Part 40 (2/2)

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end.

”I'm Tally Youngblood,” she said. ”Make me pretty.”

Author Bio

Scott Westerfeld is the author of five adult novels, most recentlyThe Risen Empire andThe Killing of Worlds. His first young-adult book,Midnighters: The Secret Hour, is the first in a trilogy. Scott's newest novel,So Yesterday, is currently available in hardcover from Penguin Putnam. He was born in Texas and alternates summers between Sydney, Australia, and New York City. Visit his Web site at .

It happened fast. Just a moment earlier, Chloe had been sitting with Amy and Paul on the observation deck atop Coit Tower in San Francisco.What would happen if I dropped a penny from up here? she wondered. She climbed up on the railing and dug into her jeans pocket, hunting for spare change.

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That was when she fell.

As Chloe tumbled through the fog, all she could think was,My mother will be so upset when she finds out I skipped school.... Maybe all that stuff about your life flas.h.i.+ng before your eyes is just bull.

Or maybe Chloe already knew, down in the unconscious depths of her mind, that she still had eight lives to go.

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