Being
1st American ed.
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Word Count
80,750 words, Guess
Page Count
323 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeing00broo
- Internet Archivebeing0000broo
- ISBN-100439903424
- ISBN-100439899737
- ISBN-101428721746
and 10 more
- ISBN-139780439899734
- ISBN-139781428721746
- ISBN-139780439903424
- LibraryThing1844574
- Goodreads2751805', '636199
- Library of Congress Control Number2007274610
- Library of Congress Control Number2008299445
- Better World Books9780439903424
- Better World Books9780439899734
- Open LibraryOL23104726M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.B7965 Be 2007
- LCCPZ7.B7965 Be 2008
Description
Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.'What the hell is that?''That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.''Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what if the answers are too terrifying to face?This is Kevin Brooks at his very best - powerful, intense, page-turning reading for teenage readers and beyond.
Description
After finding out he is part machine, sixteen-year-old Robert Smith runs from the covert government agents who are trying to pin a murder on him, and together with Eddi, a nineteen-year-old criminal, tries to uncover his true identity.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
Other Editions
- Being
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