As promised, here is the second trilogy hinted in the last post. What's Left of Me, The Hybrid Chronicles by Kat Zhang is a fantasy story of United States set in an alternate universe. In this story, we meet two female main characters but they share a body! In a world where humans are born with two souls but and the civil war instead drew a line between two soul and one soul humans, we find Emma and Addie, hiding this secret to stay alive. They find themselves on a series of adventure. Will both souls survive them? Meant for a Middle School and above audience, this story would work well for a literary study concerning plot, style and vocabulary lessons. History lessons could cross the curriculum by incorporate What's Left of Me by having students make their own stories/comics/videos of the civil war, set in this period and universe using the factual characters from the time period. Easily characterized as a dystopia, hero novel students can learn great efforts can be won by persistence and belief in oneself. Recommended to mature audiences: violence.
Life Note: Today was a life changing day for many. My sister had her first baby, I had a phenomenal interview that let me know that I can be a great librarian, my husband solved a thieving and that was just in My family! But though we are in the ever present moment of now, the time has moved on to "tomorrow" and I must fall asleep. For another big day is on its way guaranteed. Change is coming.
