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Synopsis
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.
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Is Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Volume 1 appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A heartfelt sci-fi drama about displacement and connection with minimal content concerns. The mysterious murder element is mentioned but not detailed; romance is sweet and age-appropriate.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include murder, isolation, and loss of friendship.
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Amy's struggle to fit in after losing everything she knew, plus the intriguing mystery of the boy with no flavor.