{"product_id":"splintered-jon-mcgoran-9780823445462","title":"Splintered","description":"\u003cb\u003eSeventeen-year-old Jimi Corcoran risks her life to clear a friend's name--and in so doing uncovers the horrific truth about an influential businessman's motives in this second installment of the Spliced series. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Del's death, Jimi wants to pick up the pieces of her life and move on. But she's become a public figure in her defense of chimeras, and she can't quite shake the spotlight--or her suspicion that she's being followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her friend Dr. Guzman, a chimera sympathizer, is arrested for the murder of a chimera wearing a strange medical bracelet, Jimi does some digging--and eventually discovers that Howard Wells, the venal businessman\u003cbr\u003eand proponent of the Genetic Heritage Act, is supporting a hospital that ostensibly provides healthcare for chimeras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter teaming up with friends Rex and Claudia, Jimi learns that the hospital is actually a cover for an extensive mining operation that retrieves metals needed to operate WellPlants, the computerized brain implants that only the super-rich can afford--and which have made Howard Wells millions. When Jimi realizes that the perilous mining is being done by captive chimeras, she risks her own life to shut down the operation--and incurs the wrath of one of the most powerful and dangerous people in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon McGoran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823445461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823445462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Jon McGoran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435706036479,"sku":"9780823445462","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9df2bc7f-12bc-4686-a8c2-be69ac1b1827.jpg?v=1777152159","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/splintered-jon-mcgoran-9780823445462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}