Overview

The Handmaid's Tale meets Sweet Valley High; a sharp and sassy futuristic take on teen pregnancy which is completely readable and scarily believable. A virus has swept the world, making everyone over the age of eighteen infertile. Teenagers are now the most prized members of society, and would-be parents desperately bid for 'conception contracts' with the prettiest, healthiest and cleverest girls - cash, college tuition and liposuction in exchange for a baby. Sixteen-year-old Melody is gorgeous, athletic and has perfect grades, and has scored an amazing contract with a rich couple. And she's been matched with one of the most desirable 'bumping' partners in the world - the incredibly hot, genetically flawless Jondoe. But Melody's luck is about to run out. She discovers she has a sister - an identical twin, Harmony, who has grown up in a religious community opposed to the idea of 'pregging'. Harmony believes her calling is to save Melody from her sinful plans. Melody doesn't have time for this - she can't wait to meet Jondoe and seal the deal. But when he arrives and mistakes Harmony for Melody, everyone's carefully-laid plans are swept out of control - and Melody and Harmony are about to realise they have so much more than just DNA in common. Sharp, original and sassy, this futuristic take on teen pregnancy is totally readable and scarily believable.

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Megan McCafferty has conceived a hilarious, touching, truly original novel, told in her trademark, spot-on voice. Readers of every age will delight in this new arrival. --Rachel Cohn, bestselling author of NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST BUMPED is brilliant, innovative, and slightly terrifying. Megan McCafferty delivers! --Carolyn Mackler, author of TANGLED and the Printz-Honor-book, THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS Its central characters become voices of reason while everyone around them acts content with their questionable circumstances. --MTV.com's Page Turners blog Bumped is wonderfully original, with an extremely well thought-out dystopian society...McCafferty's future echoes just enough of current events to seem chillingly possible. --Romantic Times Bumped has plenty to say about reproductive rights and girls' place in society. --ALA Booklist McCafferty proves that-- dystopias don't have to be dreary to be provocative. --Publishers Weekly

Megan McCafferty has conceived a hilarious, touching, truly original novel, told in her trademark, spot-on voice. Readers of every age will delight in this new arrival. --Rachel Cohn, bestselling author of NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST

Its central characters become voices of reason while everyone around them acts content with their questionable circumstances. --MTV.com's Page Turners blog

Author Information

Megan McCafferty is the author of Bumped as well as the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series, which includes Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, and Perfect Fifths. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her family.

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