Books like Spare and found parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

Nell Crane has never held a boy's hand, even as her city heals from an epidemic that strips survivors of their limbs, replacing them with biomechanical prostheses. Her father, the celebrated scientist behind those very replacements, left her with a different kind of device: her heart has been wired inside her body. Since the operation, her pulse feels like a ticking clock, a constant reminder of her outsider status. As the community rebuilds, everyone is expected to contribute to the new society, but Nell struggles to live up to her father's revolutionary legacy when she herself possesses no mechanical parts. While salvaging on the beach, she encounters a lost mannequin's hand, inspiring her to build her own companion and explore the possibilities of advanced technology in a town that both embraces and fears it. Along the way, she uncovers secrets about her father’s hidden experiments and the deeper mysteries of her world. "Spare and Found Parts" blends themes of interpersonal relationships, family dynamics, and the ethical dilemmas of biotechnology in a juvenile and children's fiction setting marked by epidemics and biomechanical innovation.

First publish date: 2016