This YA book is set in an alternate world where tuberculosis is once again a major threat to the population. The new strain is resistant to the drugs used as treatment and is highly contagious. As a result, patients are once again sent to sanatoriums for quarantine and treatment. In Extraordinary Means, we focus on Latham House. Teenager Lane is sent there after developing TB. He goes in a tightly-laced, straight-A, goody goody. Once on the inside, he meets Sadie and her group of misfits. […]
