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Lissa price books5/19/2023 ![]() The fact that people can inhabit other people's bodies lends a constant sense of intrigue. Until Callie learns that her Ender plans to use her body to commit murder. And Callie gets the promise of enough money to rent a home for her brother, and buy him medicine. The Ender gets to live for a time in a young, vital body. An Ender will control her, via neural chip, while her own brain sleeps. A company called Prime Destinations offers her the chance to essentially rent out her body. ![]() The old, Enders.Ĭallie lives on the streets as a scavenger until concern for her ill younger brother leads her to take part in a frightening new initiative. Kids orphaned by the virus, unless they have grandparents to take them in, become "unclaimed minors." They are not allowed to work (because that would take jobs away from the older people), and if captured by Marshalls, are placed in horrible state institutions. A bacterial weapon, spread by a hostile Pacific Rim country, has wiped out the population between ages 16 and 60 (because the more vulnerable segments of the population were vaccinated first). In a not-so-distant future America, medical advances have led to people routinely living to 200 years old. The premise is a little contrived, but works for the setup of the story. Starters is a new post-apocalypse dystopia for young adults, by Lissa Price. ![]()
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