy Adventure for Young Adults
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She can see the cracks in reality. The question is whether she can fix them.On the morning after her fourteenth birthday, Mira Chen starts noticing things she can't explain. A shimmer along the edge of her homework. A pencil that phases straight through her desk. A crack in her bedroom wall that opens onto a canyon made entirely of glass.Then a map appears in her locker — handdrawn, impossible, and labeled in her missing father's handwriting.The map leads to the interstitial territories: a world that exists in the seams between realities, full of inverted forests, floating cities, and creatures made of light. Mira is a Glitch-walker — someone whose resonant frequency lets her perceive and repair the tears between worlds. And someone has been waiting three years for her to arrive.With her quick-thinking best friend Dev at her side, Mira must navigate an impossible landscape, learn to mend the fabric of reality before a series of catastrophic Cascade events destroys both worlds, and find out what really happened to her father — who chose to stay.Glitch and the Map of Impossible Places is a fast-paced, funny, and deeply heartfelt young adult fantasy for readers who love:Found family, loyal friendships, and emotionally resonant father-daughter storiesScience-meets-magic world-building with a satisfying internal logicA sharp-witted heroine who solves problems with code, patience, and stubbornnessAdventure that balances genuine stakes with humor and heartPerfect for fans of A Deadly Education, The Midnight Library, and Aru Shah and the End of Time.Glitch is a complete standalone novel, ideal for middle grade readers moving into YA, ages 12 and up. Read more
