A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreak--from the author of The Orphans at Race Point.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure

Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2007), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2009), Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (2008), Tayshas Reading (2008)