"Waiting On" Wednesday: Eve and Adam

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Eve and Adam by Katherine Applegate & Michael Grant
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
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And girl created boy...

In the beginning, there was an apple—

And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker's head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother’s research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal.

Just when Eve thinks she will die—not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy.

Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect... won’t he?

Adam and Eve revisited with a sci-fi thriller vibe. Sounds amazing! The girl's voice is written by Katherine Applegate and the boy's by her husband Michael Grant. The cover is gorgeous and fits the story perfectly. I actually have a 3D apple puzzle on my bookshelf.

Here's a short excerpt:

I am thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble
and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.

An apple. It was in a vendor's stall at the farmers' market off Powell. I'd noticed it because it was so weirdly out of place, a defiant crimson Mcintosh in an army of dull green Granny Smiths.

When you die—and I realize this as I hurtle through the air like a wounded bird—you should be thinking about love. If not love, at the very least you should be counting up your sins or wondering why you didn't cross at the light.

But you should not be thinking about an apple.