Maya's life has always been chaotic. Living with a con-man dad, she's spent half her life on the run. When her father's schemes go wrong, Maya has always found a scientific way to fix them. But when her dad ends up in prison and foster care fails, Maya grasps at her last possible hope of home: a long-lost aunt, who may not even exist.

So Maya formulates a plan, and with her wits, two unlikely allies, and twenty dollars in her pocket, she sets off in search of this aunt, navigating the unpredictable four hundred miles from Reno to Boise. Life on the streets, though, becomes a struggle for survival -- those scientific laws that Maya has relied on her whole life just don't apply. And with each passing day, Maya's definitions of right and wrong are turned upside down when she's confronted with the realities and dangers of the life of a runaway. She can't help but wonder if trying to find her aunt -- and some semblance of stability -- is worth the harrowing journey. Or will Maya have to compromise and find a way to survive on her own?

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(Jacket art by the amazingly talented Insa Wagner, design by Greg Stadnyk and Mischa Shoni Rosenberg. Thank you!)

Have you ever wanted to go back and change one moment in time?

Have you ever wondered how things would be different if just one instant of your life could be edited?

Kyle does.

But life isn't a director's cut of a DVD, and some things will never change.

No matter how many times Kyle re-writes the scene, he can't get it right. He tries it in the style of Hitchcock, Tarantino, Lynch -- all his favorite directors -- but regardless of the style, he can't remember what happened that day in the shed. The day that Jason died. And until he can, there's one question that keeps haunting Kyle: Did he kill his best friend on purpose?

FREEZE FRAME, the YA novel by Heidi Ayarbe, was released October 7, 2008 by Laura Geringer Books (HarperTeen). Jacket design by the incredibly talented Carla Weise -- art director at HarperCollins Children's Books.

AND ... paperback is out April 2010! Order it now!

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