Dragonfly Girl

In this spellbinding thriller and YA debut from bestselling author Marti Leimbach, Kira Adams has discovered a cure for death—and it may just cost her life.

Things aren’t going well for Kira. At home, she cares for her mother and fends off debt collectors. At school, she’s awkward and shy. Plus, she may flunk out if she doesn’t stop obsessing about science, her passion and the one thing she’s good at . . . very good at.

When she wins a prestigious science contest she draws the attention of the celebrated professor Dr. Gregory Munn (as well as his handsome assistant), leading to a part-time job in a top-secret laboratory. 

The job is mostly cleaning floors and equipment, but one night, while running her own experiment, she revives a lab rat that has died in her care. 

One minute it is dead, the next it is not.

Suddenly she’s the remarkable wunderkind, the girl who can bring back the dead. Everything is going her way. But it turns out that science can be a dangerous business, and Kira is swept up into a world of international rivalry with dark forces that threaten her life. 

A Cure for Death: Kira Adams didn’t mean to bring a lab rat back from the dead. Now that she holds the secret to reversing death, she’s the most valuable—and most hunted—person on the planet. High-Stakes Bio-Thriller: From a top-secret California lab to the dangerous world of rival governments, Kira’s breakthrough plunges her into a game where spies will kill to control her discovery. Brilliant Female Protagonist: Awkward, broke, and a genius, Kira is a teen STEM prodigy who must outsmart seasoned agents and ruthless scientists to survive. Twists, Turns, and Betrayal: In a world of cutting-edge science and shadowy motives, trusting the wrong person could be a fatal mistake. Who is an ally, and who is the ultimate threat?