by Rachel Delahaye Cover Design by Anna Morrison
Published by Troika Books
Everyone LOVED seeing this gorgeous cover reveal in mid-April & it was the perfect teaser for this exciting read!
I've enjoyed Rachel Delahaye's other books & it's always so refreshing to read stories that have their own flair & superb style. They often include threads of eco-awareness & always have such creative, detailed alternative worlds throughout.
As with her other great stories, we are drawn straight into the lives of every complex & unique character immediately.
Rachel Delahaye *My YA about a girl who falls from a world of hi-tech safety into a land of dirt and danger, and finds 'living' can be more than existing*
Are we all looking for the perfect world or life?
It seems the perfect world has been created - but is Estrella really the perfect society?
It's a totally connected, immaculate & sanitised environment where absolutely everything is channelled through the digital medium.
With hundreds of skyscrapers connected by tunnels creating their world & wealth determining how high up you physically live, it's digital, structured perfection. Or is it?
Some people here think crosswords are a strange, ancient thing done in the past by OLD relatives.
*There is no dirt, no pain, no disease, no natural world, even feelings like boredom are frowned upon and discouraged*
Alara's incredible gaming skills & bright mind bring her to the attention of Estrella’s leaders. But here everything is monitored & carefully controlled. Everyone's personal statistics are available to others in an effort to create & maintain health levels.
When she's dropped down to *London Under* she thinks she knows her mission but is there a hidden agenda? Things could get tricky. How does she know who to trust?
Imagine living in a world where ALL your personal info is available to everyone else, just walking past or near you via a gadget, conveniently on everyone's wrist!
Fully Linked Information Platforms. Flips.
*They’re mandatory because it’s connectivity that keeps us safe. No one falls through the cracks in Estrella. Not even if they want to.*
Issues of trust, personal space & values are explored through this fascinating & clever story. Risk, discomfort, most privacy & the experiences that are natural to almost all of us are not allowed in Estrella.
Can this really be beneficial in the long run? It can make us really think about our own lives.
Would we really be able to cope with the set-up in Estrella? Is it really freedom? Maybe there's less to worry about but what about the freedom to experience individuality & the positives & negatives of real life?
This would be a great classroom read & would provide so many choices for thought-provoking discussion topics & class projects.
Make sure you check out Rachel Delahaye's other excellent titles. I'd especially recommend Day of the Whale.
It would also be great as a classroom read & could spark a whole different range of discussions & group projects in numerous subjects.
There's also a very creative series for readers who like something completely different, the Mort the Meek collection. You can see several reviews on my site.
These cover a wide range of readers & I'd recommend all of them!
We can look forward to more great stories, with Rachel Delahaye's unique style in the future.
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