Copyright Date:
2018
Edition Date:
2018
Release Date:
07/03/18
Pages:
243 pages
ISBN:
1-506-70648-7
ISBN 13:
978-1-506-70648-1
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2017053602
Dimensions:
21 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)
The title of McCranie's latest is a bit of a misnomer, considering that the majority of the narrative focuses on Amy, a teen whose family moves back to Earth after her father is laid off from a deep-space outpost. But the enigmatic space boy does make several appearances, hopefully ensuring anticipation of the next volume. The bright, colorful artwork, composed of stylized, manga-like, retrofuturistic figures, is pleasing to the eye, though the narrative feels somewhat lacking as it builds up the world and story for subsequent story arcs; for instance, McCranie only momentarily touches on such tantalizing plot points as a mysterious murder, a strange alien artifact, and an unusual young man Amy can't quite read. These puzzling elements are assuredly going to be focused on in future installments of the series, so the lack of depth and complexity can be forgiven in this introductory narrative. With eye-catching art and intriguing hints of plots yet to come, this entertaining series starter should grab the attention of a wide range of readers.
A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years.
To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Her mom is the flavor of mint--sharp and bright. Her dad is like hot chocolate--sweet and full of gentle warmth.
Amy lives on a mining colony in out in deep space, but when her dad loses his job the entire family is forced to move back to Earth. Amy says goodbye to her best friend Jemmah and climbs into a cryotube where she will spend the next 30 years frozen in a state of suspended animation, hurtling in a rocket toward her new home. Her life will never be the same, but all she can think about is how when she gets to Earth, Jemmah will have grown up without her.
When Amy arrives on Earth, she feels like an alien in a strange land. The sky is beautiful but gravity is heavy and the people are weird. Stranger still is the boy she meets at her new school--a boy who has no flavor.