Freedom by Name
- A cyborg love story
Her processor sent failure loops back and forth. Unable to find a solution, her hands trembled again.
“If you don’t like it, we can choose another.”
“No, it’s a beautiful name.”
She wakes up in a laboratory, and the doctor presents her to a crowd of humans and something with blinking lights moments before she’s rescued. She is neither of these and part of both. There are secrets she must keep and secrets she must understand. She could figure it all out if it weren’t for the intense emotions and these illogical human names.
A story where logic can only go so far before love interferes.
How do Androids show love? Are Cyborgs beyond it? And what does it mean to be free?
Bete readers report Murder Bot, Detroit:: Become Human, and TV show 'Humans' vibes that starts with C:Prompt style that fades with her being able to function more and more like a human. Language/Pronunciation mystery throughout story.
Trigger Warnings:Guns, violence, cannibalism, human flesh clothing, slavery, sex.
New Adult (Mature 16+) rating due to a sexual love
scene Includes the words breast and nipple. All
other descriptions are euphemistic. Partners are
male/female and respect and consent is shown.
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Rocky Rulers
- A Mid-grade fantasy
Petra, daughter of Pete, has spent her entire life in the safety of the Mountain Realm she calls home. Raised in the warm darkness of her father’s homefire den, her eyes have never seen the light of day. Petra has never known her mother; still, she is happy with her role and eager to begin an apprenticeship as a leather worker in the coming season. But something is not right in the Realm; food is becoming scarce, education is failing, and the ancient religion that has held her society together for hundreds of years is nearly forgotten. When a mysterious old woman approaches Petra and offers her the chance to save her community, Petra sets off into the brightness of the outside world, unsure of what or who she will discover.
After a grueling journey, Petra finds herself at an All-Peoples camp, where people of all backgrounds come together to learn about each other’s cultures. Among the scaly, furry, gilled, and fish-tailed campers, Petra stands out as the only Mountain-dweller — or Rocky — in attendance, though there is another who attracts plenty of attention, too. Gabriel, with his enormous, feathered wings and flight suit that hides the true colour of his skin has more secrets than Petra could have ever imagined — secrets that will change her life forever.
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Raising Ripples
-A mid-grade fantasy about kidnapping
Ripples, who is almost eight, is determined to find her, but when he also goes missing, it's up to his big sister Foxii and her friend Pterro to follow the clues he left behind. Even when Ripples’ parents give up, these two will keep looking, asking questions and even act as bait for the kidnappers. Will everyone make it home again? Will they have a home and family to go home to?
Friends, strangers, and a prayer or two are needed to help these kids out.
Continuing in a world changed by science, Raising Ripples is the second story in the Change the World collection. It is a stand-alone novel aimed at middle grade to young teens. This novel deals with social issues including missing or sold children (human trafficking), homelessness, poverty, and loss of family. There is no on page violence, sexuality or death. Written to encourage people to pay attention to the world around them, I hope my readers will work toward making it a better place in the future.
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Testimonial
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A book every middle-school teacher should have in their libraries! I read this book on KU, and as a person who went to college for...Read More
Dionna White
Every so often, a young adult fantasy comes along that dares to strip away the glitter of romance and the easy predictability of love triangles,...Read More
Lou E.
A fun read! Great engaging characters and a good story line that made it hard to put down. Thoughtful themes to make you think of...Read More
Anita Glockner
A book every middle-school teacher should have in their libraries!
A book every middle-school teacher should have in their libraries!
I read this book on KU, and as a person who went to college for childhood edu ages birth-6th grade, I think this book would be an amazing read for middle schoolers. It feels like franklin (turtle tv show) and Judy Moody collaborated to write a mystery book with relatable animal/mutant characters. And, just like Zootopia, this book broaches difficult topics, raising awareness about the hard world to young readers, without making it too gruesome. Yes (spoiler) there is even a character sold by her own father- but the book focuses more on how the characters support each other through these traumatic, horrific events- so there is a silver lining even in the dark moments of the book.
As for the plot: it is easy to follow and the mystery is at the perfect level for a young audience. Enough to keep them in suspense, but not so much that they get confused. It is written in 3rd person, and jumps between several POVS, but the character voices never bled together. It is had to pull off such a large cast, without character voices blending together.
Lastly, I can tell the author has a lot of experience with children. You can tell by the way she writes the young characters. They feel real, not like cartoon caricatures.
Dionna White
A Thought Provoking Tale.
Lou E.
Rocky Rulers
A fun read! Great engaging characters and a good story line that made it hard to put down. Thoughtful themes to make you think of how we judge others and our willingness to be open minded.
Loved the specific differences that each character had and it was fun to visualize what each character would look like.