Torn

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales o r persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Simon Pulse paperback edition October 2011

Copyright © 2010 by Robin Wasserman

Previously published as Wired.

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Designed by Mike Rosamilia

The text of this book was set in Edlund.

Manufactured in the United States of America

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Wasserman, Robin.

Wired / by Robin Wasserman

p. cm.

Sequel to: Crashed.

Summary: Lia is back at home, pretending to be the perfect daughter, but she has become the public face of the mechs, devoting her life to convincing the world that she and others like her deserve to exist, until shocking truths are revealed, forcing her to make a life-changing decision.

ISBN 978-1-4169-7454-3 (hc)

[1. Science fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.W25865Wir 2010

[Fic]—dc22

2010010237

ISBN 978-1-4169-3636-7 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4224-3361-8 (eBook)