Author: Olivia A Cole
Genre: dystopia
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Rating:
.JPG)
Summary (provided by publisher): Twelve-year-old Erie has never lived life fully in the sunlight. After destructive wildfires wreaked havoc on the world around her, the government came up with a plan—engineer a plant that cannot burn. Thus, the fire-resistant lockwood was born. The lockwood protects Erie and her hometown of Prine, but it grows incredibly fast and must be cut back every morning. Only the town’s youngest and smallest citizens can fit between the branches and tame the plant. Citizens just like Erie.
But one evening, Erie uncovers a shocking secret that leads her to question the rules of Prine. Alongside her older sister, Hurona, she’ll journey from the only home she’s known and realize that the world is much more complicated than she'd ever imagined. Packed with surprising twists and a cast of courageous characters, this gripping novel encourages readers to stand up for justice and challenge the status quo.
My opinion: The future of dystopian fiction appears to be in middle grade and I am here for it. Cole's book presents us with a future dealing with ecological disaster. We have a world falling apart and characters trying to figure out how to live in it while others take advantage of the chaos to conceal oppression. A savvy reader will suss out what is going on in this book pretty quickly, but that isn't a big barrier. The book is as much about a family trying to find their way forward, to heal the brokenness between them, as it is about revealing what is being done to the town.
Advance Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
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