Ephraim must uncover the secrets of the coin before he loses everyone he loves, forever.Įphraim is naive and innocent to a fault. He learns that there is so much more to the coin than he realized, it's unpredictable and dangerous. He just never expects the outcome, depending on whether it lands on head or tails, things can get better or.worse. While going through his 'deceased' self's belonging he comes across a unusual coin that he later discovers grants wishes when he flips the coin. He manages to save her in time but remains baffled by the mistaken identity and the wallet that looks just like his own. One day he returns home to discover his mother has attempted to kill herself in the aftermath of thinking him dead and believing she had lost him, well so she thought. Thoughts:Ephraim is a typical teenage boy pining for the girl he has a crush on just take notice. The coin could give Ephraim everything he's ever wanted-if he learns to control its power before his luck runs out. And a bad flip can destroy other people's lives as easily as it rebuilds his own. But the coin doesn't always change things for the better.

With a flick of his thumb, he can turn his alcoholic mother into a model parent and catch the eye of the girl he's liked since second grade. The reason for her suicide attempt is even more disturbing: she thought she'd identified Ephraim's body at the hospital that day.Īmong his dead double's belongings, Ephraim finds a strange coin-a coin that grants wishes when he flips it. Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills.

Fair Coin by E.C. Myers