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Author's note. Before buying this book, which is the first volume of a crossover trilogy, you might like to take a look at 'MOORHENS' (also a Kindle ebook). Moorhens is a single-volume 'adult' version of the trilogy, with all-new character and place names, and some additional material. ________________________________________ WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS LIVING YOUR LIFE? SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX... Naia has a double in another version of her reality. A male double. His name is Alaric. For almost seventeen years their lives have been identical but for one thing. Alaric's mother died following a train derailment two years ago - the same derailment that Naia’s mother survived. Now Naia and Alaric meet for the first time, with disastrous consequences for one of them. Consequences that will change a great many lives without anyone even suspecting it. Suddenly, nothing can be predicted or counted on - for anyone, anywhere. A CRACK IN THE LINE is the first of a much-praised three-novel sequence called The Aldous Lexicon. Volume two is SMALL ETERNITIES, volume three THE UNDERWOOD SEE. Set in England - primarily in 2005 but ranging back and forth over many years - the Aldous Lexicon trilogy was originally published in the US by Greenwillow and HarperTeen as The Withern Rise Trilogy. A Crack in the Line was shortlisted The Michael L. Printz Award (US) The Georgia Peach Book Award (US) The Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award The North-East of England Book Award Recommended by The American Library Association as one of the year's most imaginative works of fiction. 'The book's conclusion, with its shocking metamorphosis, is sure to spark passionate discussion' (Booklist Starred Review, US) 'A spine-tingling thriller about parallel worlds. These are brilliant, thought-provoking novels about grief, responsibility and choice.' (The Times, London) 'A thought-provoking tale packed with mystery and suspense' (The Bookseller) ‘At once incisive and insightful, this criminally under-rated sequence represents some the strongest and most influential contributions to teenage fiction in recent years.’ (Jake Hope, Achuka) 'Emotionally wrenching yet satisfying' (Locus Magazine, US)