Sugar Crash

Key Selling Points:

• Diabetic teen Zoe Harmon races against time and low insulin when she and a former friend have a car accident on a remote mountain road.
• A realistic portrayal of a determined teen with type 1 diabetes by an author with T1D.
• The mountain setting and dangerous circumstances make this quick read a high-stakes survival story. Includes lots of facts about T1D and survival.
• A subtle friends to enemies to friends to lovers subplot will appeal to readers.
• Melinda Di Lorenzo is the author of over 30 books, including three other books in the Orca Soundings series.
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
• An IBBY Canada selection for the 2027 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities.