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This Moth Saw Brightness

A. A Vacharat

D, a Vietnamese and white teenager, joins a prestigious teen-health study hoping to exceed his father’s low expectations; his crush Jane is also enrolled. Participants receive a wristband, daily phone puzzles and questions, and an unexplained pill. As D and Jane compare experiences, sometimes joined by D’s technologically skilled friend Kermit, they begin to suspect the study has a hidden and unethical purpose. A participant’s sudden departure from school deepens D’s worry, and he starts tracking changes in himself.

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Themes
Friendship · Mental Health · Mystery And Discovery · Science · Technology And Engineering
Format
Paperback
ISBN-13
9780593698617
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2026Fiction for Young Adults
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