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Sugar Crash

Q: If you were stranded on a deserted island, how would you survive?

A: I wouldn’t.

Zoe Harmon doesn’t remember what life was like before she had type one diabetes. Her insulin pump feels like a body part now—just one she has to think about a little more than she thinks about her kidneys or her liver. Yeah, it’s annoying sometimes, but it sure beats being dead. When she begrudgingly accepts a ride to a school camp from her former best friend, Vic Niels, a crash sends them flying off a remote mountain road. Stranded without her phone or insulin, Zoe is forced to team up with Vic in order to save her own life. And his. Twenty-four hours stuck with Vic? Fine. But twenty-four hours without insulin? This could get deadly.

Written by: Melinda Di Lorenzo
Orca Soundings
Format: Paperback
Ages: 12+
Pages: 128
Dimensions: Height 7.5 in, Width 5 in
Originally published in North America: Fall 2025
All rights available excluding North American English

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Author: Melinda Di Lorenzo

Melinda Di Lorenzo has been writing professionally for more than a decade and is the author of Counting Scars, Racing Hearts and Normal Kids in the Orca Soundings line. She is the bestselling author of more than 30 books. Melinda lives in the lower mainland in BC, where she finds plenty of inspiration.