Searching for something to read last week I came across this book on a colleagues shelf waiting to be put into her classroom. What drew me to the book was the cover art. The girl has such a close resemblance to Anna Torv from Fringe, one of my favorite shows. The preview on the back of the book was interesting so I gave it a try. I normally don't read too many Sci/Fi type books but I really enjoyed this one. Though I have some reservations about my friend putting it on her middle school classroom shelf. I think her 8th graders could handle the sexual content and a few instances of foul language.
There were so many themes in this book that were relevant to my students and teenagers growing up in the technology age. The main character is in a horrible car accident. When she wakes up she discovers that her body has died, but her memories, thoughts and her personality has been preserved in a Skinner or Meca. The journey begins from a popular, self-centered, genetically idea girl's perspective and shifts to a Skinner's perspective. She becomes an undesirable copy of a human being, an outcast. She must learn to control her new body with her computer brain while her friends and family struggle with the realization that their "real" daughter or friend is dead and Lia is just a copy.
I'm waiting patiently for the 2nd book (Crashed) to arrive in my mailbox at school so I can find out what the next step is for Lia and what new challenges she will be faced with in her struggle to survive.
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